Placer County Local News: Local Governments


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09/06/2024
Amid a Southern California heat wave, about 300 advocates for rent control — with two 10-foot “greedy landlord” puppets — rallied Thursday in downtown Los Angeles, chanting: “The rent is too damn high!”

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09/05/2024
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Plans were submitted last month to Loomis Town for the proposed 98-acre, 24-lot Delmar Farms custom home subdivision.

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09/05/2024
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Lincoln community members attended last week’s city council meeting to discuss The Gathering Inn's purchase of the building at 1660 3rd Street.

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09/05/2024
Lawmakers approved two bills to allow some community colleges to provide bachelor’s degrees in nursing. That’s setting up another conflict with the California State University, which already offers these bachelor’s degrees.

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09/04/2024
California voters passed Proposition 22 four years ago. The ballot initiative, backed by Uber, Lyft and other gig companies, promised the state’s more than 1 million gig workers new benefits, such as guaranteed minimum earnings, health care stipends, occupational accident insurance and accidental death insurance.

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09/04/2024
Inland communities with big population booms will experience the most extreme heat days under climate change projections. The combination puts more people at risk — and many cities are unprepared.

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09/04/2024
Information about how the state’s K-12 students are performing is located on several sites and is difficult to understand, a new report finds.

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09/04/2024
The California School Dashboard makes it hard for the public to see how schools and districts are performing over multiple years, concludes the report's lead author.

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09/04/2024
California has allocated more than $20 billion to alleviate the state’s homelessness crisis since Gavin Newsom became governor in 2019, but there’s precious little data on how the money was spent and what effect it’s had, other than the number of unhoused people has continued to climb.

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09/03/2024
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In the continued effort to have regulation for short-term rentals within city limits, the Colfax City Council approved the second introduction of an ordinance to allow for a permitting process during its Aug. 28 meeting.

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09/03/2024
Almost everyone in California has health insurance. That trend reflects about a decade and a half of policymaking designed to expand access to health care. The state’s average uninsured rate has dropped from nearly one in four Californians in 2009 to less than one in ten today.

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09/02/2024
CalFire received the first of five planes promised by the federal government, a former Coast Guard C-130 Hercules air tanker.

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09/02/2024
California’s unemployment rate, 5.2% of its labor force in July, is no longer the nation’s highest after months of having that dubious distinction.

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08/31/2024
Unable to jam through bills he says will lower California gas prices, Gov. Newsom calls the Legislature back into session.

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08/30/2024
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The Placer County Supervisors on August 27 unanimously approved the adjustment of compensation and reimbursement for Grand Jurors.

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08/30/2024
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The Auburn City Council reviewed the city’s most recent branding efforts, capping a two-year journey the city has taken toward improving its messaging to visitors.

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08/30/2024
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Inspection work has been initiated on the Foresthill Bridge to ensure the quality assurance of its butt-welds.

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08/30/2024
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Placer County is in the process of purchasing a commercial building in Rocklin to expand its Sheriff’s Office facilities.

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08/30/2024
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The city of Auburn announced Friday Police Chief Ryan Kinnan has accepted the Chief of Police position with the City of Woodland, effective Sept. 14. Kinnan has served as Auburn’s Chief of Police for just under six years.

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08/30/2024
The Legislature is willing to guarantee $500 million annually to affordable housing developers, but with a caveat.
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