Gov. Gavin Newsom looking troubled in a file photo.
Happy Monday.
As you may know, Gov. Gavin Newsom will not be giving his State of the State address this afternoon, as had been planned. That’s because Proposition 1, his $6.4 billion bond aimed at helping unhoused, mentally ill Californians get into shelter and treatment, is too close to call.
Late last week, the governor's national PAC, Campaign for Democracy, sent an urgent request asking supporters to contact Democrats who have had faulty ballots rejected, and encourage them to get them fixed. This is a little-known maneuver known as a “cure,” which allows voters to correct ballots that have been rejected because of missing signatures or other errors after election day. (You can find out if your ballot was counted by following this link to the state’s Ballottrax service.)
Unhoused Individuals and Mental Health
Prop 1 is narrowly ahead as of Sunday night, and its opponents have conceded the race. Nevertheless, opposition from civil liberties groups and advocates for the mentally ill may have (almost?) derailed the measure.
• Explaining the $15 Million Homeless Grant
An explanation about how the $15 million in state funds will be utilized to address homelessness in Manteca.
(03/18/2024) → Manteca Bulletin
• Manteca Wastewater Treatment Costs to Rise
The City of Manteca is preparing for alternative means of disposing of biomass solids resulting from the treatment of city wastewater to comply with a state mandate.
(03/18/2024) → Manteca Bulletin
• Ripon Considering Reactivating Old Water Well
The City of Ripon is evaluating the condition of a currently unused water well originally commissioned in 1991 to determine feasibility and cost of bringing it back into service.
(03/18/2024) → Manteca Bulletin
• Manteca Extends Contract With Homeless Center
The His Way Recovery House operates the center at 555 Industrial Park Drive and will soon provide 50 beds in two modular dorms.
(03/15/2024) → Manteca Bulletin
• Multi-Story Townhomes Coming to Northern San Joaquin Valley
Denser housing is planned for the River Islands planned community and in the area surrounding the Manteca central district.
(03/15/2024) → Manteca Bulletin
• River Islands Advances South County Development Planning
The Lathrop Planning Commission is reviewing plans for River Islands neighborhood designs which includes a football stadium, lakes, parks, housing and hundreds of thousands of square feet of commercial use space.
(03/14/2024) → Manteca Bulletin
• Ripon Continues to Reduce Water Usage
Director of Public Works James Pease reported ongoing reduction of water usage by residents at a recent City Council meeting.
(03/13/2024) → Manteca Bulletin
• Manteca at Center of Highway Construction
As the new McKinley/120 Bypass nears completion, work begins on the upgrades to the Austin Road/Highway 99 interchange and the 120 Bypass/Highway 99 interchange.
(03/12/2024) → Manteca Bulletin
• Ripon Unified School District Adds Teachers
Ripon Unified hired new five certificated teachers for the 2024-2025 school year and an additional two from position switches.
(03/11/2024) → Manteca Bulletin
• Homelessness Increases in Manteca
The unofficial tally from the Jan. 29 point in time count conducted of the homeless in the city was 238, up 8% over the previous count in 2022.
(03/11/2024) → Manteca Bulletin
• California Speeds Plans to Empty San Quentin's Death Row
California prison officials announced they will move the last 457 condemned prisoners out of San Quentin's death row by summer. They will be transferred to other state prisons and housed in the general population.
(03/18/2024) → Los Angeles Times
• Alan G. Sieroty, Former State Senator Who Helped Create the Coastal Commission, Dies at 93
Sieroty, of Beverly Hills, served as a state Assembly member and senator, championing disability rights and efforts to protect California's coast.
(03/17/2024) → Los Angeles Times
• California Unlikely to Meet Landmark Goals for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
California will miss its goals unless it can increase emission reductions threefold, according to a new study.
(03/15/2024) → Los Angeles Times
• Q&A: How the 50-Year-Old Case That Transformed English Learner Education Began
An interview with Lucinda Lee Katz, the first grade teacher of the lead plaintiff in the Supreme Court case Lau vs. Nichols.
(03/14/2024) → EdSource
Gov. Gavin Newsom looking troubled in a file photo.
