The Importance of Planning

Funding has been secured to continue the Sacramento Regional Transit RydeFreeRT program for local K-12 students.

Plans have been submitted for the development of two new neighborhoods in Manteca adding 1,073 homes to the city.

Sutter Health announced plans to open new facilities in Manteca, Lathrop and Tracy.

The San Joaquin County Civil Grand Jury released a report detailing Brown Act violations and a hostile work environment at City Hall fostered in coordination with the controversial 209 Times
website.

A proposal for a new 324-unit apartment complex of fourteen three-story buildings joins the 3,457 units being planned or already under construction in Manteca.

On June 6, CalFire reported the Corral Fire in San Joaquin County south of Tracy is 100% contained.

Sandy Regalo has been named permanent San Joaquin County administrator after three months serving in the interim.

San Joaquin County has drafted a proposed 2024-2025 budget of $2.8 billion, and increase of $48 million over the previous year.

In a June 4 vote of 111 downtown Manteca parcel owners, 62% voted in favor of forming a Property and Business Improvement District.

The latest point-in-time count of unhoused individuals in San Joaquin County more than doubled since the last count in 2022.

On June 11, Solano County elections officials announced the verification of necessary signatures for the California Forever sponsored initiative to amend the county General Plan to be on the November ballot.

A rendering for a Solano Sports Complex development with facilities for baseball, basketball, football, swimming, tennis, volleyball, pickleball and other sports was released as part of the California Forever project in east Solano County.

The two-day CalMatters Ideas Festival wrapped on June 6 with more than a dozen events examining critical policy issues impacting the lives of millions of Californians.

Over the last decade, nearly 50 maternity wards have closed across California, with more than half shutting down in just the last four years.

On June 6, the Solano Land Trust announced its opposition to the California Forever project to build a new community housing up to 400,000 people in the county.

A panel at the CalMatters Ideas Festival debates how to reduce homelessness without punishing poverty. There’s worry about a potential $1 billion cut in state funding.

A panel of labor experts at the CalMatters Ideas Festival say California workers should have more access to more apprenticeships that pay more. Barriers still exist, especially for women and low-income Californians.

The $4.5 billion Sites Reservoir project is advancing after a judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by environmental groups.

EdSource reports that police are dispatched thousands of times per school day across California.

A new study, conducted by researchers at three University of California campuses, projects that a combination of factors will reduce California’s water supply by up to 9 million acre-feet a year.

California is hailed as a national leader for voting access. But visually impaired voters and their advocates say they still face unnecessary barriers, despite bills and lawsuits. Some election officials raise security concerns.

It’s the billion-dollar question. That’s how much cities and other local governments have been receiving from the state each year to deal with California's ever-increasing population of homeless people.

For families seeking affordable health insurance, the state’s health insurance marketplace, Covered California, can provide major relief. But if they’re not careful, they can get hit by an unexpected federal tax bill.