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Homelessness Housing State of California

CA Homeless Count Is Up 8% From 2022

09/10/2024
An exclusive CalMatters analysis of the latest California homeless count reveals some good news and bad news: Though the growth rate of homelessness appears to be slowing, the overall number of unhoused Californians increased from two years ago.

From Los Angeles Times...

Environment Land Use & Development Water Sustainability State of California

California "30x30" Conservation Efforts Make Progress

09/08/2024
The California state goal to conserve 30% of its land and coastal waters has advanced, with conserved lands reaching 25% and coastal waters 16%.

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State of California

Reparations Supporters Plot Comeback After Bitter Defeat in California Legislature

09/06/2024
The controversial idea of cash reparations divided even Black advocates in the legislature this year. Here’s what’s next.

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Elections & Politics Housing State of California

CA Rent Control Battle Goes to the Ballot

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!”

From South Tahoe Now...

State of California County of El Dorado

California AB1981 Raises Juror Stipend to $100

09/05/2024
Under a pilot program mandated by California AB1981, jurors in El Dorado County will receive a stipend for jury duty of $100.

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Education Health State of California

Should California Community Colleges Offer Bachelor’s Degrees in Nursing? Universities Say No

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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Business, Economy & Jobs State of California

Are CA Gig Workers Getting Promised Pay and Benefits?

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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Public Safety Resilience State of California

More Extreme Heat + More People = Danger in These California Cities. ‘Will It Get as Hot as Death Valley?’

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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Education State of California

California Schools Release a Blizzard of Data, and That’s Why Parents Can’t Make Sense of It

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.

From EdSource...

Education State of California

California School Dashboard Lacks Pandemic Focus, Earns a D Grade in Report

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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Homelessness State of California

California Has Spent Billions on Homelessness but Lacks Hard Data on Outcomes

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.

From Folsom Times...

Homelessness State of California

Folsom Assemblyman Urges Governor to Sign Bill for Homeless Spending Accountability

09/03/2024
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On August 31, Assemblyman Josh Hoover of Folsom announced the passage of Assembly Bill 2903 out of the Legislature, which would require state-run homelessness programs to annually report cost and outcome data to the California Interagency Council on Homelessness.

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Health State of California

Health Care in California: How the State Made Almost Everyone Eligible for Coverage

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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Public Safety Resilience State of California

CalFire Deploys New Air Tanker

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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Business, Economy & Jobs State of California

California’s Economy Lags Behind Other States, Here’s Why It’s So Sluggish

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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State of California

Gavin Newsom Calls Special Session on Gas Prices

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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Land Use & Development Housing State of California

More Affordable Housing Funds Could Come With New Labor Requirements

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

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Housing State of California

California’s Inequality Hotspots

08/30/2024
A large apartment complex in San Rafael’s majority-Latino Canal neighborhood. Latino families in Marin County are far more likely than white families to have trouble making ends meet, a new report finds.

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Elections & Politics State of California

A Profile of State Senator Susan Talamantes Eggman

08/28/2024
A look at the career of Susan Talamantes Eggman as she reaches the end of her last term as state senator from Stockton.

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Elections & Politics State of California

From Inmate Release to Immigrant Housing Aid, California Bills Spur End-of-Session Fireworks

08/28/2024
Some Democrats are pushing bills that could put their colleagues on the hot seat in an election year. The authors say they’re representing their constituents and there’s never a perfect time for votes.

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Transportation Crime & Justice State of California

1 in 6 CHP Jobs Are Vacant — Despite Historic Raises and Newsom’s Hiring Campaign

08/28/2024
California Highway Patrol officers received historically high raises in 2022 and 2023, but it continues to face a high vacancy rate of 16%.

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Health State of California

These Middlemen Say They Keep Drug Prices Low. California Lawmakers Don’t Buy It

08/27/2024
Pharmacy benefit managers attempt to negotiate cost savings for insurers. California is considering new rules that would require them to pass their discounts on to consumers.

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Transportation State of California

Hollister DMV Office Adds Temporary Friday Hours

08/26/2024
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The California Department of Motor Vehicles this week announced that the Hollister office, located at 80 North Sally Street, will temporarily expand its operating hours to include Fridays, in addition to its regular Tuesday and Thursday schedule.

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Health State of California

Lawmakers Say Newsom Staff ‘Inflated’ Cost of Failed Health Care Bills

08/26/2024
A trio of California Democratic lawmakers say they’re frustrated by high cost estimates that helped kill their health care legislation. Did the Newsom administration inflate the numbers to quietly kill the bills?

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Health State of California

Millions of Californians Have Medical Debt. It Wouldn’t Hurt Your Credit Under Proposed Rules

08/26/2024
About 4 in 10 Californians are carrying medical debt. Lawmakers are advancing a bill that would prevent that debt from affecting credit scores.

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Families & Children Health State of California

They Delivered 5,600 Babies. They Blame California Rules for Putting Them Out of Business

08/25/2024
Birth centers are popular options for families who want to deliver a baby outside of a hospital. Nineteen of them closed in California in the past decade, deepening the state’s maternity care crisis.

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Crime & Justice State of California

Newsom’s Hands-on Approach to Crime in California Cities Gains Critics in Oakland

08/25/2024
Gov. Gavin Newsom has taken to using state resources to fight crime on a local level. Not everyone in the cities he’s taken an interest in is thrilled with the results.

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Education Crime & Justice State of California

When Should Police Be Involved at School? A California Bill Would Let Teachers Make the Call

08/25/2024
In the final week of session, legislators are debating whether to give more leeway to public school teachers when to report students to law enforcement. Supporters say disabled and students of color are unfairly disciplined, but opponents say school safety is at risk.

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Homelessness Land Use & Development Housing State of California

Prefab Temporary Housing Might Soon Shelter Unhoused Californians

08/21/2024
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Small, less-expensive readymade homes could buy time as the state continues to struggle with homelessness and high building costs.

From The Sacramento Bee...

Elections & Politics Crime & Justice State of California

Proposition 6 Explainer

08/21/2024
The Sacramento Bee explains Proposition 6, the initiative to ban involuntary servitude.

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