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Showing posts with label California. Show all posts
Showing posts with label California. Show all posts
Friday, January 10, 2025

Hundreds of California prison firefighters join battle against Los Angeles wildfires

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 By Cayla Mihalovich About 800 incarcerated firefighters are battling the unprecedented fires raging across Southern California, according t...
Thursday, January 9, 2025

Fact check: Why is Trump blaming the LA fires on Newsom’s water policies?

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By Alastair Bland In summary President-elect Donald Trump faulted California water policies for the devastating wildfires that are burning i...
Monday, December 9, 2024

Disappearing bills: More than 2,300 bills died without a vote in the last two years

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By Sameea Kamal In summary Few bills fail in the Legislature because lawmakers publicly vote “no.” Instead, most bills die when they are she...
Tuesday, December 3, 2024

Landlords are using AI to raise rents — and California cities are leading the pushback

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By Wendy Fry California and federal prosecutors have accused software company RealPage of enriching itself ”at the expense of renters who pa...
Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Gavin Newsom has not solved California’s housing crisis. Three lessons for Kamala Harris

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  In summary Kamala Harris pledges to build 3 million affordable homes and apartments in her first term as president, but Gov. Newsom has fa...
Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Thousands in California’s jails have the right to vote — but here’s why many won’t

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By  Sameea Kamal  Ronald Latney used to believe his vote didn’t matter. But after returning to jail this year, he realized the difference it...
Tuesday, September 3, 2024

‘Show us who you are’: Time runs out as advocates demand votes on two California reparations bills

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 By Wendy Fry, Alexei Koseff and Sameea Kamal In summary Down to the wire: After years of study, two historic reparations bills are stalled ...
Wednesday, August 21, 2024

Some California Democrats want an arms embargo on Israel. How far will they push Kamala Harris?

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By Sameea Kamal In summary The Gaza war has divided California Democrats for months. Now, some of them are pushing the national party at the...