Hanging over the heads of California’s newly sworn-in state lawmakers — and likely to be top of mind when they return to Sacramento next month — are the state’s intertwined housing and homelessness crises.
Emily Hoeven
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More mass shootings, more gun laws coming to California
What’s more American than a mass shooting? That was the question posed by the Sacramento Bee editorial board following a spate of Fourth of July shootings in California and across the country.
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Port backlogs sum up California’s COVID crisis
New Leaf Community Markets brand manager Lindsay Gizdich said the store is moving from Pacific Avenue in order to have…
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Why many California students keep missing school
While Gov. Newsom brags about students returning to classrooms, an EdSource report found many districts are experiencing a massive uptick in chronic absenteeism.
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Gray Davis: California recalls should be reformed, no matter Newsom’s fate
“Get rid of question No. 1 on the ballot, let everyone run in question No. 2 and make all the rules the same,” says Davis, who in 2003 became the only California governor to be recalled. “Just have one election, whoever wins gets to fill out the governor’s term.”
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Gavin Newsom under COVID: The governor dishes on his pandemic life
Netflix, a new rooster, a date night planned by his kids and weekend hikes: California’s governor gives a glimpse into how he’s made it through the pandemic.
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Will Gavin Newsom appoint an Asian attorney general?
“California deserves to have a top cop who understands our communities, our diversity, and that has experience in building community-based solutions that target hate,” said Assemblymember David Chiu, a San Francisco Democrat.
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California changes reopening criteria again and allots 40% of vaccine to poorer areas
Under the new system, business reopening rules appear to be eased. And California will earmark 40% of its COVID-19 vaccine doses for low-income communities spread out across 400 of the state’s ZIP codes.