Gov. Gavin Newsom is raising money from labor unions and Democrats all over the country for Proposition 50, his redistricting ballot measure. Republicans are pouring in money to fight it.
The Trump presidency and Santa Cruz County
News and opinion coverage of reaction in Santa Cruz County to the election of Donald Trump to a second term as president, plus news from around California via Lookout’s content partners.
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Federal funding cuts put free child care program for low-income Santa Cruz families at risk of closure
A longstanding Santa Cruz child care program serving over 250 low-income families is at risk of closure after federal funding cuts slashed the Head Start grant by $4 million and eliminated access to unused funds.
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Here’s how the federal shutdown is affecting Santa Cruz County governments, schools and nonprofits
Most Santa Cruz County agencies and nonprofits say they have monthlong buffers against the federal government shutdown, though some child care and agricultural programs could face threats if the impasse stretches well beyond October.
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What a government shutdown will mean for Californians, from Social Security to national parks
Social Security and Medicare benefits will keep flowing in a government shutdown, but federal employees will be working without pay and delays likely will occur across many services.
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Furloughs, working without pay: How shutdown affects federal employees and services
Parts of the federal government are offline after a Republican bill to keep the government open failed. Federal employees who are required to keep working will stop getting paid. Here’s more about how services will be affected.
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UCSC recovers some funding cut by Trump, but research disruption roils campus
UC Santa Cruz has seen about $25 million in federal grant funding reinstated after judges ruled that Trump administration cuts were illegal, but officials warn that the temporary losses caused long-term disruption to crucial research and student training programs.
Posted inHealth & Wellness
Amid federal confusion, California gives state public health department final say in vaccine recommendations
A new state law gives the California Department of Public Health the ultimate decision-making power for issuing vaccine recommendations. California-based insurers are required to cover vaccines that the public health department recommends — and the guidelines are much wider than the federal ones.
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California law forbids ICE from making arrests at courthouses. Officers are showing up anyway
A California law bans immigration enforcement at courthouses. ICE under the Trump administration is detaining people there, anyway, arguing that it’s a safe place to apprehend someone.
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‘Sick to my stomach’: Trump distorts facts on autism, Tylenol and vaccines, scientists say
The White House’s autism announcement exaggerates links to Tylenol, misleads on vaccines and sets back the field by ignoring decades of research, scientists say.
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Watsonville leaders say controversial plan to expand license plate readers won’t undermine city’s sanctuary status
Watsonville officials are defending their city’s immigration sanctuary reputation amid an outcry from residents over a plan to nearly double the use of Flock Safety’s license plate surveillance cameras.
