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California Black reparations task force concludes historic 2-year work

California’s first-in-the-nation reparations task force wraps up its historic work with a final report to lawmakers

The Independent UK · Jun 29, 2023

Biden is wrapping a campaign fundraising blitz aimed at making a bold early statement

President Joe Biden has cozied up to high-dollar donors at posh Upper East Side penthouses and on West Coast decks gussied up with floral arrangements and flags in recent weeks

The Independent UK · Jun 29, 2023

Joshua Trees win long term protection in environmental victory

The bill, to be signed by the California governor, requires drawing up a conservation plan and creates a fund to protect the species

The Guardian - US · Jun 28, 2023

George Skelton: California used to be good at building things. What happened?

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom is upset. He's frustrated because California isn't building nonstop as it did in the mid-20th century.

Los Angeles Times · Jun 27, 2023

Tom Philp: Even in liberal California, there is little to stop extremists from hijacking schools

When property tax reform via Proposition 13 led to fiscal challenges for California’s public school system in 1978, the Legislature strengthened the role of the local watchdog, the county superintendent of schools.

Tribune News Service · Jun 27, 2023

California's law aimed at fast food wages is on hold. Lawmakers may have found a way around it

A new California law aimed in part at increasing salaries for fast food workers has been delayed

The Independent UK · Jun 27, 2023

California reparations task force to hold final meeting in Sacramento. What comes next?

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California state reparations task force — which has been at work researching possible reparation for Black Californians who descended from slaves — is winding down after two years of work before making its final proposal to the Legislature before July.

Tribune News Service · Jun 26, 2023

Gavin Newsom, California lawmakers face looming budget deadline. Here’s what they’re debating

California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic legislative leaders have negotiated major elements of the state budget — although they remain at odds over Newsom’s eleventh-hour push to streamline large-scale infrastructure projects.

Tribune News Service · Jun 26, 2023

States fight to save books from growing number of bans across U.S.

Illinois this week became the first state to pass a law penalizing libraries that ban books.

Axios · Jun 21, 2023

California’s homelessness crisis is homegrown, study finds

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s homelessness crisis is a homegrown problem that is deepening amid a shortage of affordable housing and emergency shelter, and it’s often the brutal conditions of living on the street that trigger behavioral health problems, such as depression and anxiety, researchers found in a comprehensive study on…

Tribune News Service · Jun 21, 2023