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In governor's race, challengers attack Newsom's record on homelessness

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Even as Gov. Gavin Newsom boasts of California's economic resurgence after the COVID-19 lockdowns, the tens of thousands of Californians living on the streets offer a searing counterpoint — a nagging reminder of the human suffering that has become a central focus of the long-shot candidates hoping…

Los Angeles Times · Apr 13, 2022

Editorial: Truth is one of the casualties in Sacramento shooting

Much of what you heard last week about a suspect in the killing of six people in Sacramento the previous Sunday was patently false — that “the perpetrator” was able to do his ugly deed because he had been released from prison years early by Gov. Gavin Newsom’s soft-on-crime parole…

Los Angeles Times · Apr 11, 2022

‘Never tried before’: California lawmakers use Texas tactics in bid to tackle ‘ghost guns’

Measure would let people sue weapons traffickers but faces skepticism from Democrats and gun policy groups

The Guardian - US · Apr 6, 2022

Man arrested for assault, firearms possession in Sacramento mass shooting that killed 6

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — As Sacramento mourned the worst mass shooting in the United States this year with sidewalk shrines near the Capitol, authorities on Monday arrested a suspect in connection with the shooting.

Los Angeles Times · Apr 4, 2022

Editorial: Speed up affordable housing development on government-owned land

Shortly after he was inaugurated in 2019, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order meant to spur construction of affordable housing on state-owned land, saying that “the California dream is in peril if we don’t act to address this housing crisis.”

Los Angeles Times · Apr 4, 2022

Sacramento police seek multiple gunmen in mass shooting that killed 6, wounded 12

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento police are searching for multiple suspects in a mass shooting in the city’s downtown early Sunday that killed six people and wounded 12 others.

Los Angeles Times · Apr 4, 2022

Sacramento police seek multiple suspects in mass shooting that killed 6, wounded 12

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento police are searching for multiple suspects in a mass shooting in the city’s downtown early Sunday that killed six people and wounded 12 others.

Los Angeles Times · Apr 4, 2022

6 killed, 12 wounded in downtown Sacramento mass shooting

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento police were searching for a gunman after six people were killed and 12 were wounded Sunday in a mass shooting in the heart of the city’s downtown.

Los Angeles Times · Apr 3, 2022

Blue states enact new laws to create abortion havens

If the U.S. Supreme Court decides in June, as expected, that all states can limit abortions to the earliest stages of pregnancy or ban the procedure altogether, hundreds of thousands of Americans are likely to start traveling to states where abortion remains legal.

Tribune News Service · Apr 3, 2022

As drought saps water supply, California signs $2.6 billion ecological pact

LOS ANGELES — It's a major source of California's water supply and a vital habitat for fish, migratory birds and other species.

Los Angeles Times · Apr 2, 2022