Endorsement: Yes on Prop. 5. It’s too hard to raise local taxes and bonds
Requiring two-thirds support to pass local taxes for parks, housing, transportation and other public investments is ...
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Governor Newsom signs dozens of housing bills and announces $2.2 billion in Prop 1 funding for housing and services
Many of the bills make it easier to build more affordable housing, and harder for cities to ignore the state’s call to do so.
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Weekly global protein digest - Annual report on poultry industry, H5N1 found on 8 California dairies
China imported 200,000 MT of pork in August, up sharply from only 90,000 MT in July but still 2.3% below year-ago. Through ...
Opinion
There are prison rehabilitation success stories across California. Prop. 36 puts future ones at risk
The crime that put me in prison was a serious one. As a young man, I ran with gangs and was involved with drugs. I participated in activities that today I am not proud of. I make no excuses for my ...
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Why should you vote yes on Prop 1? Here's why
Gov. Brad Little signed a trigger law which went into effect in June 2022. when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade that ensured a woman’s right to choose to have an abortion. The law banned ...
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New report says California’s Prop 47 led to a major decrease in incarceration rate, slight increase in crime
The Public Policy Institute of California released the report 10 years after the ballot measure went into effect and two ...
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U.S. Latino GDP skyrockets to record $3.7 trillion, with growth rate outpacing China, India
The total economic output, or gross domestic product, of Latinos in the U.S. reached $3.7 trillion in 2022, the researchers ...
Tooth decay still plagues California kids nearly a decade after Medi-Cal promised change
Kids in California struggle with more cavities than kids in most states, despite Medi-Cal efforts to fix dental care ...
Prop. 4 explained: What would California do with a $10B climate cash infusion?
Approving Proposition 4 on Californians’ ballots would authorize $10 billion in debt for the state to spend on environmental ...
Direct democracy is in California’s political DNA. How to be informed this election
This article is part of U.S. Democracy Day, a nationwide collaborative on Sept. 15, the International Day of Democracy, in which news organizations cover how democracy works and the threats it faces.
Prop. 47 led to an increase in property crime in California, report says. How bad was it?
The report found that Prop. 47 led to a 30% drop in jail and prison populations with a “modest and limited” impact on crime, ...