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3 天之前 · Lea esta historia en Español. Each year nearly 400,000 children with Medi-Cal health insurance lose coverage for a period of time and then must re-enroll. Often they still qualify for publicly subsidized health care but get kicked off because …

1 天前 · Lea esta historia en Español. As communities up and down California ban homeless encampments, one Bay Area city is trying to go a step further. The East Bay city of Fremont is set to vote on a new ordinance that would make it illegal to camp on any street or sidewalk, in any park or on any other public property. But, in an apparent California first, it also would make anyone “causing ...

2024年11月5日 · Prop. 2, passed and Prop. 4, passed: The two bond measures, approved by voters, will allow the state to borrow $10 billion to repair K-12 schools and community colleges, and $10 billion to address climate change in a variety of areas including drinking water improvements and extreme heat and wildfire programs. Recent polling showing the climate bond likely to pass while the school repairs bond ...

5 天之前 · The slowdown in EV sales is attributed to their cost, the lack of handy charging stations and the phaseout of federal subsidies even before Donald Trump became president again with a vow to bolster hydrocarbon production.. Conversion of the state’s electric power system to renewable sources such as wind and solar is doubly tricky.

5 天之前 · Several campaign finance experts told CalMatters that the structure of the chapters — which consult with Crane, receive a majority of their funding funneled through a central committee and regularly make identically sized donations to the same candidates on the same days, using the same treasurer and law firm — pushes the boundaries of state law by potentially enabling donors to circumvent ...

2025年1月6日 · Days after Trump’s win, Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom called for a special session to set aside funding for the state to take his Republican administration to court. Democratic lawmakers plan to rush in the coming weeks to appropriate $25 million for legal resources before Trump takes office on Jan. 20.. Though some have warned against getting sidetracked by another showdown with the ...

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2024年12月27日 · At the ballot box, a push to expand cities’ ability to enact local rent control lost to a well-funded campaign by landlords and realtors, who said the measure would make it less profitable to build new multifamily housing. The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a non-profit that has been the major funder of several rent control ballot propositions in California, suffered a double whammy loss when ...

2024年12月31日 · Low salmon numbers led to a second consecutive closure of the fishing season in California, with a third-year cancellation looking possible. State officials also gave protected status to the declining white sturgeon while federal officials listed the longfin smelt as an endangered species — likely to impact Delta water operations for years.. The state notched its hottest summer on record ...