Tuesday, May 7, 2024
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Homeless Industrial Complex
California lawmakers grill Newsom administration on homelessness spending and lack of data - CalM: Did California’s massive COVID homeless shelter program work? A new evaluation probes the results
- SDUT: San Diego council members skeptical of new shelters amid possible cuts to existing homelessness programs
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SF Homeless Fraud
LAT $: San Francisco shelter operator got $105,000 for work it never did, city officials say -
CA Minimum-Wage Hikes
NR: California’s Predictably Disastrous Minimum-Wage Hikes -
Home Insurance Crisis
SJMN: One of California’s largest home insurance companies is raising rates by 15% on average
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Plenty of Water
SFC: California’s second-largest reservoir is now full -
State Deficit
VCStar $: State's deficit could halt disability workers' raises -
Your Tax Dollars
Former Stockton Unified board president accused of misusing district credit card appears in court -
Restaurant Prices
SFC: New California law will upend restaurant prices. What it could look like for 3 famous dishes -
Back to the Office
CalM: Newsom wants California state employees back in the office. New ruling makes it harder to object -
Campus Protests
LAT $: UCLA detectives use Jan. 6 tactics to find masked mob members who attacked pro-Palestinian camp - SDUT: Police crackdown on pro-Palestinian protest at UC San Diego leads to dozens of arrests, criticism
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Groundwater Supplies
AP: California reports the first increase in groundwater supplies in 4 years -
Crime Watch
Thief swaps $255K Tiffany ring with cubic zirconia replica: police - 14 more felony arrests made in Rancho Cucamonga anti-theft crackdown
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Elizabeth Holmes Release
SJMN: Elizabeth Holmes’ projected release from prison is moved closer
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The Golden Pen
Thomas Buckley
CG: Hating Jews in Elementary School: Berkeley Public Schools Tolerating Antisemitism -
Dan Walters
CalM: California restaurants shouldn’t be shocked law banning ‘junk fees’ applies to them -
Chaya & Yoni Loffman
CA Is Penalizing Our Religious Beliefs -
Henry I. Miller
OCReg: California legislators misunderstand basic economics. Taxpayers will pay the price. -
Adam Kovacevich
OCReg: The Teamsters’ campaign against AVs isn’t really about safety -
Sacramento Valley
SacBee: Comment praising Hitler in Sacramento class prompts debate after high school paper prints it -
SF Bay Area
SFC: S.F. created an office to fix its system for reporting sex crimes. Years later, it’s changed almost nothing - SF's unhoused tent count hits 5-year low, Mayor Breed says
- SF nonprofit meant to help unhoused community accused of fraud
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Central Valley
Merced County supervisors to discuss possible fire station closures -
Central Coast
LAT $: Tiny Central Coast newsroom Lookout Santa Cruz wins Pulitzer Prize -
Ventura County
VCStar $: $12M in loans awarded to affordable housing projects -
Los Angeles County
CG: Former Los Angeles DA Lacey Endorses Nathan Hochman -
Orange County
OCReg: OCTA details cost of adding sand in coastal armoring proposal for tracks in San Clemente - OCReg: OC judge scheduled to testify on allegations he withheld evidence as a prosecutor
- VOC: Fountain Valley Allows Digital Freeway Advertising; Will Drivers be Distracted?
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San Bernardino County
Mojave Cross finally finds a safe, permanent place in the San Bernardino County desert -
San Diego County
SDUT: Plaintiffs challenging San Diego County jail practices want a court order to depose sheriff