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State opens security grants for religious institutions
After Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on July 30 that the state is expediting $76 million in security grants for nonprofits and religious institutions, Los Angeles City Councilmembers Katy Yaroslavsky and Bob Blumenfield withdrew a motion to create similar security grants at the city level. The motion was scheduled to be...
Looking at solar leases for your home? How new rules can add to the cost
As energy costs rise, more people are looking at solar panels as a way to save money, but will getting a solar lease for your home actually be better for your wallet?A viewer reached out to Eyewitness News, saying the state has changed rules for solar leases. We did some digging and learned there are some hidden costs.It's not working out in my favor right nowSeven years ago, Phillip Maxwell decided the cost of electricity was too high in Rancho Cucamonga and installed 28 solar panels. He said everything was great but in 2022, the California Public Utilities Commission...
Undocumented immigrants should soon be able to get state cell service subsidy
The California Public Utilities Commission issued a proposed decision last week that the California Universal LifeLine Telephone Service Program, which offers discounted cell service, will be offered to Californians without a Social Security number.
Therapy dogs used to uplift firefighters battling massive blaze in Northern California
First-responder therapy dogs have been brought in to help uplift firefighters battling the Park Fire in Northern California. “Ember, Ember, and Hudson reporting for duty at the #ParkFire!” Cal Fire posted on X, formerly Twitter. “We are here to help the humans with their mental health while assigned to the incident and away from their […]
California governor orders streamlining housing development using federal funds
(The Center Square) - California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order demanding the state streamline housing development and determine how to use federal climate change funding towards housing as a climate mitigation element. Housing experts note that Newsom’s suggestions could reduce the cost of building housing by as much as 30%. “Success could reduce the price of building by 10-30 percent,” said Louis Mirante, Vice President of Public Policy...
L.A. County Sheriff says Newsom’s executive order won’t alter homelessness approach
After Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order calling on local governments to remove homeless encampments, L.A. County Sheriff Robert Luna said nothing is changing for his department’s approach.
California Lost 420K Public School Kids in 4 Years — & May Drop 1M More by 2031
California public school enrollment passed the 5 million mark in 1991. That number quickly grew to 6 million by 1999 and then reached 6.4 million students in 2004. Then, the growth machine stalled. California has long seen a large percentage of its residents move to other states, but international immigration and high birth rates more […]
Park Fire jeopardizing California's spring-run Chinook, one of state's most iconic species
California's fifth largest wildfire is encroaching on some of the last strongholds for imperiled salmon, with potentially devastating consequences for a species already on the brink. The explosive Park Fire has spread into the Mill and Deer Creek watersheds in Tehama County, which are two of the three remaining creeks where wild, independent populations of spring-run Chinook, a threatened species, still spawn in the Central Valley. If the Park Fire climbs to higher altitudes, federal and state officials said it could strike the final deathblow to the region's spring-run salmon, which are already at risk of extinction."It's really concerning. It's...
Tenants’ rights groups press lawmakers to rein in corporate landlords
Tenant’s rights groups are asking policymakers to move on several fronts to rein in corporate landlords who they said are worsening California’s housing crisis. Advocates said after the private equity firm Blackstone bought 5,600 apartments in the San Diego area in 2021, the company began squeezing out tenants in order to aggressively raise rents.
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