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Governor Newsom signs new bills to boost housing supply, provide shelter beds
Governor Gavin Newsom has signed two new bills that will make it easier to house homeless individuals in privately owned motels and hotels for longer than 30 days, and exempt junior ADUs from CEQA requirements to increase housing supply.
Vital signs: Unemployment rate continues climbing along the Central Coast
For the second straight month, the unemployment rate along the Central Coast has seen a pretty sharp jump, this time from June to July, according to the latest data provided by the California Employment Development Department. Released Aug. 16, the unemployment rate of the tri-counties was at 4.56% in July,...
Gov. Newsom touts progress in San Quentin State Prison's transformation
California Governor Gavin Newsom on Tuesday announced the progress in transforming San Quentin State Prison into new education and rehabilitation facility has reached a significant milestone.Newsom first went public with his plan to turn San Quentin into a rehabilitation and re-entry facility last March.Built in 1852, the facility is the oldest prison in California and at one point held the largest active death row in the United States. The last execution at San Quentin was in 2006; Newsom ordered a moratorium on California executions in 2019. The press release from Newsom's office said the historic effort at San Quentin "will...
High Desert Sports Roundup: Sneed's 4 touchdowns lead Granite Hills in season-opening rout
Aamir Sneed’s first-ever varsity start for the defending Desert Sky League champions was quite the success Friday night. The quarterback threw four touchdown passes to help lead the Granite Hills football team to a lopsided 70-14 victory over Lake Mead Academy, of Henderson, NV. “Aamir did really well,” Granite Hills head coach Alex Gonzalez...
LMU says it will continue not practicing legacy admission as California proposes bill banning it
Lori Loughlin, William Singer, Mossimo Giannulli and Michelle Janavs. The following names have since become infamous following the college admission bribery scandal known as Operation Varsity Blues back in 2019. Just a few years later in 2023, the landmark Supreme Court case — Students for Fair Admissions Inc. v. President...
Column: The Harris-Newsom competition is over and it's clear who won. The governor doesn't seem happy
The vice president and California's governor, both products of San Francisco's elbows-out political culture, have been running side-by-side for more than two decades. Newsom has settled uneasily into the role of also-ran.
Canoo leaves California, CTO leaves company
Canoo's done with California and will now be based out of Texas. Canoo changed its business model to focus on commercial applications. Canoo is planning to leave its original headquarters location in California and is replacing one of its founding executives, according to two separate reports from TechCrunch. The website...
Expansion of California’s Marine Protected Area in Santa Barbara Channel under consideration
A proposal to expand 'no fishing' zones in the Santa Barbara Channel is creating a slow wake of controversy. The post Expansion of California’s Marine Protected Area in Santa Barbara Channel under consideration appeared first on News Channel 3-12.
SAG-AFTRA Wins Passage of California Bill to Limit AI Replicas
A bill to protect performers from unauthorized AI replicas was approved by the California Senate on Tuesday and will soon head to the governor’s desk.SAG-AFTRA Strikes Groundbreaking AI Digital Voice Replica Pact With Startup Firm Narrativ SAG-AFTRA, the actors union, has made the bill one of its top legislative priorities this year. AB 2602 would require explicit consent for the use of a “digital replica” of a performer. The bill mirrors language in the SAG-AFTRA contract that ended last year’s four-month strike against the film and TV studios. It would also extend those protections to include other types of performances, such as...
Newsom, Alameda County DA continue to clash over crime
CalMatters reports it's part of a larger, slowly unfolding effort to exert state influence on law enforcement in Oakland and other California cities as crime concerns rise during an election year. The state intervention -- which includes extra deployments of CHP officers, National Guard lawyers , or both in Oakland,...
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