The City of Santa Monica, California approved a multimillion-dollar apartment unit for the homeless days after an audit found the state could not account for $24B spent on homelessness. The post California city OK’s $1M per unit homeless housing project after audit found state wasted billions on crisis first appeared on WFIN Local News.
UIL State Track and Field Championships Mike A. Myers Stadium Austin, TX Class 4A Boys 1,600m Run – 1. Angel Sanchez, Fort Worth Diamond Hill Jarvis, 4:13.08; 2. Ryan Fernandez, Canyon, 4:13.55; 3. Luke Anderson, Salado, 4:13.97; 4. Alex Niemiec, Canyon, 4:17.90; 5. Armando Morales, La Feria, 4:19.39; 6. Bryce Denton, Anna, 4:22.93; 7. Connor […]
An ambitious pilot program provides a myriad of resources to help participants achieve financial independence through stable employment.
Pet owners from California and several other states can face a struggle to secure rental housing that allows them to keep their animal companions."Many states, such as California, are increasingly becoming unaffordable to live in for most of the population. It's still tougher for people with pets; pet-inclusive, affordable housing is almost impossible to find," said Kitty Block, president and CEO of the Humane Society.Prospective renters with pets are subjected to additional deposits to already...
Proposition One garnered a nail-bitingly close victory, but the slim margin signals the tide is turning against a failed housing policy.
Uber says it has made an investment exceeding $1 billion in benefits for its California drivers and couriers since 2020. This investment is aimed at enhancing the working conditions and overall well-being of its vast network of drivers and couriers across the state, the company said in a Thursday (April 26) blog post. The initiative […]
As the nation's highest court heard arguments this week in a case expected to shape homelessness policies in the years to come, Los Angeles County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath listened angrily. The case involved a small Oregon town seeking to rid its streets and parks of encampments, and leaders across California had joined in calling for the Supreme Court to take up the issue, including Gov. Gavin Newsom, San Francisco Mayor London Breed and L.A. City Atty. Hydee Feldstein Soto. But not Horvath....
Charging electric vehicles at home will exceed most power lines' capacity.
L.A. Mayor Karen Bass and several other California mayors visited Sacramento to urge the state for more funding to address homelessness.
California has unveiled an ambitious plan to help combat the worsening climate crisis with one of its invaluable assets: its land. Over the next 20 years, the state will work to transform more than half of its 100 million acres into multi-benefit landscapes that can absorb more carbon than they release, officials announced Monday. The so-called nature-based solutions will span natural and working lands such as forests, farms, grasslands, chaparral, deserts and other types of ecosystems and urban...
Floodplain buyouts allow homeowners to move out of harm's way and help the community create open space that can collect flood waters to protect other homes.
Northern California City Relaxes Homeless Rules Amid Federal Lawsuit Authored by Brian Back via The Epoch Times, The city council of San Rafael in Marin County, California, voted unanimously in a public hearing last week, to approve a more relaxed version of its ordinance dealing with homeless camps and where they are allowed. The ordinance was originally approved by the council in July 2023 to help curb violence, crime, fires, and littering at an encampment dubbed “Camp...