Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass delivered her State of the City address from City Hall on Monday. The Mayor touched on several issues impacting the story, including the 2026 World Cup and the 2028 Oly
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco blasted the Democratic governor for refusing to reform woke policies. California voters passed Prop 47 in 2014, which critics said has contributed to the uptick of smash-and-grab robberies, drug deaths and homelessness. Bianco and other top brass said Californians from all sides of the political spectrum are 'fed up'
California GOP leaders are calling for more accountability after an audit released earlier this week indicated that the state spent around $24 billion to tackle the homeless crisis over the past five years but did not consistently track whether the huge outlay of public money did anything to actually improve the problem. The state auditor’s report found that despite roughly $24 billion spent on homeless and housing programs during the 2018-2023 fiscal years, the problem didn’t improve in many...
But alders unsure how to enforce it, discuss a different license for food hall operators.
A state audit has found that California spent $24 billion to tackle homelessness over a five-year period but didn't consistently track the outcomes or effectiveness of its programs.
A state audit has found that California spent $24 billion to tackle homelessness over a five-year period but didn't consistently track the outcomes or effectiveness of its programs.
Frustrated over the lack of progress on homelessness in California, Gov. Gavin Newsom is calling for increased oversight of cities and counties that receive state funds in an effort to hold them accountable to deliver results. Newsom's more aggressive stance is the latest example of the governor wanting local governments to do more to lessen homelessness, which has worsened in his tenure despite more than $20 billion in state funds spent on programs to help over the last five years. He...
Google on Friday said it is testing removing links to California news sites for some users in the western US state as legislators mull making the online search giant pay for connecting people to news.The Silicon Valley tech firm is preparing for the possible passage of the California Journalism Preservation Act (CJPA) that would create a "link tax" for connecting users in the state to news articles, Google Global News Partnerships vice president Jaffer Zaidi said in a blog post.The CJPA was...
Founder LaQuida Landford shows up for Oregon’s most vulnerable ‘round the clock. by Donovan Scribes (fka Donovan Smith) [Welcome to our second annual "SAY NICE THINGS ABOUT PORTLAND" issue! Read it online here, or if you like physical, paper-y things, you can find it in more than 50 locations all around the city!—eds] Before I get started, (and piss people off), I should start by saying this: “house keys not handcuffs,” “care...
California state lawmakers are considering legislation that would limit the number of overdraft fees credit unions (CUs) can charge their members. Under SB-1075, the 100+ CUs now doing business in the Golden State would be prohibited from charging their customers more than three overdraft fees per month. The bill would also require CUs to give customers […]
The incompetence of California’s single-party Democratic rule shines through on every issue facing the state, but now homelessness is again taking the spotlight. Over the past five years, California has spent $24 billion on addressing homelessness. An audit examined how over half of that, $13.7 billion, was spent on five programs across the state. According […]
An old Salinas motel could be the beginning of a new partnership between the city and the County of Monterey as they look to address the area’s homeless housing needs.