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Ben Christopher CalMatters Last year, state lawmakers broke from tradition by not including an exception for the California coast in a major housing law. That deliberate omission came despite opposition from the California Coastal Commission — the voter-created state agency tasked since 1976 with scrutinizing anything that gets built, demolished, dug,...
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When Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign launched its first ad this month to court the Latino vote, it didn’t just do so in Spanish. The advertisement “One Option,” which seeks to mark differences with Donald Trump on issues such as the cost of insulin or abortion, was...
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Cuando la campaña presidencial de Joe Biden y Kamala Harris lanzó este mes su primer anuncio para cortejar el voto latino, no lo hizo sólo en español. El anunció “Una opción”, qué busca marcar las diferencias con Donald Trump en temas como el costo de la insulina o el...
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Jocelyn Wiener CalMatters After days of uncertainty, the results are finally in: Californians, by a slim majority, have voted to throw their support behind Gov. Gavin Newsom’s latest effort to overhaul how the state cares for people with serious mental illness. The Associated Press on Wednesday declared that Proposition 1...
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Selen Ozturk Ethnic Media Services En una sesión informativa del viernes 15 de marzo de Ethnic Media Services, el personal de CA vs Hate, los organizadores estatales de derechos civiles y las organizaciones comunitarias sobre el terreno discutieron las tendencias de los delitos de odio en todo California, y...
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Selen Ozturk Ethnic Media Services At a Friday, March 15 Ethnic Media Services briefing, CA vs Hate staff, civil rights state organizers and community organizations on the ground discussed hate crime trends throughout California, and how the hotline connects those experiencing hate with local resources including mental health support,...
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Clean-air groups are calling the Biden administration’s new rules on vehicle pollution the single biggest action the Environmental Protection Agency has ever taken to fight climate change. The EPA’s new policy requires auto companies to reduce the pollution from cars starting in model year 2027. Laura Deehan, state director of Environment...
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A referendum on the ballot this fall gives California voters the chance to either uphold or reject a law which would require oil and gas wells to be set back 3,200 feet from sensitive areas such as schools and homes. Senate Bill 1137 never went into effect. It is on hold until...
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Sameea Kamal CalMatters Around the U.S., the effort to withhold votes from President Biden until he demands a permanent ceasefire in Gaza has made some noise. Following Michigan, in which 13% of Democrats voted “uncommitted,” 29% did so in Hawaii, 19% in Minnesota and 13% in North Carolina. In California, more than six in ten...