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Alejandra Reyes-Velarde CalMatters Standing in his front yard in Wilmington, Jose Ulloa can’t get a sentence out without coughing. Heavy-duty trucks, headed to and from the Port of Los Angeles, pass in front of his home all day, their engines roaring and their exhaust spewing into the air. Ulloa,...
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Felicia Mello CalMatters Confused about Proposition 33? You’re not alone. A recent poll shows the ballot measure to give local governments more ability to limit rent increases is running neck and neck, with nearly a third of voters undecided. Prop. 33 would repeal a state law known as the Costa Hawkins Rental Housing...
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Alexei Koseff CalMatters For California political observers, the housing plan that Kamala Harris recently unveiled may have caused a twinge of familiarity. As a central plank of her agenda to “lower costs for American families,” the Democratic presidential nominee pledged in August to build 3 million additional affordable homes and rentals...
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Marisa Kendall CalMatters Nuevos datos muestran que casi 186,000 personas viven ahora en las calles y en refugios para personas sin hogar en California, lo que demuestra que la crisis sigue creciendo a pesar de los crecientes esfuerzos estatales y locales para detener la marea. Eso es según un...
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Marisa Kendall CalMatters New data shows nearly 186,000 people now live on the streets and in homeless shelters in California, proving the crisis continues to grow despite increasing state and local efforts to stem the tide. That’s according to an exclusive CalMatters analysis of the latest results of the point-in-time...
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Khari Johnson CalMatters California lawmakers took a key vote on August 28 to pass a controversial bill that requires companies that make or modify powerful forms of artificial intelligence to test for their ability to enable critical harm to society. Following a 32-1 vote in the Senate in May, the Assembly...
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En una luminosa mañana a principios de enero, cerca de la confluencia de los ríos San Joaquín y Tuolumne en el centro de California, John Cain contempla un pequeño lago curvo. La mayoría de los árboles están desnudos para el invierno, pero Cain, director senior de conservación de la...
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On a bright morning in early January near the confluence of the San Joaquin and Tuolumne rivers in Central California, John Cain looks out over a small, curved lake. The trees are mostly bare for winter, but Cain, senior director of conservation of the nonprofit organization River Partners, points...
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Peter Schurmann Ethnic Media Services SMITH RIVER, Calif. – Alvaro Urrea Olivares tiene una voz suave y agradable. A sus 45 años, sus curtidas manos revelan décadas de trabajo en los campos de lirios que impulsan la economía local en esta pequeña comunidad del extremo norte de California. Smith...