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Lauren Hepler CalMatters Un comité del Senado de California acaba de desmantelar uno de los proyectos de ley de reforma de la conducción bajo los efectos del alcohol más importantes del estado en años, a pesar del amplio apoyo de otros legisladores y de las familias de las víctimas...
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Lauren Hepler and Robert Lewis CalMatters A California Senate committee just gutted one of the state’s most substantial DUI reform bills in years, despite widespread support from other lawmakers and families of drunk driving victims. The bill would have required in-car breathalyzers for anyone convicted of a DUI, bringing California in line...
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Ryan Sabalow CalMatters In the past year alone, they’ve helped catch suspected murderers, bank robbers and hit-and-run drivers. They’ve located dozens of stolen cars and helped send a wildland arsonist to prison. They’re also distrusted and despised by privacy rights activists on the left and on the right. Just last month, police accused a suspect in...
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Las extensas zonas de bosques con vegetación excesiva en California suponen un riesgo de incendios forestales catastróficos, y hoy la Asamblea Estatal estudiará la posibilidad de dar luz verde a dos proyectos de ley destinados a promover las quemas controladas que reduzcan el riesgo de desastres. La Ley de...
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Huge swaths of overgrown forests in California pose a risk for catastrophic wildfires, and today, the State Assembly will consider advancing two bills to promote intentional burns that lower the risk of disaster. The Beneficial Fire Capacity Act would allocate 10% of the annual wildfire resilience portion of the...
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Adam Echelman CalMatters Calbright College parecía condenado al fracaso desde el principio. Apenas unos meses después de matricular a sus primeros estudiantes en 2019, el colegio comunitario en línea fue objeto de críticas por parte de grupos de profesores, y la Asamblea estatal acordó su cierre. Una auditoría estatal...
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Adam Echelman CalMatters Calbright College seemed doomed from the start. Just months after enrolling its first students in 2019, the online community college was under fire from faculty groups, and the state Assembly had agreed to shut it down. It had “poor management,” “ineffective and inappropriate hiring,” and “inadequate”...
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Mikhail Zinshteyn CalMatters En los últimos dos años, el gobernador Gavin Newsom vetó tres proyectos de ley que habrían permitido a los colegios comunitarios otorgar más títulos de licenciatura a sus estudiantes. Sin inmutarse, los legisladores ahora respaldan un cuarto proyecto de ley que hace prácticamente lo mismo. La...
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Mikhail Zinshteyn CalMatters In the past two years, Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed three bills that would have allowed community colleges to award students more bachelor’s degrees. Unfazed, lawmakers are now backing a fourth bill that does much of the same. The measure, Assembly Bill 664, cleared its first legislative tests...
Lauren Hepler CalMatters Un comité del Senado de California acaba de desmantelar uno de los proyectos de ley de reforma de la conducción bajo los efectos del alcohol más importantes del estado en años, a pesar del amplio apoyo de otros legisladores y de las familias de las víctimas...
Lauren Hepler and Robert Lewis CalMatters A California Senate committee just gutted one of the state’s most substantial DUI reform bills in years, despite widespread support from other lawmakers and families of drunk driving victims. The bill would have required in-car breathalyzers for anyone convicted of a DUI, bringing California in line...
Ryan Sabalow CalMatters In the past year alone, they’ve helped catch suspected murderers, bank robbers and hit-and-run drivers. They’ve located dozens of stolen cars and helped send a wildland arsonist to prison. They’re also distrusted and despised by privacy rights activists on the left and on the right. Just last month, police accused a suspect in...
Las extensas zonas de bosques con vegetación excesiva en California suponen un riesgo de incendios forestales catastróficos, y hoy la Asamblea Estatal estudiará la posibilidad de dar luz verde a dos proyectos de ley destinados a promover las quemas controladas que reduzcan el riesgo de desastres. La Ley de...
Huge swaths of overgrown forests in California pose a risk for catastrophic wildfires, and today, the State Assembly will consider advancing two bills to promote intentional burns that lower the risk of disaster. The Beneficial Fire Capacity Act would allocate 10% of the annual wildfire resilience portion of the...
Adam Echelman CalMatters Calbright College parecía condenado al fracaso desde el principio. Apenas unos meses después de matricular a sus primeros estudiantes en 2019, el colegio comunitario en línea fue objeto de críticas por parte de grupos de profesores, y la Asamblea estatal acordó su cierre. Una auditoría estatal...
Adam Echelman CalMatters Calbright College seemed doomed from the start. Just months after enrolling its first students in 2019, the online community college was under fire from faculty groups, and the state Assembly had agreed to shut it down. It had “poor management,” “ineffective and inappropriate hiring,” and “inadequate”...
Mikhail Zinshteyn CalMatters En los últimos dos años, el gobernador Gavin Newsom vetó tres proyectos de ley que habrían permitido a los colegios comunitarios otorgar más títulos de licenciatura a sus estudiantes. Sin inmutarse, los legisladores ahora respaldan un cuarto proyecto de ley que hace prácticamente lo mismo. La...
Mikhail Zinshteyn CalMatters In the past two years, Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed three bills that would have allowed community colleges to award students more bachelor’s degrees. Unfazed, lawmakers are now backing a fourth bill that does much of the same. The measure, Assembly Bill 664, cleared its first legislative tests...