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Sunita Sohrabji Ethnic Media Services FREMONT, California — Shortly before midnight Feb. 11, the Fremont City Council passed an ordinance which criminalizes homelessness as a misdemeanor offense with penalties of up to 6 months in jail and fines of $1000. The new ordinance is one of the harshest such...
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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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Este noviembre, los votantes del condado de Sonoma decidirán sobre una propuesta única en su tipo, conocida como “Medida J”, para prohibir las grandes operaciones concentradas de alimentación animal. Las granjas industriales crían principalmente pollos, patos y ganado vacuno. Kristina Garfinkel, residente de Santa Rosa y organizadora de la...
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This November, voters in Sonoma County will decide on a first-of-its-kind proposal, known as “Measure J,” to ban large concentrated animal feeding operations. The industrial farms primarily raise chickens, ducks and cattle. Kristina Garfinkel, a Santa Rosa resident and an organizer with the Coalition to End Factory Farming, said...
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Carolyn Jones CalMatters A medida que el fondo de California para arreglar las escuelas en ruinas se reduce a nada, los legisladores están negociando entre bastidores para elaborar una medida electoral que sería el bono de construcción de escuelas más grande del estado en décadas. Pero algunos superintendentes escolares...
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Carolyn Jones CalMatters As California’s fund to fix crumbling schools dwindles to nothing, lawmakers are negotiating behind the scenes to craft a ballot measure that would be the state’s largest school construction bond in decades. But some beleaguered school superintendents say the money will not be nearly enough to...
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Una nueva medida electoral para apoyar la educación artística se presentará ante los votantes de California en noviembre. La pproposición requeriría que el 1% de los fondos escolares se destine a la educación artística y musical. La medida no proporciona dinero nuevo, sino que indica a los distritos que prioricen los...
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A new ballot measure to support arts education will go before California voters in November. Proposition 28 would require that 1% of school funding go toward arts and music education. The measure does not provide new money, but rather directs districts to prioritize existing funds. “Just as math teaches them...
Sunita Sohrabji Ethnic Media Services FREMONT, California — Shortly before midnight Feb. 11, the Fremont City Council passed an ordinance which criminalizes homelessness as a misdemeanor offense with penalties of up to 6 months in jail and fines of $1000. The new ordinance is one of the harshest such...
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...
Este noviembre, los votantes del condado de Sonoma decidirán sobre una propuesta única en su tipo, conocida como “Medida J”, para prohibir las grandes operaciones concentradas de alimentación animal. Las granjas industriales crían principalmente pollos, patos y ganado vacuno. Kristina Garfinkel, residente de Santa Rosa y organizadora de la...
This November, voters in Sonoma County will decide on a first-of-its-kind proposal, known as “Measure J,” to ban large concentrated animal feeding operations. The industrial farms primarily raise chickens, ducks and cattle. Kristina Garfinkel, a Santa Rosa resident and an organizer with the Coalition to End Factory Farming, said...
Carolyn Jones CalMatters A medida que el fondo de California para arreglar las escuelas en ruinas se reduce a nada, los legisladores están negociando entre bastidores para elaborar una medida electoral que sería el bono de construcción de escuelas más grande del estado en décadas. Pero algunos superintendentes escolares...
Carolyn Jones CalMatters As California’s fund to fix crumbling schools dwindles to nothing, lawmakers are negotiating behind the scenes to craft a ballot measure that would be the state’s largest school construction bond in decades. But some beleaguered school superintendents say the money will not be nearly enough to...
Una nueva medida electoral para apoyar la educación artística se presentará ante los votantes de California en noviembre. La pproposición requeriría que el 1% de los fondos escolares se destine a la educación artística y musical. La medida no proporciona dinero nuevo, sino que indica a los distritos que prioricen los...
A new ballot measure to support arts education will go before California voters in November. Proposition 28 would require that 1% of school funding go toward arts and music education. The measure does not provide new money, but rather directs districts to prioritize existing funds. “Just as math teaches them...