Evan Symon, Author at California Globe

Bill To Allow Housing Department to Halt Legally Dubious Projects Gains Support in Legislature

June 21, 2022 3:59 pm

A bill to allow the Department of Housing and Community Development to block projects in Orange County that are in violation of the Surplus Land Act and other laws, continued to move up in the legislature in June following the...

Gov. Newsom Announces Additional 400,000 COVID-19 Vaccine Doses For Children Under 5

June 21, 2022 12:15 pm

California Governor Gavin Newsom Announced this week that an additional 400,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been ordered by the state, encouraging them to be used on children following FDA approval for the under 5 age group last week. According to...

Bill To Add Juneteenth As Paid State Holiday Gains Near-Universal Support in Legislature

June 21, 2022 2:33 amJune 20, 2022 10:34 pm

A bill to add Juneteenth as an official paid state holiday in California gained near universal support in the last few weeks as public support for the holiday also climbs. Assembly Bill 1655, authored by Assemblyman Reggie Jones-Sawyer (D-Los Angeles),...

Bill To Ban Arrests for Prostitution-Related Loitering Moves to Governor’s Desk

June 20, 2022 3:51 pm

A bill to ban arrests for “loitering with the intent of prostitution” was sent to the Governor’s desk on Monday, nine months after both houses of the state legislature first passed it. Senate Bill 357, authored by Senator Scott Wiener...

Folsom Lake’s ‘Negro Bar’ to be Renamed Following State Park and Rec Vote

June 20, 2022 12:35 pm

During the weekend, the California State Park and Recreation Commission voted 7-0 to officially change the Negro Bar area of the Folsom Lake State Recreation Area to Black Miners Bar following decades of speculation, petitioning, and debate. The controversy surrounding...

Governor Newsom Appoints Tony Tavares As Next CalTrans Director

June 18, 2022 2:30 amJune 19, 2022 3:17 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Friday that Tony Tavares, the current District 7 Director of of the California Department of Transportation (CalTrans), was appointed as the next CalTrans Director. Tavares, a Civil Engineering graduate of UC Davis, started his careers...

Bill to Ban Cat Declawing Gains Support Before Senate Committee Votes

June 17, 2022 4:32 pmJune 17, 2022 3:46 pm

A bill that would ban cat declawing, surgical claw removal, or tendonectomy procedures on cats has had support continue to row both amongst lawmakers and the public following it’s passage in the Assembly late last month. Assembly Bill 2606, authored...