Evan Symon, Author at California Globe

LA City Councilman Joe Buscaino Drops Out of Mayoral Race

May 12, 2022 3:42 pm

Los Angeles City Councilman and Mayoral candidate Joe Buscaino dropped out of the LA Mayoral race on Thursday, leaving only a handful of viable candidates still in the running. Councilman Buscaino, who had been a candidate for Mayor since announcing...

San Francisco Standard Poll Finds Support for Recall of SF DA Chesa Boudin Still High

May 12, 2022 12:33 pmMay 13, 2022 5:59 am

According to a new poll released by the San Francisco Standard and Embold Research on Thursday, support for Measure H, the recall against San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin, remains high less than a month before the vote on June...

Senate Republicans Send Budgetary Requests To Democratic Leaders Ahead of Gov. Newsom’s May Budget Revise

May 12, 2022 2:24 amMay 11, 2022 8:37 pm

California Senate Republicans on Wednesday responded to Governor Gavin Newsom’s plan to announce a revised budget proposal on Friday with a list of budget priorities for the state’s spending next year, including on how to spend the estimated $68 billion...

BREAKING: California’s Under-21 Firearms Sale Ban Overturned in 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

May 11, 2022 4:04 pmMay 12, 2022 6:05 am

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 on Wednesday that California’s ban on sales of semiautomatic weapons to those under 21 violated the second amendment and thus is unconstitutional. According to the Jones v. Bonta decision, which reversed...

LA School Board Votes 7-0 to Delay Mandatory Vaccines for Students Until July 2023

May 11, 2022 12:31 pm

On Tuesday, the Los Angeles Board of Education voted to delay the system-wide student vaccination mandate by over a year following both similar statewide changes happening and the Board not wanting many families to choose between in-person classes and online...

State Water Usage Up By 19% in March Compared to March 2020

May 11, 2022 8:34 amMay 11, 2022 8:26 am

According to multiple state agencies on Tuesday, water usage in California shot up by 19% compared to 2020, despite pleas from state officials and state reservoirs hitting historic lows this year. Since the drought set in the last few years,...

COVID-19 Cases In California Remain Low Despite Upticks in Some Variant Cases in the Past Few Weeks

May 11, 2022 2:19 amMay 10, 2022 8:29 pm

More than three months following the massive drop-off in the number of new COVID-19 cases following the Omicron variant spike in late 2021 and January 2022, California has continued to keep COVID-19 cases low despite a recent number of new...