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Los Angeles Laker Legend Kobe Bryant Dies in Helicopter Crash

January 26, 2020 4:22 pmJanuary 26, 2020 4:30 pm

Los Angeles Lakers Legend Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, and seven others died in a helicopter crash in Calabasas on Sunday morning. The 41-year-old Bryant had spent his entire 20 year career with the Los Angeles Lakers before retiring...

Trump Administration Threatens to Stop Some Federal Health Funding Over California’s Abortion Law

January 24, 2020 1:26 pm

On Friday the Trump Administration threatened California that it would halt certain federal health funds because of California’s requirement that abortions need to be covered under insurance. A new federal stance on insured abortion laws The Department of Health and...

California Joins 13 Other States to Sue the Department of Agriculture Over Food Stamps Cut

January 20, 2020 2:45 pmJanuary 21, 2020 8:50 am

California and 13 other states filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Thursday over new SNAP restrictions. 400,000 cut off CalFresh in California Under new Federal rules that were set to begin on April 1st, adults...

Governor Newsom Proposes Statewide No-Kill Animal Shelters

January 14, 2020 7:57 am

Governor Gavin Newsom has proposed making California the third no-kill animal shelter state in the country. Included in Governor Newsom’s 2020-2021 budget proposal is a $50 million grant to the University of California for the no-kill shelters. According to the...

Governor Newsom Proposes a State-Run Generic Prescription Drug Label

January 10, 2020 6:23 amJanuary 10, 2020 8:21 am

On Thursday, Governor Gavin Newsom released a new budget proposal that would have the state of California manufacture generic prescription drugs. A plan for California labeled generic drugs “Prescription drug prices are too high,” stated Governor Newsom in a tweet....

High-Density Housing Bill SB 50 Returns to the California Legislature Amid Protests

January 8, 2020 2:30 amJanuary 7, 2020 8:35 pm

SB 50, the bill that would alter local zoning laws to allow for more higher density residential buildings and allow the building of multiple-family buildings in areas currently zoned for single families, has returned to the Senate for the third...

California Legislature May See a ‘Right to Shelter’ Homeless Bill Soon

January 7, 2020 8:29 pm

‘Right to shelter’ laws, which would make cities unable to turn away anyone seeking shelter for the night, are likely making a return in the halls of the state Capitol Building. Failure of past proposals In previous years, any talk...