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PG&E Selling San Francisco Headquarters For A Reported $800 Million

May 24, 2021 12:04 pm

On Friday, financially beleaguered utility company Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) announced in a statement that they will be selling their San Francisco Headquarters for $800 million. PG&E, upon approval from the state, will move from the PG&E complex at...

Los Angeles Lawmakers Propose $20 Billion, Multi-Year Homeless Crisis Plan

May 4, 2021 2:45 amMay 3, 2021 9:31 pm

Several Los Angeles lawmakers joined the growing movement to enact a $20 billion plan to give California cities funds to combat against the homeless crisis on Monday. Speaking at the Skid Row Housing Trust, Assemblyman Miguel Santiago (D-Los Angeles), Councilman...

Oakland Mayor Announces Basic Income Program, but Not For Poor White Families

March 25, 2021 3:50 pmMarch 25, 2021 5:37 pm

Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf announced Tuesday a privately funded universal basic income program, to provide 600 Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) families with low-incomes an unconditional $500 per month for at least 18 months. But there is a...

State Auditor Releases Scathing Audit of the Failure to Mitigate Homelessness in California

February 18, 2021 12:43 pmFebruary 19, 2021 10:23 am

California State Auditor Elaine Howle recently released a rather scathing audit of the management or mismanagement of Homelessness in California. She said that the state continues to have the largest homeless population in the nation “likely in part because its...

Utah Joins Coal Shipping Lawsuit Against City of Richmond

January 11, 2021 3:07 pm

On Monday, the state of Utah officially joined a lawsuit started by Wolverine Fuels against the city of Richmond over an ordinance that is set to phase out all coal and coal byproduct storage in Richmond. For many years, Richmond...

Protests Over The Breonna Taylor Decision Erupt Across California

September 24, 2020 3:52 pm

On Wednesday, a grand jury decision in Louisville, Kentucky that only charged one of three police officers with wanton endangerment in the death of Breonna Taylor caused massive outcry nationwide, with many of the largest protests happening across California. Taylor,...

President Trump Threatens Federal Law Enforcement Intervention In Oakland

July 22, 2020 6:26 amMarch 17, 2022 8:26 pm

Press play to hear a narrated version of this story, presented by AudioHopper. On Monday, President Donald Trump noted that he may be sending federal law enforcement officials similar to those deployed in Portland, Oregon to Oakland and other cities...