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San Diego School District Drops Indoor Mask Mandate

April 4, 2022 12:12 pm

The San Diego Unified School District is one of the last major school districts to drop their mandatory masking policy on Monday, following the return from spring break, coming nearly a month after Governor Gavin Newsom announced an end to...

Mayor and Governor Blame Gun Violence When 6 are Killed, 10 Injured in Downtown Sacramento Shooting

April 3, 2022 10:21 amApril 3, 2022 10:26 am

Six people were killed and 10 were wounded in a mass shooting in downtown Sacramento late Saturday night/early Sunday, turning several blocks of the Capitol city into a massive crime scene, CBS 13 reported. Sacramento police spent the early hours...

Free Public Transit For 18 and Under in San Diego County to Begin May 1st

April 2, 2022 2:30 amApril 2, 2022 7:56 am

The San Diego Association of Governments announced on Friday that those age 18 and under in San Diego can ride public transit for free beginning May 1st. According to the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (SDMTS), all MTS and North...

CalRecycle Announces $330 Million Proposal to Increase Recycling, Double Current Consumer Refunds

April 1, 2022 3:32 pmApril 1, 2022 4:38 pm

In a press release on Friday, the California Department of Resources, Recycling, and Recovery (CalRecycle) announced that they would be bringing a new $330 million proposal to the California legislature to greatly increase mobile recycling and reverse vending machine programs...

Bill To Impose Civil Penalties on Hotel Owners Over Human Trafficking Passed in Senate

April 1, 2022 12:22 pmApril 1, 2022 12:23 pm

A bill to allow civil penalties to be issued against hotels if owners know of human trafficking occurrences and don’t report them was passed in the Assembly on Thursday, and will move to the Senate. Assembly Bill 1788, authored by...

Lt. Gov Kounalakis Signs Eviction Moratorium Extension Bill into Law

April 1, 2022 2:17 amApril 1, 2022 2:37 pm

First passed in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic in the spring of 2020, statewide eviction moratoriums have been extended numerous times in 2020, in 2021, and, due to the rise of different variants, through 2002 until March 31st...

‘Homeless Equity for Left Behind Populations’ Act Bill Passes Senate Committee

March 31, 2022 12:56 pm

A bill requiring county, city, and continuum of care homeless services that receive state funding, which must ensure that all the needs of domestic violence survivors, unaccompanied women, and transgendered individuals experiencing homelessness are met, passed the Senate Human Services...