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Gov. Newsom Signs Bill Establishing 988 Emergency Number For Mental Health Crises

September 30, 2022 4:36 pmSeptember 30, 2022 4:37 pm

A bill to set up “988” as a new emergency number for mental health crises in California was signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday. Assembly Bill 988, authored by Assemblywoman Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D-Orinda), will create the 988...

Gov. Newsom Vetoes Bill That Would Have Forgiven Parking Tickets for Homeless Drivers

September 30, 2022 1:27 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill on Thursday that would have forgiven at least $1,500 in unpaid parking tickets for homeless residents every year. According to Assembly Bill 1685, authored by Assemblyman Isaac Bryan (D-Los Angeles), processing agencies would have...

New York Formally Adopts California’s 2035 No New Gas Powered Car Ban

September 30, 2022 2:30 amSeptember 30, 2022 6:19 am

At a press conference in White Plains, New York on Thursday, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced that the state would be following California and will be banning the sale of new gas powered cars beginning in 2035. The California...

Homeless Advocates Sue San Francisco To End Homeless Encampment Sweeps

September 29, 2022 2:20 amSeptember 28, 2022 8:54 pm

A lawsuit by a coalition of homeless advocates was filed by the ACLU and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area against the City and County of San Francisco on Wednesday. The lawsuit, filed in...

Newsom Vetoes Bill To Prohibit Foreign Governments From Buying CA Agricultural Land

September 28, 2022 1:03 pm

A bill to prohibit foreign governments from purchasing or leasing agricultural land in California was vetoed by Governor Gavin Newsom Tuesday. Senate Bill 1084, authored by Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Sanger), would have prohibited a foreign government from purchasing, acquiring, leasing,...

UCLA Buys Former Marymount California University Campus For $80 Million

September 28, 2022 2:30 amSeptember 27, 2022 8:15 pm

The University of California, Los Angeles purchased 35 acres of the former Marymount California University on Tuesday for $80 million, significantly expanding the colleges’ footprint into Rancho Palos Verde and becoming the largest land acquisition in school history. Marymount California...

Another Blow to AG Bonta’s Attempt to End For-Profit Prisons in California

September 27, 2022 12:34 pmSeptember 28, 2022 5:11 am

A panel of 11 judges in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 8-3 on Monday that California’s state law that bans for-profit private prisons is to be blocked due to coming into conflict with federal law. The legal...