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California election results: All 10 propositions - CalMatters
2024年11月5日 · Prop. 2, passed and Prop. 4, passed: The two bond measures, approved by voters, will allow the state to borrow $10 billion to repair K-12 schools and community colleges, and $10 billion to address climate change in a variety of areas including drinking water improvements and extreme heat and wildfire programs. Recent polling showing the climate bond likely to pass while the school repairs bond ...
CA voters backed health care accountability with Prop. 34 | Opinion
2 天之前 · The 340B program lacks adequate transparency and oversight, and the data reveals a large and rapidly escalating problem. In a 2020 audit, the United States Government Accountability Office found more than 1,500 violations of the 340B statute. Investigative reports show that hospitals across the country, including in California, were billing patients who qualified for charity care and misled ...
California Republicans flip seats, highlight growing diversity
2 天之前 · And in the state’s closest legislative race, Republican Leticia Castillo had a 600-vote lead on Tuesday over Clarissa Cervantes for an Inland Empire seat vacated by Cervantes’ sister, Sabrina Cervantes, a fellow Democrat who won a state Senate seat. The Associated Press has not officially called the race, but Castillo declared victory Tuesday night.
What you need to know about California propositions - CalMatters
2024年10月7日 · To help you decide on the propositions, here are the recommendations from the state Republican Party and the California Democratic Party.. So far, public polls suggest the high-profile crime measure will pass overwhelmingly, but measures to raise the minimum wage, allow cities to impose rent control and to make it easier for …
Study reveals root causes of California homelessness - CalMatters
2023年6月21日 · The timing could not have been better. A massive UC San Francisco study of California’s worst-in-the-nation homelessness crisis was released Tuesday as Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders were negotiating details of a new state budget, with homelessness spending as one of the knottiest issues.. The study bolsters previous research which concluded that California’s chronic shortage of ...
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Key issues that will shape California in 2023 - CalMatters
2023年1月3日 · CalMatters columnist Dan Walters: As a new year dawns, the Democratic politicians who dominate the state Capitol face a raft of old problems that, if anything, worsened during 2022.. California shouldn’t over-regulate the metal recycling industry: If the state were to classify scrap metal recycling facilities as hazardous waste treatment plants, it would result in millions of tons of end-of ...
California’s homeless crisis explained - CalMatters
2019年12月31日 · California is home to an estimated 181,399 unhoused residents, according to the latest data. That means 28% of the country’s entire homeless population lives in California.