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Parent Advisory Council Transparency Bill Passes Assembly Education Comm. With Unanimous Vote

June 13, 2024 5:19 pmJune 13, 2024 5:19 pm

A bill aimed at increasing transparency of information about members of the California Department of Education’s (CDE) Parent Advisory Council (PAC) passed the Assembly Education Committee late on Wednesday, moving up to the Assembly Appropriations Committee by a 6-0 vote...

Gov. Newsom More Than Doubles CalGuard’s Counterdrug Task Force to Aid in Fentanyl Crack Down

June 13, 2024 12:34 pmJune 13, 2024 12:34 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom announced Thursday that he would be more than doubling the number of California National Guard (CalGuard) troops being deployed across the state and at the border, from 155 members to 392. The goal is to further crack...

San Francisco Becomes Third ‘Transgender Sanctuary City’ In California

June 13, 2024 7:11 amJune 13, 2024 5:21 pm

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on Tues day to declare the city a sanctuary city for transgender people, becoming the third Californian city to do so. For several years red states and blue states have argued over...

Solano County Voting Officials Announce California Forever Project Will Be On November Ballot

June 13, 2024 2:45 amJune 13, 2024 5:22 pm

Solano County elections officials announced on Tuesday that the venture capitalist-backed California Forever development plan, which would create a green city for up to 400,000 people in the majority rural county, had received enough validated signatures by voters to place...

Former SF Mayor Holds Narrow Lead Over SF Mayor London Breed In Latest San Francisco Mayoral Poll

June 12, 2024 1:19 pmJune 12, 2024 1:33 pm

According to a new poll by Impact Research, former San Francisco Mayor Mark Farrell is currently leading the San Francisco Mayoral race with 23%, followed closely by Mayor London Breed with 21% and Levi Strauss heir and CEO of the...

Free Groceries: San Francisco Opens Controversial $5.5 Million ‘Food Empowerment’ Market

June 12, 2024 2:45 amJune 12, 2024 2:46 am

The city of San Francisco opened a new San Francisco’s Human Services Agency market where it gives free groceries to qualifying residents. This sparked outrage amongst many in the city over the program’s $5.5 million price tag at a time...

Police Arrest 25 Pro-Palestine Students at UCLA Protest

June 11, 2024 12:41 pmJune 11, 2024 12:41 pm

Twenty-five protesters were arrested at UCLA on Monday following protests and attempts to build a new encampment on campus, becoming the latest mass arrest of a pro-Hamas rally in California this year. Since late April, several pro-Palestine, pro-Hamas protests and...