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SF Mayor Breed Proposes Plan to Give $100 A Week to Welfare Recipients For Negative Drug Tests

July 30, 2024 1:21 pmJuly 30, 2024 1:21 pm

San Francisco Mayor London Breed and San Francisco City Supervisor Matt Dorsey unveiled a new proposed plan on Monday that would give select welfare recipients $100 a week for testing negative for illegal drugs. The effort amongst city leaders to...

Healthcare Company Optum Announces SoCal Workers Layoffs

July 30, 2024 2:35 amJuly 30, 2024 2:36 am

Optum, a healthcare company and subsidiary of UnitedHealth, announced during the weekend that 364 healthcare workers in Southern California will be laid off between September and January 2025, with 525 being laid off nationwide. While in recent years the Bay...

Garvey v. Schiff: California’s 2024 U.S. Senate Race is Closer Than You Think

July 29, 2024 2:57 pmJuly 29, 2024 2:57 pm

For the last several months, polls have shown that Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA) has a commanding lead over former baseball star Steve Garvey (R). The first poll in March, right after the primary, had Schiff up 61% to 37%. The...

Newsom’s Homeless Executive Order Continues To Receive Flak From All Sides

July 29, 2024 10:30 amJuly 29, 2024 10:58 am

Since Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order last week giving the greenlight to state officials to take down homeless encampments, many have questioned where the state should go from here. As outlined by the Governor’s office, Newsom’s plan is...

Man Who Broke Into L.A. Mayor’s Home to Receive Probation, Mandatory Drug Treatment

July 25, 2024 2:40 pmJuly 25, 2024 2:40 pm

Ephraim Hunter, the man who broke into the home of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass in April, avoided jail time in his his plea deal on Wednesday, instead receiving two years of probation, three months of drug abuse and mental...

California National Guard Counterdrug Task Force Seizes nearly $4 Million Worth Of Fentanyl In June Following Ramping Up Of Actions

July 24, 2024 5:11 pmJuly 24, 2024 5:11 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Wednesday that the California National Guard’s (Cal Guard) Counterdrug Task Force helped seize 1,068,219 fentanyl pills and 423 pounds of fentanyl powder in June, building off of a doubling employment of Cal Guard troops in...

San Francisco’s Guaranteed Income Programs for Trans People to End

July 24, 2024 12:41 pmJuly 24, 2024 12:41 pm

San Francisco officials confirmed on Tuesday that the Guaranteed Income for Trans People (GIFT) program, which gave guaranteed income to 55 low-income transgender residents for the last 18 months, would not be renewed due to both budget cuts and a...