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Department of Transportation Allocates $57.5 Million For Long Beach, Oakland Port Improvements

December 23, 2021 2:15 amDecember 22, 2021 10:07 pm

The Department of Transportation allocated $57.5 million in grants for improvements to the Ports of Long Beach and Oakland on Wednesday, becoming the latest funding earmarked for helping eliminate supply-chain backlogs. Ports in California, facing massive backlogs in the latter...

LA City Council Votes Unanimously To Ban Ghost Guns

December 1, 2021 11:48 amDecember 3, 2021 6:18 am

The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously to ban ghost guns in a sweeping new city ordinance on Tuesday. Ghost guns, which are unfinished firearms that can be built from different parts to allow buyers to get around background checks...

Coalition of Progressive Groups Call on Senator Feinstein to Either Help Stop GOP Filibuster or Resign

November 23, 2021 3:49 pmNovember 24, 2021 6:19 am

A coalition of 69 Progressive groups, including multiple Indivisible and Swing Left chapters, called on Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) in a letter on Tuesday, to either swiftly pass the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement...

California Receives Initial $58 Million from DOT for High Speed Rail Transit, Cycling ‘Infrastructure’ Projects

November 20, 2021 2:17 amApril 3, 2022 8:26 am

Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Alex Padilla (D-CA) announced on Friday that the Department of Transportation (DOT) has given it’s first grants from the recently passed $1 Trillion infrastructure bill to California, with $58 million going to transportation projects in...

Los Angeles City Councilman Kevin de Leon Announces Candidacy For Mayor

September 21, 2021 10:55 am

Los Angeles City Councilman Kevin de Leon announced his candidacy for Mayor on Tuesday, becoming the third major candidate to enter the 2022 race since last year. The son of Guatemalan-American and Chinese-American parents, de Leon first worked as an...

Gov. Newsom Swings Through Southern California Campaigning With Prominent Democrats

September 6, 2021 11:52 am

During the weekend, Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) were among the top Democrats making rare appearances in California campaigning with Governor Gavin Newsom against the recall election. Newsom, who still has a narrow lead in beating the...

U.S. Capitol Police To Open Up New Branch Office in San Francisco

July 6, 2021 3:40 pm

In an announcement on Tuesday, U.S. Capitol Police said that a new regional field office would be opening up in California due to the high number of threats located in California and the Western U.S. in general. The California field...