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Derailed: Trump Admin Pulls $1B in Funding for California High-Speed Rail Project

May 16, 2019 9:52 pmMay 17, 2019 6:25 am

The Trump Administration’s Federal Railroad Administration announced Thursday it will not be providing California the nearly $1 billion promised for the High Speed Rail project. California “repeatedly failed to comply with the terms” of its grant, “failed to make reasonable...

Homeless Spending in CA: Where is the Money Going?

May 16, 2019 9:18 amMay 16, 2019 7:46 pm

California has roughly 134,000 homeless people, amounting to one-quarter of the nation’s total homeless population. In Will $1 Billion Spending on California’s Homeless Fix the Problem?, California Globe covered a myriad of issues surrounding California’s homeless explosion including how tiny...

Pump the Brakes on the Bullet Train

May 15, 2019 3:46 pmFebruary 25, 2021 11:23 am

The California High-Speed Rail Authority recently released its annual report that proved the bullet train is not on track. The report paints the same picture as previous reports: They want more hard-earned taxpayer dollars for a project that has changed...

Will $1 Billion Spending on California’s Homeless Fix the Problem?

May 14, 2019 4:47 pmMay 15, 2019 4:37 pm

California has roughly 134,000 homeless people, amounting to one-quarter of the nation’s total homeless population. The federal Housing and Urban Development agency published its 2018 report on homelessness which found more than 550,000 people are homeless in the United States....

Gov. Newsom Grants Seven Pardons

May 13, 2019 3:49 pmMay 14, 2019 6:03 am

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Monday that he has granted seven pardons, two of which were requests from Oakland Council member Nikki Fortunato Bas on behalf of Cambodian Americans facing deportation orders based on old convictions. Bas made the request on...

‘Spot Bills’ in the California Legislature

May 13, 2019 6:32 amMay 13, 2019 9:23 am

During the first two months generally of the California Legislative Session, over 2,500 bills are usually introduced. Hundreds of those bills are “spot bills” or “intent bills.” What are they and why are they used? In the State Assembly this...

How Voters Can Transform California in One Election

May 13, 2019 6:04 amMay 15, 2019 1:50 pm

Oxnard, California, wouldn’t immediately come to mind as the epicenter of a political revolution, but that’s exactly what it will be, if a small group of citizen activists succeed in putting not one, but five reforms in front of voters in the...