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CA Dept. of Insurance Approved State Farm 20% Home Insurance Rate Increase

January 4, 2024 4:48 pmJanuary 5, 2024 11:29 am

The California Department of Insurance approved a request by State Farm Insurance on Wednesday to allow the company to raise all active home insurance rates by 20%. Throughout 2023, multiple insurance companies operating in California either stopped accepting all new...

Homeless In Karen Bass’ Los Angeles

December 16, 2023 2:30 amDecember 16, 2023 2:31 am

This week, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass celebrated her first year in office, and highlighted the “success” of her Inside Safe project. However, as the Globe and other outlets have pointed out, her program has been far from a success,...

LA Mayor Karen Bass Celebrates One Year In Office Despite Homeless Program Failures

December 13, 2023 2:30 amDecember 15, 2023 6:12 am

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass celebrated one year in office on Tuesday, with many Angelinos reflecting negatively because of her failure to improve the growing homeless problem in the city. In November 2022, Bass narrowly defeated developer Rick Caruso and...

Gov. Newsom Announces A New $300 Million Block Of Funding For Homeless Encampment Removal and Housing

November 28, 2023 12:19 pmNovember 28, 2023 12:19 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Monday that a third round of funding from the Encampment Resolution Fund worth $300 million will be made available to local governments across the state to both clear homeless encampments as well as to provide...

Gov. Newsom Announces $156.4 Million Project Homekey Expansion

November 9, 2023 2:30 amNovember 9, 2023 2:31 am

Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Wednesday that Project Homekey will be expanding once again, sending a total of $156.4 million in grants to six counties across California. According to Newsom and a parallel announcement by the California Department of Housing...

San Diego Ranked As Most Expensive City To Live In U.S. According To New Study

October 26, 2023 5:25 pmOctober 26, 2023 5:25 pm

A new study by the U.S. News and World Report released on Thursday found that San Diego is the most expensive city to live in in 2023, with 12 of the top 20 most expensive cities being within California. According...

732,000 Letters Favoring Ballot Initiative to Increase Rent Control

October 25, 2023 2:30 amOctober 25, 2023 2:31 am

A group of California housing advocates, renters, lawmakers, and social justice organizations announced on Tuesday that they will be sending more than 732,000 letters to Governor Gavin Newsom to help convince him to support the upcoming 2024 statewide rent control...