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California Budget Pumps $350 Million into ‘Immigrant Newcomer’ School Program

June 18, 2026 2:45 pmJune 19, 2026 8:09 am

As California lawmakers grapple with a massive state budget and ongoing fiscal pressures, Assemblymember Matt Haney (D–San Francisco) announced on Thursday that the Legislature’s budget plan includes a $350 million “investment” in the California Newcomer Education and Well-Being Program (CalNEW)....

Strange Fire: The Fires That Don’t Belong

June 18, 2026 12:24 pmJune 18, 2026 12:36 pm

Fire is changing — not just in acreage, but in behavior, heat, speed, and what it consumes. The story we keep being told is true: drought, climate, fuel loads, longer seasons. But none of it fully accounts for what experienced...

LA City Council Advances Measure to Allow Noncitizens to Vote in Local Elections

June 18, 2026 11:06 amJune 18, 2026 11:13 am

In a 10-5 vote on Wednesday, the Los Angeles City Council advanced a charter amendment (see below) that could eventually allow noncitizens to vote in citywide and Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) elections. The proposal, introduced by DSA Councilmember...

Arizona Democrat Draws AOC Comparisons After Calling ICE Facilities ‘Concentration Camps’

June 18, 2026 9:52 amJune 18, 2026 9:53 am

Arizona Democrat Yassamin Ansari is drawing comparisons from many commentators to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez after invoking two of the New York Democrat’s most controversial narratives, calling ICE detention facilities “concentration camps,” and using social media to question President Donald Trump’s...

Arizona Lawmakers Send Voter ID Constitutional Amendment To Statewide Ballot

June 17, 2026 11:23 amJune 17, 2026 11:23 am

Arizona voters will decide whether to place new election integrity requirements in the state constitution, including a voter identification requirement for mail ballots, after Republican lawmakers approved a ballot referral known as the Arizona Secure Elections Act. The measure, House...

Midnight Tax Hikes: Business Coalition, Assm Tangipa Blasts New Taxes in Record-Breaking California Budget

June 16, 2026 1:04 pmJune 16, 2026 1:06 pm

In the dead of night, California Democrats advanced a record $355 billion budget that includes significant new tax increases on digital software, insurance, and payroll-related costs, prompting sharp warnings from business groups and Republican Assemblyman David Tangipa. Tangipa took to...

City College of San Francisco Campus Union Leader Guilty of Discrimination and Harassment

June 16, 2026 1:00 pmJune 16, 2026 1:01 pm

In what the Brandeis Center and StandWithUs are hailing as a victory for Jewish students and professors, the City College of San Francisco recently determined that a campus union leader who called a Jewish professor a “colonizer” and mocked her...