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Trump Wins CPAC 2024 Presidential Nominees Poll, Newsom Wins for Dems

August 8, 2022 12:34 pm

A straw poll conducted at the Conservative Political Action Committee (CPAC) conference held in Dallas during the weekend found that California Governor Gavin Newsom is far and away the candidate most expected to be the Democratic Party nominee for president...

LA City Council Rejects Proposed Ordinance To Force LA Hotel Owners Give Vacant Rooms to Homeless

August 6, 2022 2:30 amAugust 5, 2022 9:12 pm

The Los Angeles City Council voted against a proposed ordinance on Friday to force LA hotels to give vacant rooms to the homeless, allowing residents to vote on the ordinance instead on the March 2024 ballot. According to the proposed...

Sen. Scott Wiener Chosen as Chairman of Senate Select Committee on Monkeypox

August 5, 2022 4:16 pmAugust 7, 2022 8:35 am

Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) announced on Thursday that he would be the Chairman of the newly-formed Senate Select Committee on Monkeypox. Monkeypox, a virus that cause rashes, swollen glands, and fever among other symptoms that is also rarely deadly, had...

Pushback Against Proposed Ordinance To Force LA Hotel Owners Give Vacant Rooms to Homeless

August 5, 2022 12:40 pmAugust 5, 2022 1:47 pm

Hotel owners and workers in Los Angeles continued their push against a proposed ordinance on Friday that would force hotels in Los Angeles to give vacant rooms to the homeless. The proposed ordinance dates back to April 2020 with Project...

San Bernardino County Board Approves Measure of Possible Secession on November Ballot

August 5, 2022 2:30 amAugust 5, 2022 9:53 am

The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors voted 4-0 on Wednesday to place a measure on the November 2022 ballot asking residents if they wish to possibly secede from California. In the past, many Californian counties, as well as the...

Gov. Newsom Releases Variety Ad Attacking Georgia, Oklahoma

August 4, 2022 4:27 pmAugust 5, 2022 4:16 pm

In a full page ad in Variety on Thursday, Governor Newsom urged film and TV productions in Georgia and Oklahoma to move back to California to take advantage of new tax credits and to film in the state that doesn’t...

Ousted SF DA Chesa Boudin Announces He Won’t Run for DA in 2022

August 4, 2022 12:27 pm

Recently recalled San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin announced via Twitter on Thursday that he will not be running for DA in 2022. Since being recalled by a large majority in June of 2022, Boudin has been hinting at another...