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San Francisco Office Prices Have Fallen From $90/Sq. Foot To $62/Sq. Foot In Only 4 Years

May 23, 2024 12:19 pmMay 23, 2024 12:19 pm

A new report by real estate agency Cushman & Wakefield released this week found that the average office rent price in San Francisco has plummeted from $90/square foot in 2020 to $62/square foot today, marking a huge collapse not seen...

Two Grocery Store Plastic Bag Bills Pass Senate, Assembly Respectively

May 23, 2024 9:59 amMay 23, 2024 9:59 am

Two bills aimed at banning all plastic bags from grocery stores and other stores moved ahead in both the Senate and Assembly respectively on Tuesday, with both bills each passing with votes split across party lines. Senate Bill 1053, authored...

Does AI Carry Potential to Destroy Democracy?

May 23, 2024 2:55 amMay 23, 2024 2:56 am

Artificial intelligence (AI) and its integration within various sectors is moving at a speed that couldn’t have been imagined just a few years ago. As a result, the United States now stands on the brink of a new era of...

Is Prescribed Burning Oversold?

May 22, 2024 7:00 pmMay 22, 2024 7:01 pm

California contains 93-million acres of which, approximately 20-million acres is choked with annual grass and brush wildfire fuels. And much of that 20-million acres is in very difficult remote terrain that is not suited to mowing or livestock grazing. Oregon contains about 45-million...

UCLA Police Chief Reassigned Day Before Chancellor Testifies in of Congress

May 22, 2024 5:00 pmMay 22, 2024 5:01 pm

UCLA police chief John Thomas has been reassigned in the wake of the chaotic pro-Hamas protests engulfing the campus. The reassignment comes one day before UCLA Chancellor Gene Block will testify in front of Congress about antisemitism on campus and...

Bill to Create New Reparations Agency Passes Senate In Divisive Vote

May 22, 2024 4:36 pmMay 22, 2024 4:36 pm

A bill to create a new state agency, the California American Freedman Affairs Agency, to assist Californians with any approved reparations programs, passed in the Senate on Tuesday in a split 30-7 vote, with 3 abstentions. Senate Bill 1403, authored...

Assemblyman Vince Fong Wins Special Election to Complete Kevin McCarthy’s House Term

May 22, 2024 2:48 pmMay 22, 2024 2:51 pm

Assemblyman Vince Fong (R-Bakersfield) defeated Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux (R) in the 20th Congressional District special election on Tuesday, officially replacing former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in the district. The 20th special district race was the most covered Congressional...