Category: Northern California

California Facing Affordable Housing Shortage: Report

March 22, 2022
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California is facing an affordable housing crisis as the state is 2–3 million homes short of being able to house the entire population, according to a recent study (pdf). The Little Hoover Commission—a bipartisan oversight agency that makes recommendations to the governor and state legislature on how to improve the efficiency of state leadership—began discovering…

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California Court Seizes Illegal Bank Accounts Held by Chinese Nationals

March 22, 2022
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The U.S. Department of Justice on Feb. 16 filed a lawsuit in a California court seizing the funds of hundreds of Chinese nationals who held illegal U.S. bank accounts obtained through a criminal ring. As Beijing tightens the limit on capital leaving the country, many Chinese nationals seek other channels to move funds overseas. For…

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DOJ Seeks Seizure of Bank Accounts Allegedly Illegally Held by Chinese Nationals

March 22, 2022
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The U.S. Department of Justice on Feb. 16 filed a lawsuit in a California court seeking to seize the funds of hundreds of Chinese nationals who held illegal U.S. bank accounts obtained through a criminal ring. As Beijing tightens the limit on capital leaving the country, many Chinese nationals seek other channels to move funds…

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DOJ Seeks Seizure of Bank Accounts Allegedly Held Illegally by Chinese Nationals

March 22, 2022
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The U.S. Department of Justice on Feb. 16 filed a lawsuit in a California court seeking to seize the funds of hundreds of Chinese nationals who held illegal U.S. bank accounts obtained through a criminal ring. As Beijing tightens the limit on capital leaving the country, many Chinese nationals seek other channels to move funds…

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California Bill to Let Parents Sue Social Media Giants for Products ‘Addictive’ to Kids

March 21, 2022
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A new bill introduced to California State Assembly would allow parents in the state to sue social media companies that “knew or should have known” that their products are addictive to children. The proposed legislation, formally titled Social Media Platform Duty to Children Act, was sponsored by Democrat Buffy Wicks and Republican Jordan Cunningham. It…

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California Bill Would Let Parents Sue Social Media Giants for Products ‘Addictive’ to Kids

March 21, 2022
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A proposal introduced in the California State Assembly would allow parents in the state to sue social media companies that “knew or should have known” that their products are addictive to children. The legislation, formally titled Social Media Platform Duty to Children Act, states that companies “intentionally invent, design, and deploy” features that are intended…

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Newsom Self-Sabotages Presidential Chances

March 21, 2022
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Commentary “You can’t win without the conservatives,” said Richard Nixon. “But you can’t win only with the conservatives.” He was referring how Republican Barry Goldwater, Mr. Conservative, lost in a landslide in 1964 to Lyndon Johnson. But Nixon himself won in 1968 and 1972, the latter in a landslide, by moving to the middle of…

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On Kids and Screens, or Why I Feel Like the Catcher in the Rye

March 21, 2022
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Commentary While flying last week, I noticed the kids around me. Except for the babies, every single one of them stared at a screen. No one read a book or looked out a window. Parents were also on phones, though I did see some lift their heads to say things to their kids. I sat…

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California Republicans Push Back Against Progressive Homeless Policies

March 21, 2022
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SACRAMENTO— A group of Republican lawmakers introduced more than a dozen bills to combat California’s worsening homeless crisis March 16, a problem they say the state’s Democrats have inadequately addressed as billions of taxpayer dollars have been spent and the homeless population continues to grow. Assembly Republican Leader James Gallagher (R-Yuba City), Assemblywoman Suzette Martinez…

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California’s Revised Math Framework Still ‘Highly Politicized,’ Critics Warn

March 19, 2022
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A revised version of California’s proposed new mathematics framework, released this week, omits some controversial parts from the first draft but still pushes for equity in mathematics, critics say, which includes teaching political activism to children. The first draft of the new math framework received widespread pushback from concerned parents and educators during the 60-day…

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