Category: Northern California

Critics of Billion Dollar California Capitol Project Want More Transparency

July 23, 2021
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California state lawmakers are preparing to demolish and reconstruct part of the state’s historic Capitol grounds to add more office spaces, costing somewhere between $775 million to $1.2 billion, according to critics. Since the Capitol Annex Project was approved without the Historic State Capitol Commission or comments from the public and surrounding native communities, stakeholders and…

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Two Parent Advocacy Groups Sue California Gov. Over COVID-19 Mask Mandate for School Children

July 23, 2021
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Two parent advocacy organizations are suing California Gov. Gavin Newsom over the statewide mandate that children should wear masks to school regardless of their vaccination status. The groups Let Them Breathe and Reopen California Schools announced on July 22 that they have filed a lawsuit against Newsom and the state’s top health officials over the mask mandate in public schools….

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PG&E Will Spend at Least $15 Billion Burying Power Lines

July 22, 2021
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SAN RAMON, Calif.—Pacific Gas & Electric plans to bury 10,000 miles of its power lines in an effort to prevent its fraying grid from sparking wildfires when electrical equipment collides with millions of trees and other vegetation across drought-stricken California. The daunting project announced Wednesday aims to bury about 10 percent of PG&E’s distribution and…

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Recall Candidate Loses Legal Challenge Over Ballot Designation

July 22, 2021
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Former San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer lost a lawsuit against the Secretary of State’s office requesting to be labeled as a retired mayor on the California recall ballot. “The California Democrat Party put their fist on the scales of justice and injected partisanship into this proceeding,” Faulconer’s campaign said July 21 following the ruling. “Voters have a right to transparent and accurate information about Mayor…

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Newsom Invites Nation’s Homeless Population to Live the ‘California Dream’

July 22, 2021
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Gov. Gavin Newsom welcomed the nation’s homeless into California July 19 after signing the largest homeless investment bill in state history. “The state is roaring back, and I’m proud people from around the world looking to California again for opportunity,” Newsom said during a Sebastopol, Calif. news conference. “That should not just be for certain people. All people, I…

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Western Wildfires: California Blaze Crosses Into Nevada

July 22, 2021
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GARDNERVILLE, Nev.—A Northern California wildfire crossed into Nevada, prompting new evacuations, but better weather has been helping crews battling the nation’s largest blaze in southern Oregon. The Tamarack Fire south of Lake Tahoe had burned more than 68 square miles of timber and head-high chaparral in national forest land. It erupted on July 4 and…

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Harris to Campaign for Newsom in California’s Recall Election

July 21, 2021
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Vice President Kamala Harris said on Wednesday that she will campaign for California Gov. Gavin Newsom as he faces a recall effort in the state in September. ”Yes,” the vice president said when asked by the San Francisco Chronicle if she would campaign for the Democratic governor. Harris’s office confirmed in a statement to The…

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University of California to Vote on Increasing Tuition

July 21, 2021
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The University of California (UC) will decide July 22 whether to raise tuition, despite recently receiving nearly $1.3 billion in state funding. “I firmly believe keeping tuition stable within our public university system is critical, and do not support a tuition increase at this time,” Sen. Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) told The Epoch Times. “Families…

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Critics Pan Newsom’s New Retail Crime Bill

July 21, 2021
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A newly-approved California bill seeking to reduce the spread of retail theft is being slammed by critics, with some accusing Gov. Gavin Newsom of enabling crime. “In Los Angeles County alone homicide rates are up 95 percent this year,” said Rescue California campaign manager Anne Dunsmore in a July 21 statement. “He has dismantled the…

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Larry Elder to Appear on California Recall Ballot

July 21, 2021
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Longtime talk show host Larry Elder will be a listed candidate on the California gubernatorial recall ballot after being previously disqualified, a Sacramento judge ruled July 21. “I won my court case,” Elder, an EpochTV host, said on Twitter. “We will be on the ballot.” Elder on July 19 filed a lawsuit against Secretary of…

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