Tag: SACRAMENTO

Teen Who Had Double Mastectomy Regrets ‘Gender Journey’

June 28, 2022
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A 17-year-old girl who regrets having both of her breasts removed as a result of so-called “gender-affirming care” testified before a California Assembly committee hearing June 38, urging state lawmakers to reject proposed legislation that would make California a transgender sanctuary state. “I was medically transitioned from ages 13 and 16,” Chloe Cole from the Central Valley told…

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Californians to Receive $1,050 in Inflation Relief

June 27, 2022
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About 23 million Californians will be eligible to receive $1,050 checks under a new inflation relief package, the governor announced June 26. Gov. Gavin Newsom, Senate President Pro Tempore Toni Atkins (D-San Diego), and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon (D-Lakewood) agreed to allocate $17 billion from the state’s budget toward inflation relief. Part of that fund,…

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Feds Sue Sacramento Councilman for Allegedly Threatening to Deport Employees Helping Investigators

June 25, 2022
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By Theresa Clift From The Sacramento Bee SACRAMENTO, Calif.—The federal government has sued Sacramento City Councilman Sean Loloee, alleging he threatened to deport employees who cooperated with a federal investigation into his grocery stores. The lawsuit, filed April 1 in federal court in Sacramento by the U.S. Department of Labor, also claims Loloee underpaid employees,…

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California Restricts Thousands From Pumping River Water in San Joaquin Valley

June 9, 2022
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SACRAMENTO—California water officials announced more hefty water cuts to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta watershed, affecting thousands of users from Fresno to parts of Northern California, as the state continues in its third year of drought. Earlier this week, the State Water Resources Control Board announced more cutbacks, which began Wednesday, June 8, affecting more than…

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Traffic Stops for Minor Violations Would be Prohibited Under New California Bill

May 25, 2022
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SACRAMENTO—Senate Bill 1389, authored by Sen. Steve Bradford (D-Inglewood), would prohibit law enforcement officers from pulling over vehicles for a low-level infraction without a separate, independent basis to initiate the stop. In the bill, introduced in February and passed out in the senate appropriations committee May 19, such infractions would be not having an up-to-date…

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Newsom Vows to Fast Track Gun Control Bills, Fires Back at Texas Governor

May 25, 2022
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SACRAMENTO—Gov. Gavin Newsom vowed to accelerate a series of gun reform bills May 25, just a day after state lawmakers introduced more than a dozen gun-control bills aimed at reducing gun violence. The bills were introduced just hours after the deadly massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, that claimed the lives of 19…

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Californians Could See Mandatory Water Cuts: Newsom

May 23, 2022
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SACRAMENTO—With summer months approaching, Gov. Gavin Newsom warned May 23 “the state could be forced to enact mandatory restrictions” if local water conservation efforts continue to be ineffective. Newsom met with California’s major water suppliers in Los Angeles, San Diego, and the San Francisco Bay Area on Monday, asking them to urge Californians to use less…

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Martin Brothers Face Arraignment on Murder Counts in Downtown Sacramento Mass Shooting

May 7, 2022
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By Sam Stanton From The Sacramento Bee SACRAMENTO, Calif.—The two brothers charged with multiple murders in the April 3 mass shooting in downtown Sacramento appeared in court Thursday afternoon in a case that could lead to a death penalty prosecution against them. Smiley Martin, 27, and Dandrae Martin, 26, both face three murder counts stemming…

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California’s Response to Shift on Abortion ‘Insane’: Republican Senator

May 3, 2022
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California Democrats have denounced rumored plans of the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade and have vowed to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution and provide out-of-state abortion seekers with free services. When news that a leaked draft of a Supreme Court majority opinion surfaced May 2, California Gov. Gavin Newsom wrote…

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California to Repay Huntington Beach in ‘Massive Win’: City Attorney

May 2, 2022
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HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—The City of Huntington Beach will be repaid $5.2 million after a California Superior Court judge ruled against the state’s Department of Finance on a redevelopment agency loan. The city sued the State for just over $75 million in 2018 regarding a number of loans attained through the state’s development agency, which provided…

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