California powerhouse Tia Boatman Patterson joins White House Office of Management and Budget
Patterson, the associate director for Housing, Treasury and Commerce, used to run the California Housing Finance Agency.
While on the campaign trail, President Joe Biden promised to invest in communities through housing. “Housing should be a right, not a privilege,” reads a statement on his website.
Now,
Tia Boatman Patterson, former executive director of the California Housing Finance Agency and a vocal advocate for access to long-term housing for all, is joining the White House Office of Management and Budget as the associate director for Housing, Treasury and Commerce.
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Two California lawmakers are working to protect free speech on social media. Republican Assemblymen James Gallagher and Kevin Kiley have co-authored a bill, which would prevent Facebook, Twitter or YouTube from removing or manipulating any content unless it’s unprotected speech under the First Amendment.
McGeorge School of Law professor Leslie Jacobs says under the U.S. Constitution, social media platforms are treated as private entities that have their own free speech rights. That means the California legislature can’t declare that those platforms have to accept content if they don’t want to.
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Washougal City Councilor Brent Boger to resign
Vancouver assistant city attorney will be moving to Ecuador By Jack Heffernan, Columbian county government and small cities reporter
Published: February 9, 2021, 6:03am
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Washougal City Councilor Brent Boger, a fixture in local government and politics for more than 20 years, plans to resign from his position and move to Ecuador later this year.
Boger, whose term runs through the end of the year, said he will resign March 31. He plans to continue his day job as an assistant city attorney in Vancouver until he moves at some point later this year.