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Lawmakers shelve dozens of significant bills, many opposed by special interests. They include proposals on police reform, housing, health care and more. Story from @CalMatters.
Two Demographic Firsts, Both Losses, for California The nation's most populous state learned from the Census Bureau last month that it would lose a congressional district for the first time in its history. On Friday, it revealed that 2020 was the first year since 1850 to experience a population loss. May 10, 2021, 8am PDT | Irvin Dawid Share A year ago, Planetizen posted 2019 demographic year-end data released by the California government on May 1, 2020: The Golden State grew by 87,494 residents last year, an increase of 0.2 percent from 2018, bringing the total estimated population to...
Posted By Jackie Botts/CalMatters on Mon, May 10, 2021 at 2:04 PM click to enlarge Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters Gov. Gavin Newsom holds a press conference at The Unity Council in Oakland to announce an estimated $75.5 billion surplus and in addition to stimulus checks, tax rebates and additional rent relief on May 10, 2021. At the start of the pandemic a y...
It’s a Tuesday morning in March and Madeline Harris with the Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability is knocking on doors in Fairmead, a small community in Madera County, to let residents know about a mobile vaccine clinic coming to the town that weekend. “We’re just passing out flyers about a mobile vaccine clinic that we’re going to do on Sunday,” Harris says to resident Mary Ann Moor. Harris says residents can register at the clinic but they must prove they work in the food and agriculture industry.