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California in Focus

The podcast bringing you the most important stories out of California from TheCenterSquare.com. Join us as we dive into the top headlines and provide insightful commentary and analysis.

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Tech Group Files Lawsuit Against California Social Media Age Verification Law Nov 16, 2024

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Technology group NetChoice filed for an emergency injunction Monday to block California's new social media law before it takes effect January 1, arguing the requirement that platforms verify users' ages would effectively end anonymous speech on major social media sites. The law requires platforms to obtain parental consent for minors to access personalized feeds and limits minors' social media use to one hour per day unless parents override the restriction. The lawsuit, filed against California Attorney General Rob Bonta, argues the law creates arbitrary distinctions - allowing streaming services to use recommendation algorithms while regulating similar features on YouTube, and permitting ESPN to send notifications at any hour while restricting social media platforms from doing the same.

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Newsom Storms DC Seeking Federal Emissions Waivers Before Trump Takes Office Nov 15, 2024

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom is in the nation’s capital seeking federal waivers for eight of California’s emissions policies. Without the Republican-opposed waivers, California could be unable to enforce its multi-state emissions policies that are more strict than the federal standard. The United States Clean Air Act authorizes California to set and enforce emissions standards more strict than the federal standard, so long as the Environmental Protection Agency grants the state a waiver for each new standard. The first Trump administration attempted to revoke California’s EPA waivers, a move that was held up in court and never definitively ruled on.

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$162B California Fuel Cost Hike Pushed by EV Makers, Paid for by Poorer Drivers Nov 09, 2024

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Makers of electric vehicles, such as Rivian and Tesla, are taking a central role in the $162 billion fuel cost hike being voted on in California in Friday, which will largely be paid for by poorer drivers who tend to live farther from work due to the state’s high cost of housing. The Low Carbon Fuel Standard program provides credits to EV makers when drivers use the makers’ home charging systems and agree to let the manufacturer take the credit, or when drivers use the makers’ public charging networks. When refineries make gasoline or other carbon intensive fuels for California, they must purchase credits, the cost of which is passed on to consumers. The average EV financing cost is $783 per month, which means government and utility rebates in the thousands of dollars for chargers or vehicle financing still keep EVs out of working families’ reach.

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Californians Crack Down on Theft, Drug Crime, Replace Los Angeles District Attorney Nov 08, 2024

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Californians voted by wide margins to crack down on theft and drug crime, passing Proposition 36 and replacing Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon with former U.S. federal prosecutor Nathan Hochman. Prop. 36, which passed with the support of 70.4% of voters as of the time of publication, allows for prosecutors to pursue felony charges for serial thieves and major drug crimes after Prop. 47, passed in 2014, made many only chargeable as misdemeanors that would be rarely prosecuted. Prop. 36 also created a new class of crime called “treatment-mandated felony” that would allow individuals to complete mental health or substance abuse treatment instead of going to prison; this portion of the measure is targeted at the state’s homeless population, which includes many individuals who refuse services and treatment for addictions and disorders.

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Newsom’s Proposes $420M New Subsidy for Hollywood Amid California Budget Cuts Nov 02, 2024

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced his plan to more than double the state’s tax credits for film and television, aiming to raise the refundable credit by $420 million. The state’s own studies have found half of the projects that apply for but don’t get film subsidies end up staying anyway. In 2023, Newsom made the program a refundable credit, meaning that if the credits exceed owed taxes, a recipient gets cash from the state.

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California Regulator to Quietly Make Flying, Shipping, Driving More Expensive Nov 01, 2024

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A California regulatory agency says it won’t release new information on a new carbon credit proposal that it said earlier could raise the cost of each gallon of gasoline by 35 cents next year, and significantly raise the costs of goods shipped through California, and airline tickets leaving or entering California. The California Air Resources Board is voting on November 8 on whether or not to adopt more stringent requirements for its Low Carbon Fuel Standard program, by which the state uses a system of credits and deficits to reward or punish producers that make fuel better or worse than the rising “clean” standard.” While the current LCFS guidelines aim for a 20% reduction in carbon intensity by 2030 compared to 2010, the proposed amendments would aim for a 90% reduction by 2045, thereby necessitating much steeper cuts.

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Fearing 'Weaponization' Against Puberty Blockers, California Doc Sits on Study Oct 26, 2024

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A major study involving Children's Hospital Los Angeles - the second-largest provider of child medical gender reassignment interventions, and largest youth gender clinic in the country - is currently being withheld from publication due to the author's fear its results could be "weaponized" against the practice of giving children sex change hormones. The nearly $10 million study, the New York Times reports, found no improvement in mental health for children receiving puberty blocker sex change hormones, which contradicts and earlier Dutch study from 2011 that has been used to promote the benefit of this medical intervention in children.

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Buttigieg Says Bullet Trains Coming Soon; California Offers Two Visions for Rail Oct 25, 2024

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United States Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg told voters today's children will be the first to not know an America without high speed rail. But with the California government's $135 billion high speed rail program approved by voters in 2008, children born then are now old enough to drive and the first section of the project is nowhere near complete. Though the Biden administration is promoting and funding high speed rail, it's currently unclear how a national high speed rail project will be funded or built, as interest payments on the national debt exceed $1 trillion this year.

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Judge Allows Lawsuit Against San Francisco for Creating Drug, Crime ‘Containment Zone’ Oct 19, 2024

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A federal judge is allowing most claims to proceed in a lawsuit against San Francisco, declining to dismiss allegations that the city-county turned the Tenderloin neighborhood into a drug and crime "containment zone." The lawsuit, which the City and County of San Francisco sought to dismiss, alleges that government actions encouraged addicts and dealers to come to the area.

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California Spent $1.7M Housing, Treating Each Violent Sex Predator Released Oct 18, 2024

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California spent an average of $1.7 million housing and treating each "sexually violent predator" discharged from state mental hospitals and in the process of transitioning to the community under care and supervision from a third-party contractor, a new state audit found. About one third of those let out under supervision were ordered back to mental hospitals for noncompliance.

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