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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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California Governor Newsom Touts Crime Drop, Local Data Less Rosy Jun 28, 2024

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In his State of the State pre-recorded video address, California Governor Gavin Newsom continued to repeat claims about greater than 30% declines in crime in the Bay Area that seem to face challenges from local crime data. Newsom devoted much of the video to national politics, drawing a sharp comparison between safety in Republican states compared to California, before going into further detail on supposed improvements in California crime statistics.

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San Francisco Faces $3 Billion Deficit Over Next 4 Years, but Still Gives Raises Jun 21, 2024

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The city of San Francisco is projecting a cumulative $3 billion deficit in its general fund from 2024-25 through 2027-28. The city agreed to raises in union contracts shortly after those projections that resulted in salary and benefits costs that were greater that those used to project the deficits. Mayor London Breed’s proposed budget for 2024-25 and 2025-26 was included in the June 21 agenda for the city’s Budget and Appropriations Committee. The final budget will be voted on Aug. 1.

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San Francisco Opens City’s First $5 Million Taxpayer-Funded Free Food ‘Market' Jun 15, 2024

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San Francisco opened its first $5.5 million free food “market”, where approved residents can show a benefits eligibility card, put what they want in their carts, check out to keep track of outgoing inventory, and leave without paying. The Bayview-Hunters Point facility aims to be a food pantry alternative that replicates the supermarket experience in an area where many grocery stores have come but few have remained due to high crime. The 4000-square foot District 10 Market is the first of San Francisco’s food empowerment “markets” funded by the San Francisco’s Human Services Agency. Eligible individuals receive a Costo-like benefits card that allows use of the facility once per month.

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Los Angeles DA George Gascon Sits on 15,000 Unfiled Cases as Robberies Skyrocket Jun 14, 2024

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As homicides and robberies continue to rise, Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon has created a backlog of 15,000 unfiled criminal cases, leading to concerns that unprosecuted criminals in the zero-bail county are able to stay on the streets and keep committing new crimes without any consequences. While LAPD did not respond to a public records request on updated crime data by the time of publication as the department adopts a new crime reporting system, a LAPD public information officer told The Center Square there were 438 gunshot victims and homicides are up 11%, robberies up 17.6%, motor vehicle theft up 5.2%, and burglaries up 2.4% year-over-year for January 1 through June 1 of 2024 compared to 2023.

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Newsom-Expedited Reservoir Project Passes Major Legal Hurdle Under New Authority Jun 08, 2024

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One hundred forty-eight days after California Governor Gavin Newsom used new executive authority to expedite infrastructure projects, a court cleared a major hurdle to construction of California’s first major reservoir in decades. In 2023, California passed State Bill 149, which granted the governor the authority to require courts to rule on projects’ environmental impact reports within 270 days. Under the California Environmental Quality Act, EIR cases can be used to hold up projects nearly indefinitely if courts continue to find issues with a project’s EIR.

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Is Gavin Newsom Right That California Is #1 in Fortune 500 Companies? It Depends Jun 07, 2024

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California, the largest state in the nation, finally ranks as the nation’s top home of valuable Fortune 500 companies after a 10 year hiatus. Due to the state’s vast population, however, its standing erodes when evaluating states’ numbers of Fortune 500 companies per capita. Rounding out the top three states by Fortune 500 headquarters were California, Texas, and New York, coming in at 57, 52, and 52 respectively. However, after adjusting for state population, New York comes out on top out of the three with 2.64 Fortune 500 companies per million residents, followed by Texas at 1.73, then California at 1.46.

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Newsom’s Latest Budget Proposal Falls $7 Billion Short, LAO Says Jun 01, 2024

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Congress Investigates California’s $128 Billion High-Speed Rail Project May 31, 2024

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Congress is investigating California’s $128 billion high speed rail project, demanding the California High Speed Rail Authority provide information on the U.S. Department of Transportation’s “justification for continuing to fund the California High-Speed Rail project.” California’s high speed rail project has completed environmental clearance for the entire downtown Los Angeles to downtown San Francisco phase, pending a board vote in the coming days. Now, the question remains whether the state and federal governments will fund the $128 billion project and how, especially as the state faces a $7 billion budget deficit this year even with the governor’s current proposed spending cuts.

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California ‘Racial Justice Act’ Uses Racial Disparities to Cut Prison Sentences May 25, 2024

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A new California law now allows criminal defendants from disproportionately-convicted racial groups to challenge lawful convictions as state leaders seek to balance criminal justice reform with skyrocketing violent crime. The law also allows for additional challenges in the case of demonstrated racial bias inside or outside the court, or if a conviction or sentencing could have negative immigration consequences. Law enforcement and prosecutors say this act has reversed otherwise lawful convictions of violent individuals, threatening public safety, while criminal justice advocates say that the existence of racial disparities in conviction and sentencing are evidence of injustice.

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About Those ‘all Electric’ ‘Zero Emissions’ Fire Trucks. They Have Diesel Engines May 24, 2024

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When Albuquerque announced plans to acquire a new fire engine, New Mexico's governor lauded the "zero emissions" technology while a fire department spokesman called it "all electric" and KRQE 13 gushed about the "fully electric" fire truck. San Diego's NBC 7 reported on what it called that city's first "all electric fire apparatus." When the electric fire engine debuted in Portland, NBC's KGW 8 quoted a fire department spokesman lauding the "monumental" "zero emissions" vehicle. Viewers could be forgiven for thinking that the new fire trucks were all electric and zero emissions. But all the fire trucks also have a diesel engine.

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