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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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Los Angeles Looking To Allow DACA Police Officers to Be Armed 24/7 Dec 28, 2023

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Los Angeles Police Department’s oversight committee approved new guidelines allowing illegal immigrant police officers to be armed at all times. In 2022, California passed a law allowing those authorized to work under President Barack Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals executive order for those who entered the country illegally as minors to become police officers. LAPD graduated its first DACA recipient earlier this year, and is set to graduate a class of nine DACA recipients in spring of 2024, thus making the question of whether or not DACA recipients should be able to carry their firearms off duty a matter of serious debate.

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Federal Judge Halts California’s Ban on Permitted Concealed Carry in Public Dec 23, 2023

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A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction against California’s wide-ranging ban on concealed carry users bringing their weapons to a number of public and private places ranging from public transit to parks, stadiums and banks. SB 2, passed in 2023, bans concealed carry permit holders in California from bringing their firearms to 26 places, including, hospitals, public transportation, places that sell liquor for on-site consumption, playgrounds, parks, casinos, stadiums, libraries, amusement parks, zoos, places of worship, and banks. In California, concealed carry applicants must undergo thorough background checks that include interviews, fingerprinting, reviews through multiple government databases, and pass a state-certified full-day handgun training program designed for concealed carry permit holders.

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California Republicans Urge Spending Cuts as State Faces $68 Billion Deficit Dec 22, 2023

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In response so the state’s looming $68 billion deficit, California Senate Republicans urged governor Gavin Newsom to make immediate changes to the ongoing year’s budget beyond the already-initiated budget freeze, claiming “Failing to act now will lead to increased instability in future budgets and impact the functions and services the state provides.” After the state’s nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office announced the state entered a recession in March 2023 and would experience a $26 billion revenue shortfall in the 2022-2023 fiscal year, it also estimated that, absent any changes to spending, the state is likely to face a $68 billion budget deficit for the upcoming 2024-2025 fiscal year currently being planned for.

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California Lawmakers Urge Study of Lower Prosecution Thresholds for Retail Theft Dec 16, 2023

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California Republican legislators are urging the nonpartisan Little Hoover Commission to analyze retail theft and how Proposition 47, which largely decriminalized drug use and reduces theft under $950, even for serial offenders, to a misdemeanor, impacts retail theft, and recommend policy solutions. According to the Council on Criminal Justice, reported shoplifting increased 61% from 2019 through 2023 in Los Angeles. While the LHC is already holding hearings on retail theft, the Republican letter demands that Prop 47 and what they claim are decreases in reporting of theft due to lack of consequences for criminals be considered in the commission’s analysis.

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California Laws Let ‘Professional Tenants’ Avoid Rent, Punt Costs to Owners Dec 15, 2023

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A “professional tenant” in Los Angeles with four evictions over 12 years who was finally evicted from her apartment after accumulating over $100,000 in unpaid rent and driving the landlord to engage in 9 months of litigation, highlighting the current balance of tenant-owner relations in California. When one roommate in a three-bedroom apartment in Santa Monica 10 blocks from the beach departed, the remaining tenants took to Craigslist to find a third roommate without having the individual vetted and approved by their landlord. This new tenant paid for the first month’s rent and security deposit, then never paid another penny, driving out the other two tenants with her “very rude” behavior, leaving her as the only occupant as she accumulated over $100,000 in unpaid rent, filling up the entire apartment with her possessions, from high-end groceries to heaps of clothes.

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Government Watchdog Estimates $26 Billion Revenue Shortfall as California Enters Recession Dec 12, 2023

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The California Legislative Analyst’s Office estimates the state will have a $26 billion revenue shortfall for the 2022-2023 fiscal year and announced the state entered into a recession in March of 2023. State Republicans blame Newsom and California Democrats for nearly doubling the state’s budget over the last six years and called for reductions in government programs to protect critical government functions from severe budget cuts. The LAO estimates that if spending remains unchanged, the state is likely to have a $26 billion shortfall for 2022-2023, $19.1 billion for 2023-2024, and $13.3 billion for 2024-2025, totaling a $58 billion shortfall over the next three years.

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Pro-Palestine Protest Drives California Governor to Move Tree Lighting Online Dec 10, 2023

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Planned pro-Palestine protests attended by an estimated two hundred people appear to have driven California governor Gavin Newsom to hold the state capitol’s Christmas tree lighting ceremony online, highlighting a growing divide between moderate, pro-Israel Democrats and pro-Palestine progressives. Further demonstrating this divide, following the Oakland teachers union’ statement of solidarity with Palestine, condemnation of Israel, and promise by some to hold a pro-Palestine “teach-in” on Dec. 6, Oakland Unified's superintendent has come out against the proposed action.

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Newsom Claims Homelessness Progress, Republicans Say He’s Playing ‘Hot Potato' Dec 02, 2023

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As California governor Gavin Newsom claims to have cleaned up 5,679 homeless encampments from state property, Republicans wait for the results of a 5,000 hour audit of the state’s homelessness programs, and point to rising homelessness and their observation homeless populations are merely being shuffled as a “political hot potato” instead of getting off the streets. Newsom’s announcement emphasized the counted encampments were from “state right-of-way,” and conducted by CalTrans at state highway sites.

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Census: California Has Lower Inbound Domestic Immigration Rate Than North Dakota Dec 01, 2023

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According to a new analysis from the U.S. Census Bureau, California had the lowest inter-state immigration rate in the United States in 2022, coming in at just 11.1%. In their analysis, immigration rates are the ratio of people moving into the state of all those moving into or out of the state. The North Dakota inter-state immigration rate is higher. Meanwhile, Texas had the lowest outmigration rate — or ratio of people moving out of the state of all those moving into or out of the state — at 11.7%, with its outgoing residents moving to either California (42,479) or Florida (38,207).

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San Francisco Hiring New Prosecutors to Continue ‘Retail Theft Blitz' Nov 22, 2023

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San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced an expansion of the “retail theft blitz” operation in which hundreds of alleged thieves have been arrested and charged as part of the city’s new wave of anti-crime policies. Police secured over 300 arrests over 40 operations at local retailers, according to the mayor's office, with many of those arrested already having been charged by the district attorney as city leaders focus on "bringing a renewed enforcement effort" to the city in advance of the 2024 elections for mayor and other city offices.

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