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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 DEIA Mandate Faces Injunction in Federal Judge’s Pretrial Report Nov 21, 2023

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A federal magistrate issued a report and recommendation to a district court judge, calling for a preliminary injunction against the California community college system’s diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility mandate for hiring, training and evaluating professors. Plaintiff Daymon Johnson, a full-time history professor at Bakersfield College, contends that the state community college systems’ new rules for performance evaluations and tenure reviews make him fear to speak his mind lest he risk losing his job. He’s seeking protection for himself and to “prevent officials from demanding that faculty advance and teach the state’s official DEIA ideology.”

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Only 15% Of Californians Can Afford to Buy a Home, Continuing Decline Nov 18, 2023

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According to the latest quarterly analysis from the California Association of Realtors, only 15% of Californians can afford to purchase the median-priced home, a decline of 1 percentage point from the quarter before and 3 percentage points from the year before. California homes are now the least affordable they've been since the peak of the housing market in 2007 before the Great Recession. The analysis found that to afford the median $843,600 California single-family home, a household requires a minimum annual income of $221,200. The only counties where more than 35% of residents could afford to buy a single family home were in the far north of the state — in Lassen, Tehama and Shasta counties.

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LA Freeway to Be Shut Down for Fire Repairs for 3-5 Weeks, Governor Blames Arson Nov 17, 2023

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A major section of one of Los Angeles’ most busy freeways will be shut down for repairs for the next three to five weeks for a fire that California governor Gavin Newsom blames on arson. The late-night blaze consumed a storage site under the freeway formerly leased out to an entity in arrears that appears to have sublet the space out to other entities to store, among other items, pallets, hand sanitizer and other flammable objects. According to City of Los Angeles officials, there were 16 homeless individuals living under the highway in the immediate area, and those individuals have since been given shelter. When firefighters first arrived on scene, they were responding to what was reported as a rubbish fire. However, this update from the governor suggests the fire may not be connected to the encampment.

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California Governor Orders Reservoir Start Construction After Nine Year Delay Nov 10, 2023

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California governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order giving 270 days for the approval of the environmental impact report holding up construction of the Sites Reservoir. The Sites Reservoir, considered by water experts to be a top priority, is 1.5 million acre-feet, $4 billion reservoir funded by voters in 2014 with water infrastructure bond Proposition 1, which is yet to have brought a single project to completion, that can hold enough water to serve three million households for one year. SB 149, signed into law by Newsom earlier this year, allows the governor to require that court rulings on environmental impact reports filed by the government for infrastructure projects certified as priorities by the governor be issued within 270 days, instead of being drawn out potentially indefinitely as possible under current California Environmental Quality Act regulations.

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California Pilots Universal Basic Income as Report Finds CA Ranks #1 in Poverty Nov 09, 2023

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California is piloting its first state-led universal basic income program as new analysis finds the state has the highest poverty rate in the nation. While state Democrats use figures like these to demonstrate the need for more social spending, critics say these programs ultimately make California more expensive and increase poverty in the long run. The two “Guaranteed Income Pilot Programs’ will provide 150 former foster youth in Ventura County with $1,000 per month and another 150 in San Francisco with $1,200 per month to “disrupt poverty, advance equity, and support the basic needs of recipients.”

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Los Angeles District Attorney Declined to Press Charges for On-Video Rape Attempt Nov 04, 2023

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The Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon’s office is reviewing its prior decision to not pursue felony charges against a homeless man videotaped attempting to rape a passing woman in broad daylight. Following significant media coverage, and a letter from the local city attorney requesting a felony charge, the district attorney is now reviewing further evidence and a witness who was located after the office’s initial decision as it seeks to make a “provable” case, suggesting it did not find the video footage to be sufficient for conviction.

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California Homeschooling up 78% As Parents Seek Better Education Alternatives Nov 03, 2023

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Homeschooling in California increased by 78% in the five years between the start of the 2017 and 2022 school years, according to a new analysis from the Washington Post. This analysis follows a report from earlier in October from the California Department of Education that found that most of the state’s public school students do not meet basic math, science and literacy standards, suggesting the state’s public school system is in a state of major crisis. The Post analysis’ authors noted that “home schooling’s surging popularity crosses every measurable line of politics, geography and demographics,” and that there was “found no correlation between school district quality, as measured by standardized test scores, and home-schooling growth,” upending narratives that home-schooling is primarily for wealthy or religious families.

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‘Soft on Crime’ Sacramento Sparks Prostitution Boom in Los Angeles Oct 28, 2023

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Los Angeles is in crisis as public prostitution becomes normal across vast swathes of the city and police can do little to stop it under new California laws, according to a new report from the New York Post. City officials told The Center Square while the Figueroa Corridor in South Central is gaining the most national media attention, major public prostitution scenes in the Hollywood and Century corridors are also causes for concern, and that due to intimidation, reporting for crimes associated with prostitution is only a small fraction of the real total. The report outlines how a 40 block area of South Central is covered by hundreds of prostitutes, some charging as little as $40 for some acts, with “10 girls on the corner, condoms on the ground,” all in “broad daylight.”

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Biden Asks for Emergency Funds to Treat Mexican Sewage Spilling Into California Oct 27, 2023

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President Joe Biden called upon Congress to provide $310 million in emergency funding to expand the treatment of raw sewage from Mexico causing beach closures, stench, poor air quality, and even illness to San Diego residents. According to academic research from UC San Diego, approximately 34,000 people swimming at San Diego’s Imperial Beach next to the border got sick with just norovirus in 2017, the year of the most recent available study. The funding will go towards the South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant, which can currently treat 25 million gallons per day of wastewater but can be expanded to treat up to 100 million gallons per day.

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Most California Students Not Meeting Basic Math, Science, Literacy Standards Oct 21, 2023

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According to a new annual report from the California Department of Education, the majority of public school students in California are not meeting standards in the three main subjects tested by the state. 53% of students don’t meet state literacy standards while 65% don’t meet math and 70% don’t meet science standards. California Department of Education officials celebrated the numbers as an improvement upon the previous year, noting that math and science proficiency levels increased by 1.2 percentage points and .7 percentage points respectively.

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