June 9, 2022

Over a nine-hour meeting, car owners, environmentalists and industry representatives showed up in droves to voice concerns about ramping up electric car sales and banning new gas-powered cars in 2035. Board members asked for more strategies to help low-income residents.

En Resumen Mientras que los votantes de San Francisco recordaron al progresista fiscal de distrito Chesa Boudin, a diferencia de otros defensores de la reforma de la justicia penal a quienes les fue bien en las primarias de California. El mensaje enviado por los votantes fue mucho más matizado que el de la narrativa nacional. Read […]

A CalMatters investigation found that schools had wildly different approaches to stimulus spending — from laptops to shade structures to an ice cream truck. No centralized database exists to show the public exactly where the money went.

California schools received more than $33 billion in COVID stimulus money. Some districts won’t say how they’ve spent it.

While San Francisco voters recalled progressive DA Chesa Boudin, other criminal justice reform proponents did well in the California primary. The message sent by voters was far more nuanced than the national narrative.

California mailed out more than 22 million ballots to registered voters ahead of Tuesday’s primary election. But as of Wednesday, just 3.5 million had been counted. The tally is far from complete — county elections offices will accept through June 14 ballots postmarked by June 7, and the Secretary of State has until July 15 […]