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- Former House Speaker nancy pelosi<\/strong>: “She cultivated relationships, bringing people together: officially, personally and romantically. You know that Dianne was a matchmaker<\/a>\u2026. And Dianne cultivated flowers. She loved flowers, she\u2019d grow them, to show them, to paint them and share them on drawings and on mugs. Anybody here have a Dianne mug?”<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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- Eileen Mariano<\/strong>, Feinstein\u2019s granddaughter: “She would also say to me, ‘If you ever go out of town, no matter where you\u2019re going \u2014 doesn\u2019t matter if you\u2019re going to a city or the desert or a beach or the mountains \u2014 always pack a black pantsuit. There is no occasion to which you can\u2019t wear a black pantsuit.'”<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
The 1,500 guests included Gov. Gavin Newsom, former Gov. Jerry Brown, U.S. senators, “more than a dozen” members of Congress, state senators, city supervisors and others, reports the San Francisco Chronicle<\/a>. Former San Francisco mayors were also in attendance, including Willie Brown who told KCRA<\/a> on Wednesday that his “only shot at heaven” was Feinstein “making the case.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She served more than three decades in the U.S. Senate, and her death set off a flurry of political questions \u2014 mostly, who would be the one to immediately assume her seat<\/a> as Democratic Reps. Lee, Schiff and Katie Porter have already been campaigning aggressively to be her successor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Faced with intense public pressure to appoint a Black woman to the job \u2014 in part due to his own comments in 2020 that he wanted to do so \u2014 the governor announced Sunday that EMILYs List President Laphonza Butler would replace Feinstein<\/a> and is free to run a full term afterward. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Butler, who also attended the memorial, is the first openly LGBTQ+ person and the second Black woman to represent California in the Senate. She has said she would wait until after the service to announce whether she will join the crowded field of candidates<\/a> running for Senate next year. To give her some more time, the California Democratic Party announced Wednesday that it is extending its deadline<\/a> to seek its endorsement from Oct. 13 to Oct. 27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Centrarse en la desigualdad<\/strong>: Cada viernes, el Divisi\u00f3n de California<\/a> El equipo entrega un bolet\u00edn que se centra en la pol\u00edtica y las pol\u00edticas de desigualdad. Leer el \u00faltima entrega aqu\u00ed<\/a> y Suscr\u00edbete aqu\u00ed<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Otras historias que debes saber<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n 1<\/span>\n Is state running out of rent relief?<\/span>\n <\/h3>\n \n\n\n
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Housing rights activists protest for a halting of rent payments during the COVID-19 pandemic in Los Angeles, on Oct. 1, 2020. Photo by Lucy Nicholson, Reuters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n The state\u2019s multi-billion dollar rent relief program for residents impacted by COVID-19 may soon run out of cash<\/a> \u2014 and ultimately fail to deliver on previous claims that it would pay all eligible applicants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Como reportero de vivienda de CalMatters Ben Christopher<\/a> explains, a group of lawyers representing anti-poverty groups that entered into a legal settlement with the state Housing and Community Development Department earlier this year received an email in September from a department staffer that said as of the end of July, “the program had $128,940,473 in funding left for disbursement to applicants” and that after another round of payments to about 5,500 households, there might only be enough money left for one additional payment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In short, the 100,000-plus renters who are still awaiting assistance from the $5.2 billion rent program (which has already stopped taking new applications more than a year ago) may not receive help after all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Department spokesperson Pablo Espinoza did not dispute the contents of the email, but said in a statement that the program did still have cash available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- Espinoza<\/strong>: “We have not run out of funds and we continue to evaluate applications that are eligible for funding\u2026. The fact is that this was always meant to be a temporary emergency program, and funding is not infinite. It is unclear whether there will be sufficient funding to pay all eligible applicants.”<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
But this contradicts department statements from 2022, which asserted that the program would “continue to operate until all complete applications received are processed and all eligible applicants have been paid.” For more details on the issue, lee la historia de ben<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n
\n 2<\/span>\n Is CA headed toward recession?<\/span>\n <\/h3>\n \n\n\n
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A small business owner of With Love Market & Cafe, rearranges the pastry case in Los Angeles, on August 4, 2021. Photo by Pablo Unzueta for CalMatters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n From CalMatters\u2019 new economy reporter Levi Sumagaysay:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Legislative Analyst\u2019s Office isn\u2019t “necessarily in the business of calling a California recession,” said Brian Uhler, deputy legislative analyst \u2014 but it is sounding an alarm about a looming downturn. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
La oficina wrote this week<\/a>: “Our primary indicator, which combines data on unemployment, inflation, home sales, and bond markets, has been giving a warning signal for a little over a year.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The office is now forecasting a possible $9.5 billion increase in state revenue relative to what it projected for the approved 2023-24 state budget, which covers a $30 billion-plus deficit, because of income tax withholding reversing a downward trend<\/a>, and a rise in stock prices. But it still sees flat revenue coming from personal income, corporate and sales taxes for the next three years, Uhler said Thursday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The outlook continues to be weak in historical terms,” Uhler said. “The warning lights haven\u2019t turned off.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In March, the state unemployment rate rose, triggering the “Sahm rule,” an indicator federal policymakers use to signal the start of a national recession, and which the LAO dicho<\/a> has also accurately identified prior California recessions. The state unemployment rate has \u200b\u200bclimbed from 3.8% in August 2022 to 4.6% in August 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But Jerry Nickelsburg, director of the UCLA Anderson Forecast \u2014 which is not forecasting a recession<\/a> because of what he sees as a continued strong job market \u2014 said Thursday that California data for the past two recessions show the “Sahm rule” was too early in indicating the 2008 recession by six months, but “did not pick up (the 2001) recession until three months after it started.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Still, “we\u2019re forecasting a very weak 2024,” Nickelsburg added, saying his expectation of a 1% economic growth rate is “fragile” and “plays directly into what the LAO is saying.”<\/p>\n\n\n
\n 3<\/span>\n Rooftop solar battle moves to apartments<\/span>\n <\/h3>\n \n\n\n
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Instaladores solares de Baker Electric colocan paneles solares en el techo de una casa residencial en Scripps Ranch, San Diego, el 14 de octubre de 2016. Foto de Mike Blake, Reuters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n A proposal by the California Public Utilities Commission to reduce payments that apartment building owners would receive from the electricity they generate via rooftop solar panels is getting major pushback from an unlikely coalition of critics<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And as CalMatters\u2019 Ben Christopher<\/a> explains, the concerns reflect the ongoing debate between environmentalists and state officials over how big a role individually-owned solar panels should play in Californian\u2019s ambitious plan to move away from fossil fuel-derived energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Oct. 12, the utilities commission will vote on a new pricing structure designed to buttress solar energy with batteries. Batteries can store solar energy gathered during the afternoon (when it\u2019s abundant and cheap) and release it after the sun sets \u2014 when both solar energy drops off and when the CPUC\u2019s proposed adjusted rates are higher. The proposal is similar to a policy the commission adopted in 2022<\/a> for solar-powered single-family homes. (In both cases, the new rules only apply to new customers.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
California\u2019s major electric utility companies support the potential overhaul, arguing that the new rates, which vary over the course of a day, are more accurate and fairer to customers who don\u2019t live in a building with solar panels. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But landlords, tenant rights organizations, affordable housing advocates, environmental nonprofits and the building industry all argue that cutting rates would torpedo the multifamily solar market. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- David Chanin<\/strong>, co-founder of FutureFit Partners, a company that helps building owners sustainable energy investments: “Solar is one of the biggest revenue streams for a landlord asking, \u2018Why should I invest all this money in a heat hump, a new hot water system?\u2019 Under these new rules I have pretty serious concerns that entire building electrification projects just won\u2019t pencil out anymore.”<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Since the rate cuts for single-family homes went into effect, another solar industry expert reported that the number of residential solar projects dropped at least 40%. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Opponents also argue that the proposal is counterintuitive to California\u2019s own goals to combat climate change, air pollution and the affordable housing crisis. For more on the CPUC\u2019s new plan, lee la historia de ben<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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\n\n\n\nCalMatters en Politifest: <\/strong>We\u2019re teaming up with Voice of San Diego for the annual event. It\u2019s today and Saturday, and focuses on California\u2019s housing and water crises. Registrar aqu\u00ed<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
M\u00e1s eventos de CalMatters:<\/strong> The next event is Oct. 24 in Sacramento about whether debt-free college is more than a dream in California. Registrar aqu\u00ed<\/a>. We\u2019re also working with the Cal Poly journalism department on the Festival of Journalism on Oct. 26-27 in San Luis Obispo. Registrar aqu\u00ed<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n\n\n\n\n
Otras cosas que valen la pena<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n Algunas historias pueden requerir una suscripci\u00f3n para leer<\/span>\n <\/div>\n \n\n\nHow Elon Musk start-up Neuralink and UC Davis<\/strong> keep dead monkey photos secret \/\/ cableado<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n
California prison system unveils<\/strong> new solitary confinement rules \/\/ San Francisco Chronicle<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Billionaire Rick Caruso wants <\/strong>to help Democrats retake the U.S. House \/\/ Politico<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Paper COVID vaccination cards<\/strong> phased out by CDC. Here’s why \/\/ San Francisco Chronicle<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sacramento Mayor Steinberg may run<\/strong> for AG if Bonta doesn\u2019t \/\/ La abeja de Sacramento<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
LGBTQ+ students in seven <\/strong>school districts in conservative crosshairs \/\/ EdSource<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kaiser strike to end Saturday<\/strong>, but negotiations will continue \/\/ KQED<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
These L.A. strippers won a union<\/strong>, but the dance isn’t over \/\/ Los Angeles Times<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tech giants Meta, Amazon lay off<\/strong> more workers as cuts continue \/\/ San Francisco Chronicle<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
SF techie TikToks<\/strong>, once viral, have all but vanished \/\/ El est\u00e1ndar de San Francisco<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
- David Chanin<\/strong>, co-founder of FutureFit Partners, a company that helps building owners sustainable energy investments: “Solar is one of the biggest revenue streams for a landlord asking, \u2018Why should I invest all this money in a heat hump, a new hot water system?\u2019 Under these new rules I have pretty serious concerns that entire building electrification projects just won\u2019t pencil out anymore.”<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- Espinoza<\/strong>: “We have not run out of funds and we continue to evaluate applications that are eligible for funding\u2026. The fact is that this was always meant to be a temporary emergency program, and funding is not infinite. It is unclear whether there will be sufficient funding to pay all eligible applicants.”<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- Eileen Mariano<\/strong>, Feinstein\u2019s granddaughter: “She would also say to me, ‘If you ever go out of town, no matter where you\u2019re going \u2014 doesn\u2019t matter if you\u2019re going to a city or the desert or a beach or the mountains \u2014 always pack a black pantsuit. There is no occasion to which you can\u2019t wear a black pantsuit.'”<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n