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Ziplocked: Last look at California’s presidential money race, by ZIP code

Vertiginous blue spires on the urban coast and crimson plateaus stretching from the Central Valley to suburban SoCal — this is the presidential race for California cash, in 3D. In the map below, each ZIP code is colored according to the candidate who amassed more individual contributions from its residents. That’s blue for former Vice […]

에 의해 벤 크리스토퍼 • 10월 30, 2020

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Amid pandemic, fighting San Francisco’s first-in-the-nation ‘overpaid CEO tax’ may be least of big business’s worries

“During a normal year, they would have fought it,” said San Francisco supervisor Matt Haney, who introduced the measure.

에 의해 Laurence Du Sault • 10월 27, 2020

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Myth of Prop. 13 busted

Court rulings for San Francisco proposition tax allows simple majority vote to fund infrastructure and social services.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 10월 17, 2020

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Another record: Fires burn more than 4 million acres

California surpassed a staggering milestone Sunday: More than 4 million acres have now burned in a record-defying fire season still far from over. That’s four Rhode Islands, three-and-a-half Grand Canyon National Parks, and a little more than one Connecticut. It’s also more than double the 1.98 million acres burned in 2018, California’s previous modern-day record. […]

에 의해 Emily Hoeven • 10월 5, 2020

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California stereotypes in national spotlight

Good morning, California. It’s Thursday, August 13. How will Harris respond? As the first California Democrat to land on the national ticket, Kamala Harris will bring the Golden State — and all of its stereotypes — into the spotlight with her.  California has long been a Republican shorthand for homelessness, crime, radicalism and Democratic mismanagement. […]

에 의해 Emily Hoeven • 8월 13, 2020

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The fallacy behind private surveillance cameras in San Francisco

San Francisco tightly restricts video surveillance by its police, but a millionaire has created an unaccountable neighborhood surveillance system.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 8월 9, 2020

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Inside California’s Black exodus

Good morning, California. It’s Thursday, July 16. From cities to suburbs — and other states Brentwood’s Black population shot up more than 6,200% over the past three decades. In Elk Grove, it increased by more than 5,100%. In Antioch, nearly 2,000%. Meanwhile, the Black populations of Berkeley, San Francisco and Oakland declined by 49%, 43% […]

에 의해 Emily Hoeven • 7월 16, 2020

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“It would have changed my life:” Restorative justice offers Californians way to avoid prison

It almost sounds like kindergarten: Sit down and talk about what you did wrong. But these neighborhood courts are for adults — and aim to reduce incarceration and reimagine criminal justice.

에 의해 Janelle Marie Salanga • 7월 15, 2020

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After record COVID week, some California counties to reverse reopening plans

As Gov. Gavin Newsom demands Imperial County return to sheltering-in-place, 14 other counties are on the state's watchlist.

에 의해 Barbara Feder Ostrov • 6월 26, 2020

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Could racially motivated 911 calls become hate crimes?

A California lawmaker plans to introduce legislation that would criminalize racially motivated 911 calls.

에 의해 Elizabeth Castillo • 6월 24, 2020