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Elections
Here’s why election officials say no need to hand deliver mail ballot
California election officials assure voters their ballot is safe in drop boxes and the mail, yet some voters are hand delivering anyway.
California Divide
Fresno to get millions from California to convert another motel into homeless housing
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced last week that Fresno County and local developers will receive $15.3 million to purchase and rehabilitate a motel complex on Blackstone Avenue to house people experiencing homelessness. A total of $147 million in statewide grants were announced Friday. The money is part of Project Homekey, a $600 million state initiative to […]
Elections
California GOP in legal standoff over ‘ballot harvesting’ with unofficial drop boxes
After the electoral hammering California Republicans took in 2018, the party decided to put aside any misgivings it had about “ballot harvesting” and set up its own operation. In so doing, it’s now earned itself a cease-and-desist letter from California’s Democratic secretary of state. At issue: Unofficial ballot drop boxes that the state GOP purchased […]
WhatMatters
10,000 unemployment claims backlogged per day — claims paused for 2 weeks
Planning on applying for unemployment benefits? Well, you won’t be able to do so for the next two weeks. California’s beleaguered unemployment department is putting a pause on new claims until Oct. 5 to give it time to implement an automatic identity-verification tool to speed up processing times. The move follows recommendations outlined in a […]
