John Burton, a legendary California lawmaker and political force, has died at 92 and will be posthumously inducted into the California Hall of Fame for his decades of service and dedication to the poor, the disabled, and forgotten Californians.
California Republican lawmakers led by State Senator Suzette Martinez Valladares have urged Trump to recalibrate federal immigration enforcement in the state, focusing on criminal immigrants and advocating for immigration reform to modernize the system and make legal pathways for non-criminal undocumented immigrants.
California’s mental health system is at risk of instability due to a $14 billion budget gap and potential cuts to Medicaid, which could impact local programs and services for vulnerable individuals.
Demagogues such as Father Charles Coughlin, Huey Long, and Charles Lindbergh failed to reach the presidency, but Donald Trump succeeded due to the systemic decay and erosion of democratic norms, and if we want to prevent another collapse, we must rebuild those foundations.
Maria Foscarinis, a former Wall Street lawyer and advocate for homeless rights, discusses the roots of the modern homelessness crisis and the need for systemic change to ensure that everyone has a safe place to live.
The War on Drugs has failed to address addiction, overdose, crime, and community breakdown, and instead has criminalized pain, isolation, poverty, and race, resulting in a public health disaster and a war on people, especially the most vulnerable among us.
California’s trickle-down housing policy has failed to alleviate the state’s housing affordability and homelessness crises, fueling gentrification, displacement, and evictions in working-class communities, and advocates are calling for a three-part strategy known as the “3 Ps” to address the crisis.
Sacramento County Supervisor Rosario Rodriguez is deflecting concerns about homelessness by blaming lack of coordination between agencies, while the root cause of the problem is poverty and lack of affordable housing, which can be addressed by taxing vacancy and property hoarding, and building affordable housing.
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