California State Senator Scott Wiener to shift away from X, calls social media platform "a garbage fire"
State Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) on Wednesday announced that he would be "deprioritizing X" as a means of ...
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California state senator bids farewell to X, cites ‘extremist content’ and unending spam posts
State Senator Scott Wiener joins a growing number of people who say they've left Elon Musk's social media site.
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California’s Prop 36 came without funding. Now lawmakers have to find money for it
The ballot measure to increase penalties for drug and theft-related crimes and to encourage drug diversion programs passed ...
Lack of funds is weakening California’s tough-on-crime law, local officials say
Lawmakers heard from local law enforcement, courts, and behavioral health providers Tuesday about the challenges of implementing California’s new tough-on-crime law, Prop 36.
Here’s how dangerous House Republicans’ budget could be for California
As Republicans in Congress hash out the rough outlines of a budget that includes significant but still undefined cuts, state and local officials in California are scrambling to assess the potential ...
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Wiener, Lurie seek downtown liquor-license boost
Hospitality-rich areas of San Francisco’s struggling downtown could get a boost with the issuance of 20 more liquor licenses, ...
California's new crime law lacks resources, money that lawmakers and Gov. Newsom will need to approve
California lawmakers in the State Senate on Tuesday began the process of figuring out how to fund and fully implement ...
Can more bars downtown revive S.F.’s struggling core? New California bill would permit more drinking
San Francisco leaders are hoping to attract an influx of new bars and restaurants to the Union Square and Moscone Center ...
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Bill aims to increase oversight, offer grants for Holocaust education in California
A new bill would create state-level oversight of Holocaust and genocide curriculum in local schools and provide grants to ...
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California’s high-speed rail project to be investigated, Trump official says. Here’s why
California’s planned high-speed bullet train is the latest ... blasted the railway as “the worst public infrastructure ...
Trump administration launches latest threat to California’s high-speed rail project
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy said Thursday he would launch a compliance review of the $4 billion in federal ...