Beginning on April 17, the City of Los Angeles will send a unique ballot from LA’s Bureau of Street Lighting (BSL) to 500,000 property owners asking them to approve a […]
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California’s big-city mayors
Between 2020 and 2024, Long Beach experienced a minimal but incremental decrease in chronic homelessness that was interrupted by the Los Angeles County wildfires in early January 2025, according to […]
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‘I Want to Write a New California Story’
Editor’s Note: This California Black Media Q&A series with California’s gubernatorial candidates is intended to inform voters about where the candidates for governor stand on key issues. The opinions, assertions, […]
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Sen. Weber-Pierson Bill takes aim at early Math gaps
Senate Bill (SB) 1067, introduced in February by Sen. Akilah Weber-Pierson (D-San Diego), seeks to close California’s racial achievement gap in education by requiring universal screening and early identification of […]
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L.A. mayoral candidates to debate housing, homelessness tonight
The first Los Angeles mayoral debate of the election cycle is set for tonight, with candidates expected to address key issues including housing, homelessness and transportation. The event, titled “Shaping […]
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Q&A: Antonio Villaraigosa on Affordability, Building Coalitions
Editor’s Note:This California Black Media Q&A series with California’s gubernatorial candidates is intended to inform voters about where the candidates for governor stand on key issues. The opinions, assertions, and […]
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Q&A with Katie Porter: Gubernatorial candidate talks about her platform
Editor’s Note:This California Black Media Q&A series with California’s gubernatorial candidates is intended to inform voters about where the candidates for governor stand on key issues. The opinions, assertions, and […]
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California Democrats head into Governor’s Race without a candidate
California Democratic Party (CADEM) delegates arrived in San Francisco this past weekend for a tense endorsement fight to determine who the party will back in the race to replace Gov. […]
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NAACP calls on Gov. Newsom to veto Veterans Benefit Bill
As early as this week, Gov. Gavin Newsom could act on California Senate Bill (SB) 694, a measure approved by the Legislature that has reached his desk aimed at curbing […]
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Mayor Karen Bass signs directive against ICE
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass signed an executive directive prohibiting the use of any city-owned or controlled property by federal immigration agents. On Tuesday morning, Bass said she was signing […]