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Insurance Denials Leaving Families Without Vital Behavioral Health Care
Season 2025
Episode 276
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How Trump Administration's Tariffs Could Raise Costs in CA
Season 2024
Episode 249
As the Trump administration signals potential increases in tariffs on imports from key trade partners Mexico and China, California braces for economic impacts. These tariffs could exacerbate the state’s high cost of living by raising prices on essential goods. Economists warn of ripple effects on trade hubs like the Port of Los Angeles and the state’s interconnected supply chains.
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Lawmakers push new pay rules for incarcerated firefighters and inmates.
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California jobs and revenue on and off the ports are feeling the effects of Trump’s tariffs.
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State Farm approved to raise insurance rates by up to 38% after wildfire losses.
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Cities complain Caltrans delays encampment removals.
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Border Patrol barred from sweeping parts of California.
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A $250M clean truck grant is frozen, stalling port electrification efforts.
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California bill funds phonics-based reading programs but avoids mandates.
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A new Escondido neighborhood models fire-resistant housing in California.
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Black Caucus reintroduces 16 equity bills, steering clear of cash reparations.
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Salmon bans and crab fishing restrictions force fishing towns to find new income.
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Newsom pushes for $40B in federal aid to rebuild LA after wildfires.
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New bill would make threats to schools or churches easier to prosecute.
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Sacramento Report: Countdown to California’s Redistricting Election
Democrats and Republicans gear up for battle over voting maps.
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As RFK pushes MAHA, federal cuts shut down California health and nutrition programs
Whether federal cuts are legal is still undecided. But local health departments have closed clinics, stopped programs, cut immunization appointments, and laid off workers anyway.
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‘Bipartisan, common sense, science-based’: California leads the way in banning ultra-processed school meals
Experts hope that a ‘California effect’ will push other states to ban UPFs, similar to its law against six synthetic food dyes
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Gavin Newsom Could Make SRO Demolition Easier. SF Affordable Housing Advocates Aren’t Protesting
by Adam Brinklow | September 11, 2025
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