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Episode 373
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SoCal Matters
Salmon Ban and Crab Fishing Restrictions Hit Coastal Fishers Hard
Season 2025
Episode 359
California’s coastal fishing towns are scrambling to adapt as salmon fishing is banned for a third year and crab harvests are restricted to protect whales. Many have pivoted to tourism, but concerns grow over struggling fishers and vanishing marine life.
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Fear and uncertainty grip migrants as U.S. border policies prepare for stricter enforcement.
1:55
California plans new rules to boost zero-emission motorcycle sales.
1:59
Inside Safe moves unhoused Angelenos from streets to hotels, aiming for permanent housing.
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Late government payments force nonprofits to cut services and take out high-interest loans.
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SoCal Kaiser Mental Health workers strike, demanding higher wages, more time, and better pensions.
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Prop 1 funds billions for housing and treatment for Californians with mental illness.
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Prop 36 would undo some aspects of Prop 47 by reinstating harsher penalties for theft and drug crime
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Prop 35 would allocate MCO tax revenues to raise Medi-Cal payments for doctors.
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Prop 34 would restrict how certain healthcare providers use federal discount drug program funds.
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Prop 33 seeks to allow cities to expand rent control, overturning limits set by Costa-Hawkins.
