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Alameda County’s Homeless Count Decreases for 1st Time in a Decade
The biannual point-in-time count is a snapshot of the number of unhoused people. While some cities saw increases, the rate of growth has slowed — which advocates say is encouraging.

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How Pro-Israel AIPAC Influences U.S. Politics
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SF Jury Acquits Man Accused of Castro Hate Crimes After Nearly a Year in Jail
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Alameda County District Attorney Will Face a Recall Election in November
Alameda county district attorney candidate Pamela Price and supporters.
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1st SF Mayoral Debate Continues to Crumble as 3rd Candidate May Drop Out
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Family of Man Suffocated by Antioch Police Restraint to Get $7.5 Million Settlement
Newsom Seeks Faster Track for Home Insurance Rate Hikes as Market Shrinks
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Housing Affordability

Half Moon Bay Farmworker Housing Gains Approval After Push by Newsom

The governor urged the planning commission to approve the 40-unit project, a little over a year after a mass shooting on two farms revealed deplorable conditions for farmworkers.

Newsom Seeks Faster Track for Home Insurance Rate Hikes as Market Shrinks

With wildfire risk and inflation destabilizing California's homeowners insurance market, Gov. Gavin Newsom is pushing to fast-track new regulatory changes.

California Considers Making Sobriety a Mandatory Requirement for Shelter Access

Two new bills would allow state funding to support sober housing for unhoused residents, a significant departure from California’s current 'Housing First' law.
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$100 Million Gift Paves Way for Affordable Artist Housing in San Francisco

Plans for the 100-unit building on Market Street were filed with the city on Friday.

Immigration

Half Moon Bay Farmworker Housing Gains Approval After Push by Newsom

The governor urged the planning commission to approve the 40-unit project, a little over a year after a mass shooting on two farms revealed deplorable conditions for farmworkers.

Key California Ag Giant and United Farm Workers Clash Amid Union-Drive Efforts

In California, a conflict has emerged between the Wonderful Co. and the United Farm Workers over worker organization under a new labor law. Since its enactment, four groups of farm laborers, including those from Wonderful Nurseries in Wasco, have sought to unionize.
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Half Moon Bay Mayor Calls Newsom's Legal Threat Over Farmworker Housing Unhelpful

Half Moon Bay is pursuing two low-income housing developments for farmworkers in the wake of the mass shooting on two mushroom farms last year. Gov. Gavin Newsom feels the process isn't moving fast enough.

A Family Fled Ethnic Violence in India. Its Echoes Resonate in the Bay Area

One year ago, the family of Bay resident Niang Hangzo fled violence in India. Hangzo started an organization to help raise awareness of the ethnic conflict as her mother and other family members wondered how to rebuild their lives.

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How Pro-Israel AIPAC Influences U.S. Politics

Tents line a city street.

Alameda County’s Homeless Count Decreases for 1st Time in a Decade

The biannual point-in-time count is a snapshot of the number of unhoused people. While some cities saw increases, the rate of growth has slowed — which advocates say is encouraging.

SF Jury Acquits Man Accused of Castro Hate Crimes After Nearly a Year in Jail

The man accused of shouting anti-gay slurs and throwing glass at men was wrongly charged on the basis of "misleading police work" and insufficient evidence, the San Francisco public defender's office said.
Alameda county district attorney candidate Pamela Price and supporters.

Alameda County District Attorney Will Face a Recall Election in November

The Alameda County Board of Supervisors set the recall election on Nov. 5, the date of the presidential election.

1st SF Mayoral Debate Continues to Crumble as 3rd Candidate May Drop Out

Daniel Lurie says he'll pull out of the mayoral debate organized by TogetherSF Action if it doesn't get an independent moderator as the group faces questions over its ties to the Mark Farrell campaign.

Family of Man Suffocated by Antioch Police Restraint to Get $7.5 Million Settlement

Antioch will settle a civil rights lawsuit filed by the family of Angelo Quinto, who died after police kneeled on his neck in 2020.
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Newsom's Budget Proposal Cuts $200 Million from UC and Cal State Funding

The latest version of the budget cuts funding by a combined $200 million for the state’s two public university systems.

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