Sacramento Mourns 22-Year-Old College Student Shot And Killed
Sep 26, 2024 · According to an OBSERVER analysis of coroner’s office data, 62 victims aged 19 or younger were killed by gunfire in Sacramento County between 2018 and 2023.One victim last weekend was just 12 years old. Of the county’s 381 gun-related homicides from 2019 to 2023, 197 victims were Black. Mayor Darrell Steinberg, councilmembers Mai Vang and Caity Maple, the Sacramento Police Department, the ...
California Air Resources Board approves LCFS updates to reach …
Nov 12, 2024 · The modifications to LCFS arrived after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation legislation to help prevent gas price spikes.. Assemblymember Reggie Jones-Sawyer (D-Los Angeles), a member of the California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC), voted for the Newsom-backed measure to protect consumers from gas prices spikes, but during the special session he said many people of color in his South Los ...
Sacramento sting nets over 100 arrests, rescues two teens from …
Oct 1, 2024 · SACRAMENTO (US Media Group) — A sweeping two-day operation led by the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office has resulted in the arrest of more than 100 individuals involved in human trafficking and prostitution, while also rescuing two juveniles from the sex trade.
Sacramento mayoral race: Kevin McCarty wins - The Sacramento …
Nov 20, 2024 · Two political experts have declared Assemblymember Kevin McCarty the winner of the Sacramento mayoral race, as Dr. Flojaune Cofer would need to win 75% of the remaining votes to overtake him, which is unlikely.
California will apologize for slavery as part of reparations push
Sep 27, 2024 · Slavery wasn’t officially legal in California but was tolerated in the state’s early history.The formal apology was one of more than 100 recommendations made in a 2023 report by a California task force on reparations for the effects of slavery. The panel found that discriminatory laws and unlawful property seizures contributed to significant gaps in …
Newsom vetoes reparations bill, signs six others into law - The ...
Oct 7, 2024 · By Robert J. Hansen | OBSERVER Staff Writer. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sept. 25 vetoed a reparations bill that would have established a process for compensating individuals whose property was taken through racially motivated eminent domain.
CLBC's 2025 legislative victories for Black Californians - The ...
Oct 10, 2024 · AB-3059 byAssemblymember Akilah Weber (D–La Mesa) requires commercial health plans to cover medically necessary pasteurized donor human milk for infants in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). This bill also simplifies the process for hospitals to distribute donor milk by removing the need for a tissue bank license, ensuring that families, particularly in Black communities where infant ...
Gov. Newsom’s New $827.5M Homelessness Plan Directs Funding …
Nov 25, 2024 · Governor Gavin Newsom has announced an $827 million investment through the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program to tackle homelessness across California, with funds being allocated to 37 regions, benefiting 100 cities and counties statewide.
California's Proposition 3 seeks to legalize same-sex marriage
Oct 23, 2024 · Edward Henderson | California Black Media (CBM) – Prop 3 would remove the ban on same-sex marriage from the California Constitution. The ban (Prop 8) was added by voters in 2008; however, the United States Supreme Court has …
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