December 8, 2020

08Dec

Maddy Associates Virtual Speaker Series TODAY at Noon - “Valley Legislative Update”

Maddy Institute Event

Join a discussion with 8 of the Valley’s State and Federal elected leaders to hear what their goals are for 2021. Each will have a few minutes to give an update on what is going on in their area, special projects, etc., after which guests will have the opportunity to ask questions (time permitting).

 

POLICY & POLITICS

 

North SJ Valley:

 

California, Merced County stay-at-home orders beginning as coronavirus sweeps state

Merced Sun-Star

As the coronavirus lockdown loomed over Merced County on Sunday, stores, salons, restaurants, and other businesses prepared for the regional stay-at-home orders. The orders go into effect midnight Monday and will last at least three weeks.

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Did Modesto Council violate the law in its meeting to discipline city clerk?

Modesto Bee

The attorney for the city clerk and the attorney for The Modesto Bee believe the City Council did when it met Nov. 30 in a special closed session meeting to consider the discipline, dismissal or release of City Clerk Stephanie Lopez over an investigation of her emails.

 

Veterans can’t get coverage for Agent Orange issues. A California Democrat (Josh Harder) is fixing it

Modesto Bee

Three serious health issues caused by Agent Orange aren’t covered by the government-funded health care for veterans, but now likely will be after the National Defense Authorization Act is passed.

 

Central SJ Valley:

 

Over 300 new COVID-19 cases reported in Fresno County. Regional ICU capacity falls again

Fresno Bee

The California Department of Public Health on Monday reported Fresno County added 301 new COVID-19 cases, pushing its total infections close to 41,000 since the pandemic began in March.

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Fresno City Councilmember Esmeralda Soria tests positive for COVID-19

Fresno Bee

Fresno City Councilmember Esmeralda Soria announced Monday night that she has tested positive for COVID-19. Soria made the announcement through a news release in which she said she has canceled all public appearances the moment she felt symptoms.

 

Fresno church says it'll stay open despite regional stay-home order

abc30

Despite the new stay-home orders announced this weekend for the San Joaquin Valley, some churches still opted to meet in-person for services on Sunday morning. Cornerstone Church in downtown Fresno was one of the churches that invited its congregation inside.

 

Fresno’s proposing fines for some private gatherings. Here’s what the police chief thinks

Fresno Bee

Fresno Police Chief Andy Hall said Monday his officers will not enforce a proposed order that, if passed, would fine residents who have private gatherings of more than 15 people. The City Council is set to weigh on the order during a special meeting Tuesday.

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Fresno Police Department to name Paco Balderrama as new police chief

abc30

The Fresno Police Department is set to announce a new police chief as soon as this week. Sources tell Action News that Paco Balderrama was selected and is already in the area looking for a home.

 

County board expected to advance canal project

Porterville Recorder

The Tulare County Board of Supervisors should sign off on a project that will bring the beginning of much needed repairs to the Friant-Kern Canal one step closer to reality.

 

South SJ Valley:

 

Hospitals in Kern County prepare for next COVID-19 surge

Bakersfield Californian

Local hospital administrators are much better prepared than they were during the summer's COVID-19 surge, but it's a bittersweet feeling that Kern County is here again after beginning to flatten the curve.

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New stay-at-home order to apply to Kern

Bakersfield Californian

Fearing hospitals could soon be overwhelmed, state officials have activated a mandatory three-week stay-at-home order in Kern County that takes effect just before midnight Sunday and lasts at least through the weekend after Christmas.

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Walmart, Sam’s Club now selling at-home COVID-19 test kits online

KGET

Walmart and Sam’s Club are selling a series of at-home COVID-19 test collection kits online, according to a corporate blog

 

Lawsuit against Tejon Ranch Co. raises concerns about historic accord

Bakersfield Californian

A landmark conservation deal appears at risk of falling part as environmental groups and local landowner Tejon Ranch Co. accuse each other of violating a 2008 agreement that bars development on 240,000 acres of wilderness near The Grapevine in exchange for a truce on the company's nearby housing projects.

 

Did McFarland violate the Brown Act in approving immigration centers ? What we know

Fresno Bee

The ACLU of Southern California is appealing Kern County Superior Court ruling in a case accusing the McFarland city council of violating open meeting laws by “intentionally” capping a meeting to 100 attendees when it approved two controversial immigration centers.

 

Water managers urge patience after initial, 10% allocation from State Water Project

Bakersfield Californian

The rainy season is still young, but that's about the only consolation to be found in California's initial estimate this week that farmers who get water from the State Water Project will only get 10% of their requested allocations next year.

 

Kern energy summit spotlights local optimism

Bakersfield Californian

At an annual industry gathering this weekend, optimism for Kern's energy future nearly crowded out worries that state policymakers' anti-oil push will continue to make things harder for local petroleum producers.

 

State:

 

'Vast majority' of California under stay-at-home order as ICU capacity reaches critical levels, Newsom says

abc30

Two California regions are officially on modified lockdown Monday, as intensive care capacity reaches critical levels in the San Joaquin Valley and Southern California. Gov. Gavin Newsom gave an update on the state's COVID-19 response in a Monday morning press conference.

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As virus surges, California lawmakers gather to start work

Bakersfield Californian

California lawmakers gathered indoors on Monday to carry out what they call their “essential” constitutional duty on the same day the government ordered more than 33 million people to stay home because of a surge of new coronavirus cases.

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California could vaccinate 1 million people against COVID-19 this month

abc30

The governor announced the state expects to receive a little more than two million doses of the vaccine this month between distributions from the pharmaceutical company, Pfizer, and biotechnology maker, Moderna.

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COVID-19 unemployment scam could hit $2 billion, bank tells California lawmakers

Fresno Bee

In late November, a group of California district attorneys made the stunning disclosure that the state had disbursed as much as $1 billion in fraudulent pandemic unemployment assistance to state prisoners and their accomplices.

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California’s next attorney general? Gavin Newsom could face another tough choice

Sacramento Bee

President-elect Joe Biden’s nomination of California Attorney General Xavier Becerra as the next U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services could give Gov. Gavin Newsom the chance to fill not just one but two powerful political offices in the coming weeks.

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A Conversation with Cabinet Secretary Ana Matosantos

PPIC

Join PPIC President and CEO Mark Baldassare in conversation with Ana Matosantos, cabinet secretary to Governor Gavin Newsom, for a wide ranging conversation about California’s economic well-being and strategies to advance an equitable recovery in 2021 and beyond.

 

Federal:

 

Biden picks California AG Xavier Becerra to be 1st Latino health secretary

abc30

President-elect Joe Biden has picked California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to be his health secretary, putting a defender of the Affordable Care Act in a leading role to oversee his administration's coronavirus response.

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Biden picks Lloyd Austin as secretary of Defense, would be first Black leader of Pentagon

Los Angeles Times

President-elect Joe Biden will nominate retired four-star Army Gen. Lloyd J. Austin to be secretary of Defense, according to four people familiar with the decision. If confirmed by the Senate, Austin would be the first Black leader of the Pentagon.

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Bipartisan coronavirus relief package hits snags over details

Roll Call

After making a big splash last week and injecting a sense of optimism into long-delayed coronavirus relief talks, a bipartisan $908 billion plan was hung up Monday over liability protections for businesses.

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Trump Administration Passed on Chance to Secure More of Pfizer Vaccine

New York Times

The pharmaceutical company offered the government a chance to lock in additional supplies before its vaccine was proved effective in clinical trials. But the administration, according to people familiar with the talks, never made the deal, a choice that now raises questions about whether the United States allowed other countries to take its place in line.

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Trump asks Pennsylvania House speaker for help overturning election results, personally intervening in a third state

Washington Post

President Trump called the speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives twice during the past week to make an extraordinary request for help reversing his loss in the state, reflecting a broadening pressure campaign by the president and his allies to try to subvert the 2020 election result.

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Does Pres. Trump have power to pardon himself? It's complicated

abc30

No president has attempted to pardon himself while in office, so if Trump tries to do so in the next six weeks, he will be venturing into legally untested territory without clear guidance from the Constitution or from judges.

 

Falling through census cracks could hurt tribes

Roll Call

The last census undercounted several minority groups — Alaska Natives and Native Americans worst of all, missing almost 5 percent of the more than 1 million living on reservations.

 

Other:

 

Deepening Statehouse Divisions Foretell Big Policy Fights

PEW

In swing states especially, blue counties got bluer and red counties got redder in the November elections, widening ideological divides as Democrats and Republicans dug in and became less likely to compromise on pressing issues in the 2021 legislative sessions, including dealing with COVID-19 and budget deficits.

 

Happiness and aging in the U.S.: Why it is different from other places and why it matters

Brookings

Well-being has a robust association with trends that can ruin lives and shorten life spans. These trends are not unique to the U.S. but are particularly stark here.

 

 

 

MADDY INSTITUTE PUBLIC POLICY PROGRAMMING

 

Sunday, December 13, at 10 a.m. on ABC30 – Maddy Report: Poverty and Income Inequality in California - Guest: Sarah Bohn, Public Policy Institute of California. Host: Maddy Institute Executive Director, Mark Keppler.

 

Sunday, December 13, at 10 a.m. on Newstalk 580AM/105.9FM (KMJ) – Maddy Report - Valley Views Edition: No show this week!- Host: Maddy Institute Executive Director, Mark Keppler.

 

AGRICULTURE/FOOD

 

A million donated masks go to Ag workers

Hanford Sentinel

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact California, Bank of America has donated one million surgical masks to support essential agricultural workers across the state. Of​​ those, 200,000 will be sent to the Fresno County Agricultural Commissioner to distribute to farmworkers in the county.

 

Nearly 200 workers test positive for COVID-19 at Foster Farms poultry plant in Fresno

CalMatters

Foster Farms will shut down its facility on Cherry Street in Fresno following a coronavirus outbreak, according to company officials.

 

U.S. Expected to Make Dairy-Trade Complaint Against Canada

Bloomberg

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer is expected to unveil an enforcement action against Canada over its rules for U.S. dairy imports, according to a government official.

 

CRIMINAL JUSTICE/FIRE/PUBLIC SAFETY

 

Crime:

 

COVID-19 unemployment scam could hit $2 billion, bank tells California lawmakers

Fresno Bee

In late November, a group of California district attorneys made the stunning disclosure that the state had disbursed as much as $1 billion in fraudulent pandemic unemployment assistance to state prisoners and their accomplices.

 

Tulare County Superior Court suspends services as COVID surges

Visalia Times Delta

For the second time this year, Tulare County Superior Court has limited its services due to the pandemic and Gov. Gavin Newsom's stay-at-home orders.

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Public Safety:

 

Fresno’s proposing fines for some private gatherings. Here’s what the police chief thinks

Fresno Bee

Fresno Police Chief Andy Hall said Monday his officers will not enforce a proposed order that, if passed, would fine residents who have private gatherings of more than 15 people. The City Council is set to weigh on the order during a special meeting Tuesday.

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Fresno Police Department to name Paco Balderrama as new police chief

abc30

The Fresno Police Department is set to announce a new police chief as soon as this week. Sources tell Action News that Paco Balderrama was selected and is already in the area looking for a home.

 

California police officers would have to be 25 or get bachelor’s degree under new proposal

Sacramento Bee

Assemblyman Reggie Jones-Sawyer, D-Los Angeles, who planned to introduce the proposal Monday, said the change could help reduce the number of times police officers shoot or hurt people.

 

Fire:

 

California wildfire victims start getting PG&E payouts. But the money is coming slowly

Fresno Bee

California wildfire victims are getting their first payments from PG&E Corp.’s bankruptcy, but the early flow of money is hardly a gusher. The Fire Victim Trust, which was established to compensate victims of the Camp Fire and other big fires blamed on PG&E since 2015, said Friday it has distributed $3.5 million to more than 250 homeowners and other victims.

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‘Last resort’ insurance plan raising rates for rural California homeowners — again

Fresno Bee

Thousands of rural Californians have lost homeowners’ insurance in recent years because of rising wildfire claims, forcing them to seek alternative coverage that’s two or three times more expensive.

 

ECONOMY/JOBS

 

Economy:

 

What's next for Valley restaurants during looming stay-home order

abc30

The looming stay home order issued by the state has many restaurant owners worried that this could be their last service. On Sunday at midnight, all restaurants must stop serving guests for in-person dining and revert back to delivery or takeout.

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First Steps toward Recovery: Saving Small Businesses

Little Hoover Commission

The Little Hoover Commission is examining both the short- and long-term economic effects of COVID-19 to identify how California state government can best support an equitable recovery.

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How unequal is California? A new index aims to measure the state’s economic inequity

Sacramento Bee

Since 2010, California has made substantial progress on providing its residents with broadband Internet and increasing the number of people with college degrees. Yet the state has not made a dent in improving housing affordability or home ownership.

 

Will This Recession Deepen California’s Economic Divide?

PPIC

High income inequality, stagnant economic mobility, and persistent poverty raise serious questions about California’s economic future—especially for low-income Californians and communities of color who are bearing the brunt of the current crisis.

 

Millions of Americans are heading into the holidays unemployed and over $5,000 behind on rent

Washington Post

Millions of Americans who lost their jobs during the pandemic have fallen thousands of dollars behind on rent and utility bills, a warning sign that people are running out of money for basic needs.

 

Jobs:

 

Commentary: Jobs report shows "creative destruction" has begun

Axios

Friday's jobs report was weaker than expected, showing a gain of 245,000 jobs — far short of the expected 450,000 and further short of October's 610,000 — and painted perhaps the clearest picture yet of the seismic shift happening to the U.S. labor market.

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Unemployment Payments Weeks Late in Nearly Every State

Pew Trusts

Like millions of Americans, Kathleen Kroeger lost her job in the pandemic and needed help. Five months later, alongside scores of other Americans, she’s still looking for it.

 

EDUCATION

 

K-12:

 

How many COVID-19 cases have been reported in Fresno County’s largest school districts?

Fresno Bee

Coronavirus cases continue to rise in Fresno County schools as the central San Joaquin Valley settles into a new lockdown imposed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom to help slow the spread of COVID-19.

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Tehachapi Unified suspends in-person learning

Bakersfield Californian

Tehachapi Unified School District has suspended in-person services for all students "due to a current strain on staffing capacity," according to a letter dated Monday and posted on the school district's website.

 

After putting campus life on 'pause' for COVID-19, Bakersfield Christian opens its doors once again

Bakersfield Californian

After putting campus life on "pause," Bakersfield Christian High School has opened once again. But a lot has changed since the private high school opened its doors in October for in-person learning for the first time since the pandemic began.

 

Higher Ed:

 

UC Merced reaches carbon neutrality ahead of schedule

Merced Sun-Star

After a lengthy and rigorous review by independent auditors, UC Merced can proudly announce it is the first public research university in the country to achieve carbon neutrality, two years ahead of its goal.

 

'Fauci Effect' Drives Record Number Of Medical School Applications

VPR

The number of applicants is up 18% this year over last year, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges, or AAMC, driven by the example of medical workers and public health figures such as Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

 

Opinion: On Student Debt, Biden Must Decide Whose Loans to Cancel

Wall Street Journal

Joe Biden promised he would push to cancel a significant portion of Americans’ student debt during his presidential campaign. Fulfilling this promise entails politically fraught decisions over how to do it and who would benefit.

 

Opinion: Should college students be on campus or remote?

AEI

As college students around the country wrap up a tumultuous semester, debates about whether colleges should be in-person or remote rage on.

 

Apprenticeships:

 

Expanding Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Tech Apprenticeships

Urban Institute

As part of the Apprenticeship Expansion and Modernization Fund project, the Urban Institute and its partners are supporting employers nationwide in expanding registered apprenticeships in tech positions.

 

ENVIRONMENT/ENERGY

 

Environment:

 

Trump administration rejects tougher standards on soot, a deadly air pollutant

Washington Post

The Trump administration on Monday rejected setting tougher standards on soot, the nation’s most widespread deadly air pollutant, saying the existing regulations remain sufficient even though some public health experts and environmental justice organizations had pleaded for stricter limits.

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Environmental Groups Seek Access to Records on Oil-Drilling Safety-Rule Changes

Wall Street Journal

The Sierra Club and other environmental groups are asking a federal judge for access to a swath of internal Interior Department documents as they seek to restore offshore oil-drilling safety rules scaled back by the Trump administration.

 

Once-Ignored Promises to Tribes Could Change the Environmental Landscape

PEW

Last month, Michigan officials announced plans to shut down a controversial oil pipeline that runs below the Great Lakes at the Straits of Mackinac. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Attorney General Dana Nessel, both Democrats, cited several reasons for the decision, including one that got the attention of tribal leaders in Michigan.

 

Earth just notched its warmest November, as 2020 closes in on record for hottest year

Washington Post

The planet just had its hottest November on record, and 2020 may end up beating 2016 for the ignominious title of the warmest calendar year. Scientists have linked most, if not all, of the global warming in recent decades to human emissions of greenhouse gases.

 

Opinion: Climate Finance May Foul the Economy

Wall Street Journal

Even if Democrats win both runoffs in Georgia and take formal control of the Senate, the administration would have to persuade reluctant lawmakers like West Virginia’s Joe Manchin to support the abolition of the filibuster to pass significant climate legislation.

 

Energy:

 

Kern energy summit spotlights local optimism

Bakersfield Californian

At an annual industry gathering this weekend, optimism for Kern's energy future nearly crowded out worries that state policymakers' anti-oil push will continue to make things harder for local petroleum producers.

 

Should California ban gas in new homes? A climate battle heats up

Los Angeles Times

Tim Kohut’s job is to build homes that are affordable and use energy efficiently. Lately, he’s decided the best way to do that is to create communities that are powered solely by electricity, with no natural gas hookups.

 

HEALTH/HUMAN SERVICES

 

Health:

 

COVID-19 is still ‘attacking Latino households’ in California eight months into the pandemic

Fresno Bee

At a small gathering in mid-June, Monse Villarreal celebrated her college graduation at her family’s Sacramento home. The graduation ceremony had gone virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Fresno County surpasses 40,000 cases as hospitalizations go up

Fresno Bee

Fresno County surpassed more than 40,000 COVID-19 infections over the weekend as the county was placed into a new coronavirus lockdown that required hundreds of thousands of residents to stay at home and many businesses to shut their doors.

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Human Services:

 

Hospitals in Kern County prepare for next COVID-19 surge

Bakersfield Californian

Local hospital administrators are much better prepared than they were during the summer's COVID-19 surge, but it's a bittersweet feeling that Kern County is here again after beginning to flatten the curve.

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Walmart, Sam’s Club now selling at-home COVID-19 test kits online

KGET

Walmart and Sam’s Club are selling a series of at-home COVID-19 test collection kits online, according to a corporate blog.

 

Stanislaus County announces more locations for free drive-thru flu vaccines

Modesto Bee

Starting this week, Stanislaus County public health will host drive-thru flu vaccine clinics in Patterson and Ceres, and additional locations are slated in the coming weeks. All of the vaccines are free and available on a first-come, first-serve basis.

 

California could vaccinate 1 million people against COVID-19 this month

abc30

The governor announced the state expects to receive a little more than two million doses of the vaccine this month between distributions from the pharmaceutical company, Pfizer, and biotechnology maker, Moderna.

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California to expand smartphone COVID-19 alert tool statewide

abc30

California is rolling out a voluntary smartphone tool to alert people if they spent time near someone who tests positive for the coronavirus as cases and hospitalizations soar throughout the state, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Monday.

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Why California lawmakers want to expand health coverage for state’s undocumented

Fresno Bee

As the coronavirus pandemic unequally impacts the wages and health of California’s immigrant workers, state Assemblyman Joaquin Arambula, D-Fresno, is seeking to re-introduce legislation that expands health care for undocumented adults.

 

FDA: Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine safe and effective after one dose

NBC

Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine candidate offers some protection after the first dose, with nearly full protection after the second dose, according to documents released Tuesday by the Food and Drug Administration.

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IMMIGRATION

 

Did McFarland violate the Brown Act in approving immigration centers ? What we know

Fresno Bee

The ACLU of Southern California is appealing Kern County Superior Court ruling in a case accusing the McFarland city council of violating open meeting laws by “intentionally” capping a meeting to 100 attendees when it approved two controversial immigration centers.

 

LAND USE/HOUSING

 

Land Use:

 

Yosemite National Park reduces hours in response to state lockdown

abc30

Yosemite National Park is adjusting its hours in response to California's latest stay-at-home order. Beginning Monday, the park is open from 8 am to 5 pm for day-use activities only. The park will be closed and locked after 5 pm.

 

Lawsuit against Tejon Ranch Co. raises concerns about historic accord

Bakersfield Californian

A landmark conservation deal appears at risk of falling part as environmental groups and local landowner Tejon Ranch Co. accuse each other of violating a 2008 agreement that bars​​ development on 240,000 acres of wilderness near The Grapevine in exchange for a truce on the company's nearby housing projects.

 

Housing:

 

Staying Sheltered: A special ongoing series tracking California’s vulnerable renters

CalMatters

2 million Californians are living with the stress that they could lose their homes. Most are temporarily protected by a moratorium on evictions, but they are behind on rent and debt is piling up.

 

California’s ban on evictions would last through 2021 under new extension proposal

Fresno Bee

California tenants struggling to pay rent due to COVID-19 would have until the end of 2021 to avoid eviction under a moratorium extension a Democratic lawmaker plans to introduce Monday.

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Learn how Modesto-area volunteers have adopted foster care model to help the homeless

Modesto Bee

For homeless people and families who cannot turn to family, the Stanislaus Homeless Advocacy and Resource Enterprise or SHARE hopes to be an answer.

 

Prompted by Pandemic, Some States Buy Hotels for the Homeless

Pew Trusts

It's a bold goal in a place with a major housing crisis: Get as many as 2,000 unsheltered Oregonians into homes this winter by spending $65 million in state money to buy up to 20 underused hotels.

 

Using the Homeless to Guard Empty Houses

The New Yorker

As the pandemic makes an already terrible housing crisis worse, a new version of house-sitting signals a broken real-estate market.

 

PUBLIC FINANCES

 

Momentum builds in Congress for more COVID stimulus. How much would the unemployed get?

Fresno Bee

An extra $300 a week for eligible unemployed Californians is getting serious consideration from Republicans and Democrats in Washington as they push hard for a compromise economic aid plan.

 

TRANSPORTATION

 

California Highway Patrol shares 4 tips for safe holiday travels

Fresno Bee

California Highway Patrol Public Affairs Officer Mike Salas says officers will be out in force to ensure the safest holiday travels, and passes along CHP's four top tips.

 

‘Existential Peril’: Mass Transit Faces Huge Service Cuts Across U.S.

New York Times

In Boston, transit officials warned of ending weekend service on the commuter rail and shutting down the city’s ferries. In Washington, weekend and late-night metro service would be eliminated and 19 of the system’s 91 stations would close.

 

Uber Sells Self-Driving-Car Unit to Autonomous-Driving Startup

Wall Street Journal

Uber Technologies Inc. sold its self-driving-car unit to a Silicon Valley competitor, Aurora Innovation Inc., in the latest business exit by the ride-hailing company as it aims to deliver on a promise to shareholders to become profitable.

 

From Pilot to Truck Driver—Airline Careers Grounded by Pandemic

Wall Street Journal

The pandemic has changed few professions as profoundly as that of the airline pilot. For now, the aviation industry’s most prestigious and lucrative career path is no longer a sure thing.

 

WATER

 

Water managers urge patience after initial, 10% allocation from State Water Project

Bakersfield Californian

The rainy season is still young, but that's about the only consolation to be found in California's initial estimate this week that farmers who get water from the State Water Project will only get 10% of their requested allocations next year.

 

County board expected to advance canal project

Porterville Recorder

The Tulare County Board of Supervisors should sign off on a project that will bring the beginning of much needed repairs to the Friant-Kern Canal one step closer to reality.

 

Environmental Justice Community Survey

California Department of Water Resources

No one understands life in the Delta better than you. The state is working to identify potential project-related impacts and benefits within Delta communities. Please take a moment to give us your input.

 

“Xtra”

 

‘Gather your patience.’ Backed-up traffic disruptions at Christmas Tree Lane in Fresno

Fresno Bee

Christmas Tree Lane went dark early one night last weekend as the Fresno Police Department dealt with traffic congestion and road rage as cars waiting to enter the 2-mile holiday display backed up for miles.

 

Reverse parade welcomes the Christmas season

Hanford Sentinel

The 2020 Reverse Christmas Parade — the first of its kind — went off without a hitch on Saturday, as more than 900 cars made their way down D Street to view the festivities.

 

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