POLICY & POLITICS
North SJ Valley:
Second phase of affordable housing project gets underway in Turlock
Turlock Journal
The effort to ease the shortage of affordable housing in Turlock took a small step forward recently when officials broke ground on the second phase of Avena Bella.
Update: Library branch expansion in Turlock gets OK, with some quibbling
Modesto Bee
The Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously for an $8.99 million contract with Roebbelen Contracting Inc. for detailed design and construction. The expanded and remodeled building could open in February 2021.
It’s time to get behind a plan six decades in the making, to improve Stanislaus County
Modesto Bee
Issuing an opinion on the future Highway 132 expressway west of downtown Modesto without offending a whole bunch of people would be impossible. But here goes: The new Highway 132 route will be good for Modesto and Stanislaus County. There. I’ve said it.
Central SJ Valley:
Fresno’s LGBTQ-friendliness is lacking, new report from Human Rights Campaign says
Fresno Bee
When it comes to LGBTQ-friendly policies, Fresno is lacking, according to a new report released Tuesday. The Human Rights Campaign awarded Fresno a total of 55 points, out of 100 possible, in its annual report on anti-discrimination policies in local government.
North Fresno bar and restaurant faces eviction for unpaid rent. Owner says it’s discrimination
Fresno Bee
There may soon be one less place to enjoy a night out in northeast Fresno. LUXS, the restaurant bar and lounge space at Champlain Drive and Perrin Avenue, was recently given an eviction notice.
30 tenants received eviction notices in Madera ahead of new California law. Here’s why
Fresno Bee
Housing advocates say evictions are nothing new to the area, and tenant protections have long been absent in the Central Valley. “Evictions are happening. It’s just that they’re hidden. We don’t know they’re happening every day.”
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Tulare City Councilman files pair of suits against city
Valley Voice
Tulare City Councilman Greg Nunley has filed a pair of lawsuits against the city he serves, one of which demands a $16.5 million payout for defamation, slander and interfering with Nunley’s real estate development business.
South SJ Valley:
National Review
House minority leader Kevin McCarthy (R., Calif.) threatened to call ABC network executives before Congress to answer questions about their handling of reporting on alleged serial pedophile Jeffrey Epstein in an interview released Monday.
Kern Community College District receives $678,514 to assist local companies to train employees
Bakersfield Californian
Kern Community College District’s Board of Trustees approved a contract with the California Employment Training Panel which will provide KCCD up to $678,514 in funds to help local companies improve the skills of their workforce through training.
State:
California unemployment hits record-low 3.9%, but slowdown could loom
San Francisco Chronicle
California’s unemployment rate fell to 3.9% in October, a record low since at least the 1970s, according to state data. That tops a record just set in September, when unemployment was 4%.
School bond backers have some selling to do, poll shows
CalMatters
A new PPIC survey finds fewer than half of likely voters support a proposed state bond for school and college construction set to appear on the March 2020 ballot. Backers say it's too early for the initiative to register with voters.
PG&E’s latest attempt to weaken strict fire liability has its day in court
San Francisco Chronicle
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. on Tuesday tried to persuade the judge overseeing its bankruptcy case to free the utility from a legal doctrine that could greatly increase how much money it pays because of the 2017 and 2018 wildfires.
See also:
PG&E Struggles to Find a Way Out of Bankruptcy New York Times
PG&E boss says it wasn’t fully ready for California outages AP News
California home to 91 of America's 100 most expensive zip codes
The Guardian
California is home to 91 of the most expensive zip codes in the US for home sales this year, with median sale prices in one Silicon Valley suburb topping $7m, according to an annual ranking by the real estate website PropertyShark.
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Top Most Expensive U.S. Zip Codes in 2019 PropertyShark
Housing Podcast: Is it really the end of California as we know it?
CalMatters
But to many Californians, deep down in places we don’t like to talk about, this time does feel different. The twin threats of climate change and the state’s housing affordability crisis — both slow-moving disasters we feel increasingly helpless to address — have changed the mental calculus for an entire generation of residents.
CalMatters
Oddly, the job of writing these all-important ballot descriptions falls not to an elections officer or some other neutral official, but is instead entrusted to the partisan, elected attorney general of California.
Federal:
Devin Nunes’ impeachment defense closely mirrors Trump’s. Are they coordinating?
Fresno Bee
Rep. Devin Nunes hammered two of President Donald Trump’s favorite targets at Tuesday morning’s impeachment hearing: the media and the unidentified whistleblower who thrust the president’s July phone call with the Ukranian president into the national spotlight.
See also:
Rep. Devin Nunes makes attempt to get Lt. Col. Vindman to out the whistleblower. Visalia Times Delta
What to consider regarding Devin Nunes’s framing of the impeachment inquiry Washington Post
Impeaching Trump is popular with Californians, poll indicates San Francisco Chronicle
Impeachment hearings takeaways: Firsthand witnesses appear San Francisco Chronicle
Impeachment Hearing: Sondland Says He Pursued Ukraine Probes at ‘Express Direction’ of Trump Wall Street Journal
Republicans abandon tradition of whistleblower protection at impeachment hearing Roll Call
Opinion: Diplomats are having an impeachment moment in the sun. It won’t last Los Angeles Times
Opinion: Republicans smeared Vindman at impeachment hearing. It backfired spectacularly Los Angeles Times
EDITORIAL: Impeachment testimony has Trump’s defenders groping for a response San Francisco Chronicle
House passes short-term spending bill as talks falter
Los Angeles Times
The House passed a short-term spending bill Tuesday that would keep federal agencies running for another month in hopes that the additional time will help negotiators wrap up more than $1.4 trillion in unfinished appropriations bills.
Elections 2020:
Ahead of Democratic Debate No. 5, Some Voters Have Seen Enough
Wall Street Journal
Democratic presidential candidates will hold their fifth debate Wednesday night. After nearly 15 hours of airtime so far, some voters say the plot has begun to feel repetitive: Ten or so candidates dropping sound bites on a crowded stage that leaves little room for actual debating.
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Let’s Be Clear, Candidates Use a Lot of Filler Phrases Wall Street Journal
PPIC: Biden, Warren Lead in CA; Harris Way Behind
Calbuzz
Six in 10 voters likely to cast a ballot in the California Democratic primary on March 3 support one of the moderate candidates for president – with former Vice President Joe Biden leading at 24% — compared to four in 10 voters who support a progressive — with Sen. Elizabeth Warren at 23%.
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Who can beat Donald Trump? That’s the central question for California Democrats, poll finds Sacramento Bee
We rated every race in play in 2020. This is who we think will win. Politico
Pete Buttigieg, leading in mostly white Iowa, struggles in diverse California
San Francisco Chronicle
Pete Buttigieg has risen to the top of the Democratic presidential polls in Iowa, where 90% of the population is white. But he’s lagging in California, in part because he’s having difficulty winning over Latinos and African Americans, who make up a large chunk of the Democratic electorate in the country’s biggest state.
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Buttigieg and Obama Shake Iowa Up Wall Street Journal
Buttigieg surges to 10-point lead in New Hampshire: poll The Hill
Bernie Is Betting On Young Latinos to Help Him Win California
Vice
Sanders is relying heavily on Hispanic women to win what may likely be the single most important state for his campaign. Sanders sees his power in the numbers of Latino voters who support him at higher rates than any of his competitors.
See also:
Bernie ‘Wrote the Damn Bill’—And It’s Scaring Voters Wall Street Journal
The Next Democratic Presidential Debate Amid Impeachment Hearings
Capital Public Radio
The next Democratic presidential debate is Wednesday night in Atlanta. There will be ten candidates on stage at Tyler Perry Studios. Two Californians will be among them: investor Tom Steyer and Sen. Kamala Harris.
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Whalen: Californians could have told you Harris wasn’t the real deal
Washington Post
Which might also become Harris’s presidential epithet. Harris, often called a “female Obama” for her biographical diversity and telegenic appeal, doesn’t lack for style. She just hasn’t offered much in the way of substance.
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Harris says she is ‘not going to focus on the gossip’ after reports of campaign turmoil,’ is ‘very much in the game’ Nevada Independent
Other:
How the Gannett/GateHouse merger could deepen America’s local news crisis
Brookings
Over 2,000 American newspapers have ceased production in the last 15 years, leaving millions of Americans without a vital source of local news. But a city or town doesn’t need to lose a newspaper to feel the effects of the local journalism industry’s decline.
Troll armies, a growth industry in the Philippines, may soon be coming to an election near you
Los Angeles Times
In the Philippines, candidates and government officials routinely pay vast cyber-troll armies that create multiple fake social media accounts to smear opponents and prop themselves up.
Commentary: The Attack on Asian-Americans
Wall Street Journal
Asian-Americans have finally made it in America. How do we know? Not from their wealth or educational achievements, but from the way progressives now target those in the community who believe people shouldn’t be judged by skin color.
MADDY INSTITUTE PUBLIC POLICY PROGRAMMING
Sunday, November 24, at 10 a.m. on ABC30 – Maddy Report: Poverty and Income Inequality in California - Guests: Sarah Bohn, Public Policy Institute of California. Host: Maddy Institute Executive Director, Mark Keppler.
Sunday, November 24, at 10 a.m. on Newstalk 580AM/105.9FM (KMJ) – Maddy Report - Valley Views Edition: Census & Immigration: Distinctly Different Issues Intersect - Guests: Laura Hill with the Public Policy Institute of California, Taryn Luna with the Sacramento Bee, Dan Walters with CalMatters, Secretary of State Alex Padilla, Sarah Bohn with the Public Policy Institute of California and John Myers, Los Angeles Times. Host: Maddy Institute Executive Director, Mark Keppler.
Sunday, November 24, at 7:30 a.m. on UniMas 61 (KTTF) – El Informe Maddy: 2019 CalFacts: Todo lo que necesita saber sobre California – Invitado: Lourdes Morales, Jacqueline Barocio y Edgar Cabral, analistas de la Oficina de Analisis Legislativo (LAO). Presentado Por: Coordinadora del Programa del Maddy Institute, Maria Jeans.
AGRICULTURE/FOOD
E.&J. Gallo Winery of Modesto adds to its luxury brands in the Napa Valley
Modesto Bee
E. & J. Gallo Winery has purchased Pahlmeyer Winery in the Napa Valley, another addition to the Modesto company’s luxury portfolio. Gallo did not disclose the price in Tuesday’s announcement.
To hemp or not to hemp? Fresno expo geared to fledgling industry
Business Journal
If you believe the full legalization of hemp this year is something that might interest just a few Valley farmers and investors, the people who attended the California Hemp Expo Nov. 5 probably would disagree.
Will Atwater’s first cannabis retail store survive competition from the black market?
Merced Sun-Star
Facing competition from the black market, Atwater’s first retail cannabis store asked the City Council for a new contract to operate locally. The council voted 4-1 last week to change the store’s monthly payments to the city from $15,000 to 5% of gross monthly sales.
Website will pay you $3K a month to smoke marijuana
abc30
If you consider yourself a weed connoisseur, one company says they may have a job for you. American Marijuana is a medical marijuana online magazine that provides research on cannabis products and is looking to pay someone $3,000 a month to review marijuana.
AEI
In retaliation for adverse trade actions from the Trump administration against foreign imports, many countries have imposed tariffs on US agricultural exports.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE / FIRE / PUBLIC SAFETY
Crime:
Will the Asian Gang Task Force help solve mass shooting? Fresno police think so
Visalia Times Delta
Fresno Police Chief Andy Hall said the department has initiated a two-phase plan — the creation of a southeast Asian Gang Task Force and targeted community outreach.
See also:
Warszawski: Why Fresno police shouldn’t leap to Asian gang stereotype after mass shooting Fresno Bee
McEwen: Whether It's Giving Blood or Money, Start the Healing GV Wire
Illegal pot farms on public land create environmental hazard
AP News
Two months after two men were arrested at an illicit marijuana farm on public land deep in the Northern California wilderness, authorities are assessing the environmental impact and cleanup costs at the site where trees were clear-cut, waterways were diverted, and the ground was littered with open containers of fertilizer and rodenticide.
California — capital of gun control — sees three mass shootings in four days
San Jose Mercury
California is one of the country’s most restrictive states when it comes to firearms and top-ranked by gun-control advocates for its extensive laws. But the Golden State also has seen three mass shootings in four days and four in the last three weeks.
Public Safety:
Modesto pays nearly $743,000 in wrongful death lawsuit of single mom who killed herself
Modesto Bee
It has cost Modesto nearly $743,000 to resolve a 5-year-old wrongful death lawsuit that alleged its police officers abandoned a mentally ill single mother. She died in a house fire soon after they left, a fire the lawsuit claims the woman “most likely ignited ... (while) in her delusional state.”
State would expand juvenile courts, halls to 18- and 19-year-olds under proposal
San Francisco Chronicle
California would expand its juvenile-justice system to include 18- and 19-year-olds under a proposal from the state’s probation chiefs, a move they said would allow a more restorative approach for those teenagers but one expert warned could be difficult to implement.
Uber plans to start audio-recording rides in the U.S. for safety
Washington Post
The new feature, which is first to be piloted in some Latin American cities next month, allows users to opt in to activate an audio recording on any trip or all trips, according to internal communications viewed by The Washington Post and confirmed by Uber.
Fire:
More Possible Public Safety Power Shut Offs And Utilities Answer Questions
Capital Public Radio
PG&E has put customers in parts of 25 counties on alert for more public safety power shut-offs. The alert is because of a windy forecast with low humidity and continuing dry conditions. At this point, about 303,000 customers are on stand-by for the outages, beginning sometime on Wednesday.
See also:
MAP: See If You Could Be Affected By PG&E's Nov. 20 Outage Capital Public Radio
PG&E power outages: Here’s what you need to know San Francisco Chronicle
PG&E blackout begins: 150,000 Northern California customers to lose power on windy day Sacramento Bee
Paradise couple claims Camp Fire destroyed their $280 million emerald. PG&E wants proof
Sacramento Bee
PG&E’s lawyers have requested proof — understandably, a whole lot of proof — after a married couple claimed the 2018 Camp Fire destroyed a massive $280 million emerald they’d been keeping in their Paradise home.
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ECONOMY / JOBS
Economy:
Women entrepreneurs continue as a driving force
Business Journal
Last month, we celebrated national Women’s Small Business Month, which commemorates the 1988 passage of the Women’s Business Ownership Act throwing out the legal mandates that women were required to have a male relative as their co-signer on business loans.
Jobs:
IRS looking to fill 1,400 temporary positions in Fresno
abc30
Looking for a job? The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is looking for qualified applicants to fill over 1,400 temporary positions in Fresno. The agency is looking for clerks, data entry clerks, and tax examiners for jobs up to four months.
California unemployment hits record-low 3.9%, but slowdown could loom
San Francisco Chronicle
California’s unemployment rate fell to 3.9% in October, a record low since at least the 1970s, according to state data. That tops a record just set in September, when unemployment was 4%.
Website will pay you $3K a month to smoke marijuana
abc30
If you consider yourself a weed connoisseur, one company says they may have a job for you. American Marijuana is a medical marijuana online magazine that provides research on cannabis products and is looking to pay someone $3,000 a month to review marijuana.
Portuguese company plans to hire 27 people to pack and ship olive oil in Modesto
Modesto Bee
Sovena, a Portugal-based leader in olive and other oils, will open a Modesto plant for packing and shipping some of its products. The company plans to employ 27 people when the plant at 705 E. Whitmore Ave. hits full speed in the first quarter of 202.
What jobs are affected by AI? Better-paid, better-educated workers face the most exposure
Brookings
Artificial intelligence (AI) has generated increasing interest in “future of work” discussions in recent years as the technology has achieved superhuman performance in a range of valuable tasks, ranging from manufacturing to radiology to legal contracts.
EDUCATION
K-12:
School bond backers have some selling to do, poll shows
CalMatters
A new PPIC survey finds fewer than half of likely voters support a proposed state bond for school and college construction set to appear on the March 2020 ballot. Backers say it's too early for the initiative to register with voters.
California Democratic Party says charter schools should have publicly elected boards
EdSource
Taking aim at the majority of charter schools in the state, the California Democratic Party has included language in its platform declaring that these schools should be overseen by publicly elected boards, in contrast to the self-appointed boards that run most of them.
See also:
Commentary: The Big Lie About Charter Schools Wall Street Journal
Higher Ed:
Kern Community College District receives $678,514 to assist local companies to train employees
Bakersfield Californian
Kern Community College District’s Board of Trustees approved a contract with the California Employment Training Panel which will provide KCCD up to $678,514 in funds to help local companies improve the skills of their workforce through training.
Apprenticeships:
New apprenticeships offer fast-track to California IT jobs with salaries up to $100,000
Sacramento Bee
A new apprenticeship program aimed at filling vacant information technology jobs in California state government offers a chance for many public employees to boost their pay, according to SEIU Local 1000.
ENVIRONMENT/ ENERGY
Environment:
Ban on Hotel Shampoo Bottles Is Latest Effort to Curb Plastic Waste
Pew Trusts
California enacted a law earlier this year, set to take effect in 2023, banning the mostly 1- to 2-ounce bottles. New York state is considering a similar measure, and local jurisdictions such as Fulton County (Atlanta), Georgia, also are getting into the act.
Energy:
Fracking, oil wells to get more scrutiny under new rules from Gavin Newsom
Fresno Bee
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday announced a crackdown on fracking projects and a moratorium on new oil wells that use high-pressure steam. Fracking, short for hydraulic fracturing, involves shooting a high-pressure stream of water or another substance into rock to extract oil or gas.
See also:
California puts brakes on fracking permits in oil crackdown Bakersfield Californian
California Halts Fracking Permits In Oil Producer Crackdown Capital Public Radio
Newsom blocks new California fracking pending scientific review Los Angeles Times
California to consider ban on oil-drilling method tied to leaks San Francisco Chronicle
California Governor Cracks Down On Fracking, Requires Audits And Scientific Review NPR
State Puts Hold on Some Oil Well Permits After Chevron's Kern County 'Crisis' KQED
California Intensifies Fossil Fuel Fight With New Drilling Ban Bloomberg
Walters: Newsom huffs and puffs, like the big bad wolf CalMatters
Americans would rather reduce oil and gas exploration than ‘drill, baby, drill’
Washington Post
A large majority of Americans say drilling for oil and natural gas off the coasts and on public lands should decrease or remain at current levels, a viewpoint at odds with the expansion promoted by President Trump as part of his “energy dominance” agenda.
Wall Street Journal
Those in favor say the companies knew the damage their products were causing; those against contend that climate change is a matter for public policy, not courts.
HEALTH/HUMAN SERVICES
Health:
Does Gavin Newsom have the answer to Democrats' health-care fights?
Politico
A year and a half ago, Gavin Newsom was in the same place as Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, running in a tough Democratic primary and vowing “it’s about time” for a single-payer health care system while dismissing his critics as “can’t-do Democrats” who refuse to think big. Now he’s in a different place.
Air pollution nanoparticles linked to brain cancer for first time
The Guardian
The ultra-fine particles (UFPs) are produced by fuel burning, particularly in diesel vehicles, and higher exposures significantly increase people’s chances of getting the deadly cancer.
Judge in SF blocks rule allowing health care workers to refuse abortions
San Francisco Chronicle
The Trump administration flouted federal law with a rule that would allow any health care worker, from doctors to receptionists, to refuse to provide abortions or other procedures for religious or moral reasons, a federal judge in San Francisco ruled Tuesday.
Mailing free home HIV tests helps detect more infections
AP News
The experiment recruited 2,600 men from online social network and music sites. Half of them were sent four free test kits but could order more. Many did, and shared them. The rest only got a link to local testing services.
USA Today
The American Medical Association and the state of New York put vaping companies on notice Tuesday in the wake of President Donald Trump's apparent retreat from federal action against flavored electronic cigarettes.
Juul wanted to revolutionize vaping. It took a page from Big Tobacco’s chemical formulas
Los Angeles Times
The key ingredient: nicotine salts. Juul’s salts contain up to three times the amount of nicotine found in previous e-cigarettes. They use softening chemicals to allow people to take deeper drags without vomiting or burning their throats.
Generic-Drug Approvals Soar, But Patients Still Go Without
Wall Street Journal
Record numbers of generic drugs for cancer, heart ailments and other conditions have received U.S. approval in recent years, raising hopes that the new competition would reduce high drug costs. But many of the lower-price medicines haven’t hit the market.
Human Services:
Guilds of Valley Children's announce major endowment
Business Journal
The Guilds of Valley Children’s Healthcare have announced an endowment of $5 million to transform the health and wellbeing of the Valley’s children through the establishment of the Guilds Center for Community Health.
Injured California workers who turn to workers’ comp are waiting months for medical reviews
Merced Sun-Star
The California state agency responsible for making sure workers get treatment after injuries on the job is ignoring conditions that delay care and impair quality in the system, according to an audit published Tuesday.
Column: Here’s why Californians with health coverage are being hit with surprise fees
Los Angeles Times
While the total number of people affected isn’t being made public, numerous Californians with both healthcare and long-term care coverage are being hit with similar charges.
There Were a Lot of ”Health Savings Account” Questions. Here Are Some Answers.
Wall Street Journal
Health savings accounts, or HSAs, allow individuals to set aside money in tax-advantaged accounts to pay for medical expenses tax-free. With an HSA, you can generally contribute money without paying federal or state income or payroll taxes.
IMMIGRATION
After child deaths, doctors pressure Border Patrol to let them administer flu shots
Los Angeles Times
Doctors are pressuring U.S. Customs and Border Protection to allow them to vaccinate detained migrant children against the flu after several died of the disease in federal custody during the past year.
Senators & Presidential Candidates Are Demanding DHS Report On A Controversial Asylum Policy
BuzzFeed News
Senators and Democratic presidential candidates on Tuesday demanded the Department of Homeland Security provide an internal report claiming, among other things, that border officials pressured asylum officers to deny immigrants entry into the United States.
LAND USE/HOUSING
Land Use:
Update: Library branch expansion in Turlock gets OK, with some quibbling
Modesto Bee
The Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously for an $8.99 million contract with Roebbelen Contracting Inc. for detailed design and construction. The expanded and remodeled building could open in February 2021.
Housing:
‘At the end of our rope:’ Homeless shelter appeals for help as winter crisis looms
Stockton Record
The Stockton Shelter for the Homeless has been forced to turn men and families away this year and anticipates a crisis this winter, as more will need help when temperatures drop, officials said Tuesday at the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors meeting.
‘The California price’: Why it costs so much to build a home in the Golden State
PolitiFact
Before any nails are hammered or concrete poured, developers must navigate a painstakingly slow and complex approval process. In California, this can take years, or even decades, and cost millions of dollars in fees, far more than in other states.
Column: As L.A.'s homeless crisis worsens, no one is in charge. That has to change
Los Angeles Times
I could give you a hundred reasons homelessness has become L.A. County’s most vexing challenge, from the gargantuan income gap to housing costs to the scourge of drugs and mental illness, but the biggest impediment to solving it may be this: Nobody is in charge.
EDITORIAL: On California homelessness, help isn’t on the way
San Francisco Chronicle
The Trump administration fired a top homelessness official last week, the latest in a series of supposed omens that the president plans to do more on the issue. While the prospect of more federal assistance would be welcome in California, President Trump’s record does not suggest that help is on the way.
PUBLIC FINANCES
CalPERS retiree returned to work for twice the pay, flouting law. He wants to keep the money
Sacramento Bee
CalPERS auditors determined he was making $135 per hour as a retired annuitant — twice what he earned on an hourly basis before he retired, according to CalPERS summary documents. He also worked 990 hours in fiscal year 2011-2012.
Legislative report card promotes truth to protect taxpayers: Jon Coupal
Orange County Register
Politicians will try all the dance moves they know in an effort to get to the tax-and-spend end zone, but report cards like ours hold them accountable to the people who matter most: the taxpayers who elected them.
Samuelson: Trump’s tax cut didn’t just disappoint. It flopped.
Washington Post
The White House and Republican Congress skewed the tax cut toward big corporations. The decline in the top corporate tax rate was expected to “boost economic activity. It didn’t. The investment surge didn’t occur.
See also:
Is America ready for middle- and upper-income welfare checks?
AEI
Want to help low-income families rise out of poverty? Connect key welfare benefits with work and “make work pay” by offering subsidies for those who get a job. That’s been the anti-poverty policy consensus on the left and right since welfare reform in the 1990s.
TRANSPORTATION
California’s Auto Emissions Battle Continues
Capital Public Radio
California continues to push back on Trump administration actions and policies. The latest is a decision not to buy state vehicles from certain companies because of clean car rules. This is the latest in the ongoing fight between California and the Trump administration over climate-warming pollution from cars and trucks.
New Arizona Development Bans Residents From Bringing Cars
Wall Street Journal
A $140 million Arizona development is banning residents from bringing their own cars in favor of scooters, bikes and ride-sharing, testing demand for a new type of walkable neighborhood.
WATER
Reducing Flood Risk in the Central Valley
Public Policy Institute of California
The Central Valley has some of the highest risk of flooding in the state, and that risk is growing as the climate changes. We talked to Tim Ramirez, a member of the Central Valley Flood Protection Board, about how this risk is being managed.
“Xtra”
Thanksgiving 2019: where to eat out in Fresno, how to get take-home holiday meals, pies
Fresno Bee
Restaurants and retailers are increasingly upping their game when it comes to offering Thanksgiving options. That includes restaurants open on Thanksgiving Day in Fresno and Clovis, and full take-home meals that can be reheated.
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