The calls come into police dispatchers at all hours. A person soliciting donations in front of a supermarket. Someone sleeping on a sidewalk. An abandoned car being used for shelter. Calls from distressed neighbors wanting to help but unsure where to turn.
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Excerpted from Politico
By Jeremy B. White, Chirs Ramirez, Juhi Doshi, and Graph Massara
Parents play the key role in keeping children safe. Like most parents, my wife and I do all of the “normal” things to keep our five-year-old daughter safe and secure. In the car, we make sure that her seat belt is fastened; we taught her to cross streets safely; and we check the milk and other foods in the fridge for an expiration date. Nothing is more important to us than our little person’s safety and well-being.
A piece of legislation sitting on the governor’s desk would enable Chino Hills State Park to expand by more than 10% by incorporating 1,530 acres of untouched ridgelines along the eastern flank into the park’s boundaries.
Senate Bill 266 authored by state Sen. Josh Newman, D-Fullerton, was approved by both the Assembly and the Senate earlier this month and awaits the signature of Gov. Gavin Newsom.
California State Sen. Josh Newman, a Democrat who lost his seat in California in a recall election before winning it back, is working to raise the constitutional bar in the state.
"The recalls are like trick plays like you would see in sports," said Newman, speaking to CNN today. "If you can't win a regular election, you go to the recall card."
Newman won the 29th District seat in 2016 but lost it in a recall in 2018. He won back the seat in the 2020 election.
State Senator Josh Newman, who experienced the state’s recall rules firsthand when he was recalled in 2018 and replaced by a candidate who received fewer votes than him in the recall election, said he planned to propose a constitutional amendment early next year that would remove the replacement race on the ballot. Voters would decide whether a governor should be recalled, and if so, the lieutenant governor would automatically take the job. Mr. Newman ran against his replacement and won back his seat in 2020.
Heartbreaking to experience the very sudden and tragic loss of our friend, comrade and chief of staff Marc Hanson. It’s not often that the path of an average person’s life intersects with people who are truly exceptional — who bring fellowship and joy and purpose to everything they do, and in the doing so, raise the level of quality and enjoyment in doing big and important things, while making us all smarter and better people in the process.
Cal State Fullerton is the recipient of two state budget appropriations — $1 million for the Fullerton Arboretum and $1 million that provides seed money to begin planning on “The Gateway” pedestrian bridge that will link the campus’s College Park building with the main campus across Nutwood Avenue.