Christine Mai-Duc
Wall Street Journal
Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Los Angeles Homeless Population Jumped 10%, Resuming Prepandemic Growth
Mayor Karen Bass and the city are mobilizing hundreds of millions of dollars to tackle the problem. → Read More
California Gun Measures Let Citizens Sue to Enforce Regulations
The bill signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom is one of a pair passed by the state’s Democratic-controlled legislature that use civil liability to target the gun industry, inspired in part by a Texas abortion measure. → Read More
States Face Changes After Supreme Court Ruling Expanding Gun Rights
The Supreme Court’s ruling striking down New York’s permitting regime for concealed weapons is likely to have ripple effects throughout the country, especially in several Democratic-led states that have given government officials broad latitude to deny citizens’ requests to carry concealed handguns for self-defense. → Read More
Primary Elections 2022: South Carolina, Nevada Races Test Trump’s Sway in GOP
Voters will also cast primary ballots in Maine and North Dakota, while Texas hosts a special election for an open House seat. → Read More
San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin Faces Recall Election
A defeat after two years in office would be a blow to the progressive prosecutors movement. Separately, voters in Los Angeles will weigh in on a new mayor. → Read More
Seven States Have Primary Elections Today, With California the One to Watch
Voters in New Jersey, Mississippi, Iowa, Montana, South Dakota and New Mexico also head to the polls. → Read More
Corruption Probe in Anaheim, Calif., Grows, Drawing in Disney
FBI affidavit says Disney and company executive were part of a “cabal” that tried to influence local politics. → Read More
California Legislative Leader Wants to Spend $10 Billion to Help Families Buy Homes
The program would provide up to 30% of a home’s purchase price via an interest-free loan in a bid to address the state’s sky-high housing costs. → Read More
DraftKings, FanDuel Battle Tribes for Control of California Sports Betting
Online sports wagering could become a $3 billion market in California if voters in November approve a measure backed by the companies. Native tribes want to limit the practice to tribal casinos and horse-racing tracks. → Read More
Chick-fil-A’s Crazy Long Drive-Through Lines Have Santa Barbara Residents Squawking
SANTA BARBARA, Calif.—Business has boomed for Chick-fil-A franchisee Travis Collins during the pandemic, thanks to surging appetite for chicken sandwiches from his drive-through window. Now he’s throwing the works at controlling the lines of cars spilling onto surrounding streets. The city council in this affluent coastal city has proposed declaring his drive-through a public nuisance. → Read More
YIMBY Movement Goes Mainstream in Response to High Housing Costs
“Yes in my backyard” activists in states such as California try to persuade Democrats that more construction is the best solution for homelessness and lack of affordable housing. → Read More
GOP Congressman Jeff Fortenberry’s Campaign Finance Trial Begins
Prosecutors allege the Nebraska lawmaker lied about accepting 2016 campaign funds from a foreign billionaire; he denies the charges. → Read More
UC Berkeley Enrollment Case Fuels Wider Battle for Student Housing
California’s public higher learning institutions have added thousands fewer beds than students in recent years, as a lack of affordable homes caused in large part by restraints on construction hits college towns particularly hard. → Read More
UC Berkeley Prepares to Cut New Enrollment on Campus by at Least One-Quarter
California’s highest court overruled the university’s request to reverse an enrollment cap instituted by a trial judge, meaning it will have to cut on-campus enrollment by at least 2,500 students this fall. → Read More
California, Oregon, Washington to End School Mask Mandates on March 12
The West Coast states will join a growing list of other Democratic-led states, counties and cities that have also relaxed or ended mask requirements in recent weeks as the Omicron surge has subsided. → Read More
Supporters of San Francisco School-Board Recall Declare Victory
Organizers of a campaign to recall three members of the San Francisco school board are declaring victory after preliminary results showed them with a commanding lead. → Read More
San Francisco Votes on School Board Recall That Started With a Year-Plus of Virtual Learning
Voters decide Tuesday whether to remove three board members accused of focusing on social-justice issues over school reopenings in a campaign that has drawn national attention. → Read More
California Single-Payer Healthcare Plan Shelved at Last Minute
The bill was pulled from consideration hours before a planned vote in the California Assembly after its author concluded there wasn’t enough support for it to pass. → Read More
Fire Along California Coast Prompts Evacuation Orders
A blaze that began in the Palo Colorado Canyon area grew to 1,500 acres overnight. → Read More
California Would Expand Medicaid to People in U.S. Illegally Under Gavin Newsom Proposal
Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom said California should be the first state to offer healthcare to all residents regardless of immigration status. → Read More