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2024年12月6日 · Incarceration and justice reform’s ripple effects continue to be felt heavily in our society. Our prison news coverage delves into the complex issues surrounding the penal system, shedding light on the ongoing challenges and reforms that impact the lives of those behind bars and the communities they return to- including reporting by prison journalist Steve Brooks, who was selected to ...
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Homeless groups call for the right to build intentional …
2024年12月18日 · The groups are asking for the right to establish what they call “sanctuary communities” on public land. They also ask for a permanent moratorium on rental evictions and foreclosures, and the defunding of CARE Courts, a state-run program that allows social services to intervene when a person is experiencing a mental health crisis.
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‘Dog Man’ series, Spears memoir top charts of SJ library’s most borrowed books in 2024. San Jose Public Library has released lists of the books that were checked out the most by library visitors in 2024, with Britney Spears’ memoir leading among adults and a book in the “Dog Man” series by Dav Pilkey the most checked-out title among children and among all age groups.
County Election Coverage - Local News Matters
2024年11月5日 · ‘The future of our democracy’: Thousands of Santa Clara County teens pre-register to vote. Santa Clara County’s Registrar of Voters Office and Office of Education said more than 7,000 16- and 17-year-olds have pre-registered to vote during the 2024 election cycle.
The California mandate and San Francisco’s housing debate
2024年10月12日 · The labels, “NIMBY” and “YIMBY,” are all too familiar these days, but beyond the blunt edges of those characterizations lies an intricate policy debate on housing that will shape the future of California cities in profound ways.And ground zero is San Francisco. Under a state housing plan passed in 2022 and subsequently modified too …
Housing & Homelessness - Local News Matters
Housing and homelessness are acute challenges for the pricey Bay Area. Our coverage touches on the affordability issues that make finding shelter such a
Politics still local and personal — but only for independents, not ...
2024年6月15日 · The same is true for other significant political questions: Independents’ political views and perspectives on key issues also reflect the economic and social conditions they see and experience every day.. In contrast, Democrats’ and Republicans’ ideas of what problems deserve government attention and how to solve them are much less likely to be based on their own life experiences, and ...
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