All across California, unhoused people are suffering at alarming rates from less obvious mental health conditions.
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Posted inPolitics & Government
Judge shoots down Trump’s homeless funding shift: ‘The hallmark of unreasoned decision making’
In a legal win for California, a federal judge rejected President Trump’s efforts to funnel money away from permanent homeless housing.
Posted inPolice & Courts
Gavin Newsom signs law limiting mental health diversion for people accused of crimes
A new California law gives just more flexibility to keep defendants in jail rather than releasing them to community-based mental health treatment programs.
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Newsom’s parting gift: A budget that delays California’s deep cuts to 2027
Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers reached a final budget deal last week that largely relies on AI revenue projections and new taxes to delay social service cuts and shrink future deficits.
Posted inArts & Culture
They asked 6,000 Californians about inequality and learned how we live with it
A conversation with G. Cristina Mora and Tianna S. Paschel, authors of “Normalizing Inequality: How Californians Make Sense of the Growing Divide”