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The Latest Breaking News from California

California Gov. Newsom signs law to slowly raise health care workers’ minimum wage to $25 per hour

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law to raise the minimum wage for health care workers

The Independent UK

California becomes first state to ban ‘excited delirium’ diagnosis after George Floyd’s death

Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill to stop authorities relying on a controversial diagnosis its critics say simply does not exist

The Independent UK

Opposition to Moms of Liberty builds

Opposition builds as parents’ group stokes nation’s culture wars

Salon

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Kaiser’s Massive Mental Health Care Settlement Sends Strong Message to Providers That Ignore Patient Needs

A California settlement compels the state’s largest health care provider to spend $150 million on behavioral health services.

Capital & Main

California Gov. Newsom signs pair of bills sending changes to the state’s Mental Health Services Act to voters in March 2024

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed Senate Bill 326 (SB 326) and Assembly Bill 531 (AB 531), which would make changes to the state’s Mental Health Services Act and issue $6.4 billion in bonds, on Oct. 12. Voters will decide on the legislation as Proposition 1 on March 5, 2024.

Ballotpedia

The Ballot Bulletin: Ballotpedia’s Weekly Digest on Election Administration, October 13, 2023

Two of the three bills approved since our last edition are the result of veto overrides in North Carolina.

Ballotpedia

Bottomless brunch restaurants bring in ‘vomit fees’ to deter drunk customers

A California restaurant has given mimosa drinkers a warning that they will be charged a $50 cleaning fee if they vomit inside the establishment

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Japan’s floating world, Britain’s lakes of paint and California’s sculpted light – the week in art

Also, a newly restored first world war masterpiece and a 400-year-old portrait of one of the world’s first professional female artists – all in your weekly dispatch

The Guardian - UK

Freakonomics author: 'Objections to data science in K-12 education make no sense'

California's new math framework has ignited a row over whether data science should be taught in schools. The debate makes no sense, writes Steven Levitt.

Fortune

Biden awards $7 billion for 'clean hydrogen' hubs across the country to help replace fossil fuels

The Biden administration has selected clean-energy projects from Pennsylvania to California for a $7 billion program to kickstart development and production of hydrogen fuel, a key component of President Joe Biden’s agenda to slow climate change

The Independent UK

California creates ‘Ebony alert’ to find missing Black women and girls

System intended to rectify disproportionate number of abducted and sex-trafficked Black children overlooked as ‘runaways’

The Guardian - US

California governor approves 2 proposals for mental health reform to go before voters in 2024

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed off on two proposals to transform the state’s mental health system and to address the state’s worsening homelessness crisis

The Independent UK

California Gov. Gavin Newsom Nixes Psychedelic Decriminalization and Cannabis Cafés

Newsom vetoed both reforms, which he deemed excessively permissive.

Reason

Candy makers enraged over new Cali law

The National Confectioners Association argued that the California Food Safety Act harms the future of food safety

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The Independent UK

$1.765 billion Powerball jackpot goes to a player who bought a ticket in a California mountain town

A liquor store in a tiny California mountain town is reverberating with excitement after word that the winning ticket for a $1.765 billion Powerball jackpot was sold there

USA Today Sports Media Group

11 photos from Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour movie premiere, including Beyoncé!

Taylor Swift stuns on the red carpet as stars like Beyoncé joins the film festivities.

Chicago Sun-Times

Huge Powerball jackpot goes to lucky lottery player in California

The $1.765 billion jackpot is the world’s second-largest lottery prize after rolling over for 36 consecutive drawings.

The Independent UK

What are the 10 largest US lottery jackpots ever won?

Here is a look at the 10 largest U.S. jackpots that have been won and the states where the winning tickets were sold

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WEKU

Climate rules are coming for corporate America

U.S. regulators are finalizing rules that will make publicly traded companies disclose information about climate change. Other jurisdictions have been announcing similar requirements.

The Independent UK

California Powerball player wins second largest jackpot in history

Winning ticket, worth a staggering $1.76bn, was sold at the Midway Market & Liquors store in Frazier Park, California, on Wednesday night

WEKU

$1.73 billion Powerball jackpot goes to lucky lottery player in California

The jackpot is the world's second-largest lottery prize after rolling over for 36 consecutive drawings, since the last time someone won the top prize on July 19.

The Independent UK

Newsom signs laws to fast-track housing on churches’ lands, streamline housing permitting process

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law to fast-track low-income housing on surplus land owned by nonprofit colleges and religious institutions

WEKU

California creates nation's first 'Ebony Alert' to find missing Black children

The alert system will use electronic highway signs and encourage the use of TV, radio, social media and other platforms to spread information about the missing person.

Capital & Main

As Moms for Liberty Spreads, So Does School Turmoil

Opposition builds as parents’ group stokes nation’s culture wars.

Fortune

California takes the lead on pro-consumer tech legislation

California’s new Right to Repair Act and Delete Act make the U.S. state a world leader on the rulemaking front.

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