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The ultimate green burial? Human composting lets you replenish the earth after death

Only seven states have legalized human composting as a burial practice. That's why 29 percent of the bodies brought to Recompose, a composting facility in Seattle, come from out of state.

WEKU

What is stealthing? Dutch court convicts man who secretly removed condom without consent

It’s a civil offence in California to remove a condom without consent during sex

The Independent UK

Disgraced crypto executive Sam Bankman-Fried spent big in 2 California congressional races

LOS ANGELES — During her campaign for the U.S. House of Representatives this spring, then-state Sen. Sydney Kamlager was endorsed by a little-known nonprofit called Guarding Against Pandemics.

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If you’re worried about the environment, consider being composted when you die

Would you rather be buried or cremated when you die?

Tribune News Service

New details show sprawling web of corruption in Southern California cannabis licensing

LOS ANGELES — As a California lawmaker called for a statewide task force to crack down on corruption in the legal cannabis market, new details are emerging in a bribery scandal that has ensnared local government officials from the Inland Empire to the San Gabriel Valley and southeast Los Angeles…

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Human composting: California clears the way for greener burial method

State is the fifth to legalize environmentally friendly process that allows for natural reduction of human remains to soil

The Guardian - US

California's dead will have a new burial option: Human composting

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California will begin allowing an alternative burial method known as human composting in 2027, under a bill signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday.

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California built a safety net for millions of undocumented residents. Here’s how it happened

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Isabel Coronel, 76, walked into a hospital for the first time in almost 30 years last month.

Tribune News Service

Is California ready for ‘human composting’ as an alternative to casket burial, cremation?

During a rafting trip in the West, Angela Bean took a palm full of her son's ashes and spread them across rushing water. Her 27-year-old son, who died in a fatal fall from a pickup truck in 2015, had told her he wanted to donate his organs and be cremated.

Los Angeles Times

California Sen. Alex Padilla advances in midterm primary; congressional races likely to reverberate nationally

LOS ANGELES — Sen. Alex Padilla, who was appointed to the post after Kamala Harris became vice president, easily won a spot on the November ballot after California voters hit the polls on Tuesday.

Los Angeles Times

California congressional races to watch in the June primary

LOS ANGELES — California's 2022 congressional races are expected to be some of the most expensive and contentious in the nation as the GOP attempts to retake control of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Los Angeles Times

Turn golf courses into housing? We’re desperate enough that it should be on the table

There are no easy ways to address the severe shortage of housing in California. Land is scarce, property costs are skyrocketing, and when developers do build, it’s generally easier to finance market-rate housing even though the most acute need is for affordable housing.

Los Angeles Times

California gunning to be first state in US with four-day work week

‘I think the pandemic right now allows us the opportunity to rethink things, to reimagine things,’ lawmaker says

The Independent UK

Two California Lawmakers Want To Mandate 32-Hour Workweeks

It’s great when innovations let us work less, but top-down, inflexible government demands are not the way to get there.

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Bill aimed at converting California municipal courses to housing is back — for a third time

Groups feel that the bill targets golf, because there is no mention of soccer, baseball stadiums or tennis facilities.

Tribune News Service

Build houses on underused golf courses? That's one California Democrat's proposal

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California lawmaker has a novel way to address the state's housing crisis: Give cities money to turn their publicly owned golf courses into affordable housing developments.

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