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LA Times: Bill targeting Tesla’s ‘self-driving’ claims passes California Legislature

August 31, 2022

BY RUSS MITCHELL

Since 2016, Tesla has been marketing an expensive option called Full Self-Driving. A reasonable person might infer from the name that the software package enables a car to drive itself, fully.

It does not. No car available for consumers to buy is capable of full self-driving. The California Department of Motor Vehicles has rules on its books that ban the advertisement of cars as “self-driving” when they are not. But it has never enforced those rules.

LA Times: Editorial - Most street vendors still can’t get permits. There’s a bill to fix that

August 03, 2022

BY THE TIMES EDITORIAL BOARD

The taco and hot dog stands that dot Los Angeles sidewalks are beloved for their tasty fare. But for the estimated 10,000 street vendors in Los Angeles County, only about 200 have permits to sell food. The rest are subject to fines and, in some cases, arrest.

La Opinion: Ciudades del sur y sureste de Los Ángeles entre las beneficiadas económicamente para iniciativa de desarrollo laboral juvenil

July 06, 2022

Por: Jacqueline García

El miércoles se anunció un esfuerzo estatal para la creación de miles de oportunidades laborales para jóvenes en California especialmente en las áreas más necesitadas como el sureste de Los Ángeles.

Capital & Main: The Author of California’s Failed Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill Describes What Went Wrong

July 01, 2022

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Businesswire: Lynwood Unified School District Leaders Secure Support from Elected Officials in Sacramento to Confirm Funding to Make the District Whole

June 22, 2022

By Tania Llavaneras / Jahmal Corner

Advocating for Past, Present and Future Generations of High School Students in the Area, District Leaders are Setting a Goal to Receive Necessary Funds to Provide State-of-the-Art Facilities for Local Students

Sac Bee: California pension funds won’t be forced to divest from oil, gas after bill is withdrawn

June 22, 2022

BY WES VENTEICHER

A bill that would have forced California’s public pension systems to sell their oil and gas holdings has been dropped from a state Assembly committee agenda for Wednesday, signaling that it won’t move forward this year.

Stand.earth: Fossil fuel-funded cop kills California climate legislation

June 21, 2022

California — Today amidst a historic mega-drought, wildfires, and fossil-fueled public health crises, Assemblymember Jim Cooper, Chair of the Assembly Committee on Public Employment and Retirement, refused to allow Senate Bill 1173, California’s Fossil Fuel Divestment Act, to be heard in his committee.

'Moral Failure': California Dem Pulls Plug on Fossil Fuel Divestment Legislation

June 21, 2022

By BRETT WILKINS

Climate, environmental, and social justice advocates on Tuesday condemned the decision by a Democratic California lawmaker to kill proposed legislation that would require two of the state's leading pension funds to divest from the fossil fuel industry. 

CA Dept. of Insurance: Legislation co-sponsored by Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara ends unfair discrimination in California’s HIV statutes

June 20, 2022

LOS ANGELES –Today Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara issued a Notice strongly encouraging insurers to provide life and disability income insurance to individuals living with HIV in advance of upcoming mandatory changes to California’s HIV statutes that take effect on January 1, 2023.

Capital & Main: Advocates Fear Top Democratic Lawmaker Will Kill California Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill

June 13, 2022

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The proposed legislation would direct the state’s public pension funds to cease investment in oil, gas and coal companies.