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Supervisor Monica Montgomery Steppe outlines proposals to improve oversight, reduce solitary confinement, and implement trauma-informed practices in county detention facilities.
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Two South Bay cities will consider Tuesday adopting bans on homeless encampments on public property, the latest in a move to criminalize homelessness following a Supreme Court ruling earlier this year. -
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High school and college students are now more likely to become the smugglers of choice for Mexican drug cartels, according to the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office. -
A Black couple rented, then sold, their house to a Chinese-American family in Coronado when no one else would. Now, that family is donating $5 million to Black students. -
While incarcerated Californians who aren’t serving a state or federal felony sentence are eligible to vote, most county jails don’t make it very easy. A bill on Gov. Newsom’s desk would test in-person voting in jails in three counties. -
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A Next 10 report shows electric vehicle charging stations still struggle to make a profit while EV owners say they’ll pay more for speedier access. -
Almost 9,000 children in California foster care could soon be taken from homes over insurance crisisThe state's highest needs foster children might pay the unintended price of a well-meaning law.
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