Crypto and the next pandemic
Californians almost voted on two statewide tax hikes this month. A measure to fund pandemic detection by raising affluent residents’ income taxes had the signatures to qualify for a spot on the ballot but instead got kicked to 2024.
Governor Newsom Announces $47 Million in Homeless Housing Funding to California Tribes
On November, 22nd 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom announced $47 million in new funding for California tribal nations to support their efforts to prevent and end homelessness and meet the housing and services needs of their communities.
Vet’s lawsuit blaming antimalarial drug for psychosis tossed
A federal judge threw out a lawsuit against the maker of an anti-malarial drug blamed for causing psychotic behavior and neurological damage to U.S. servicemembers, ruling that the case had no right to be filed in California.
US Virgin Islands reach $105M settlement with Epstein estate
The U.S. Virgin Islands announced Wednesday that it reached a settlement of more than $105 million in a sex trafficking case against the estate of financier Jeffrey Epstein.
San Francisco debates letting police deploy robots that kill
Supervisors in San Francisco held a heated debate Tuesday over whether to give city police the ability to use potentially lethal, remote-controlled robots in emergency situations, with both sides accusing the other of reckless fearmongering.
