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Gov. Newsom could make history for local news outlets nationwide

Gov. Newsom could make history for local news outlets nationwide

Sitting on Gov. Newsom’s desk is AB 2222, the Community Newsroom Employment and Workforce Sustainability Act (Community NEWS Act). The bill seeks to put California at the forefront of national efforts to keep local newsrooms intact. The governor has until Sept. 30 to sign the legislation or veto it. Authored by Assemblymember Chris Ward and co-authored by Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, AB …

Reader’s voice: Create humane solutions for homelessness

A majority of the Chico City Council and law enforcement continue to dehumanize people surviving without shelter by now referring to them as “nuisances.” They suggest that we should officially make their existence a criminal act. Aside from being inhumane treatment, how many people can our jails “house” and how much would that cost.

The City of Chico has already wasted millions of dollars rousting people from one public camping refuge to another, and we all know that they have nowhere to go.

READ MORE from Robert Van Fleet here.

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