Day: August 23, 2023

City Council

Vacaville City Council tables North Village Development Project amendments – The Vacaville Reporter | #citycouncil

The Vacaville City Council was asked by the city’s Utilities Department on Tuesday to adopt a resolution to adopt the amended 2020 Urban Water Management Plan Update in compliance with the Urban Water Management Planning Act as codified in the State Water Code. The city’s 2020 water use target was set at 164 gallons per […]

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Mayor

Sacramento Fire Department to lead city’s emergency response to homelessness, mayor says

Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg on Wednesday announced a new team headed by the fire department will be tasked with managing the city’s response to homelessness. He said the Incident Management Team (IMT) would be modeled on how different agencies come together for emergency response during natural disasters. “If a true joint emergency response is expected […]

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California

California attorney general condemns Temecula school board’s transgender policy – Press Enterprise

California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, said the wave of school districts requiring parents to be told if their child is transgender “is of grave concern.” (File photo by Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group) Temecula’s school board once again finds itself in Sacramento’s crosshairs. California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued a […]

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Alabama

ALGOP chair weighs in on tonight’s debate, possibility of future debate in Alabama | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WIAT) — With the first Republican presidential debate happening tonight, there are questions over whether Alabama will host any future debates. Candidate Nikki Haley reportedly said in July while speaking in New Hampshire that the third debate would be in Alabama. The Alabama Republican Party has not confirmed that nor has the Republican […]

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Alabama

Alabama community on high alert as mosquito bite claims life of 7-year-old girl | #alabama | #democrats

by YONA GAVINO | WEAR Staff Wed, August 23rd 2023, 5:09 PM UTC FILE – In this Jan. 27, 2016, file photo, an Aedes aegypti mosquito is photographed through a microscope at the Fiocruz institute in Recife, Pernambuco state, Brazil. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File) Click Here For This Articles Original Source.

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Alabama

The 2023 Mayoral Vote: Five Major U.S. Cities To Watch | News | #elections | #alabama

The Queen City is headed for a rematch between incumbent Mayor Vi Lyles, who is seeking her fourth term in office, and Lucille Puckett, a former board member of the Charlotte Housing Authority and National Action Network community advocate. The city had a municipal election in 2022, which was delayed because data needed to redraw […]

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California

GOP House chair probes illegal Chinese lab that researched COVID in California

News By Josh Christenson August 23, 2023 | 6:41pm The leader of a House panel looking into the COVID-19 pandemic asked the FBI and Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday to hand over records on an illegal Chinese lab that was reportedly conducting risky research in California. House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus […]

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California

Apple Supports Right to Repair Bill in California

Apple has made headlines for lobbying against right to repair laws in recent years, but this week the company decided to express support for California’s Right to Repair Act, SB 244. As noted by repair site iFixit, Apple yesterday sent a letter to California senator Susan Talamantes Eggman urging the California legislature to adopt the […]

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Arkansas

Legislators call for delaying request for $629,000 in federal funds to 8 area agencies on aging

After a handful of Arkansas state lawmakers complained about receiving what they consider to be unfair complaints about cutting funding to area agencies on aging in the state, a legislative panel on Tuesday called for delaying until next month the fate of the state Department of Human Services’ request to provide nearly $629,000 in federal […]

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City Council

Antioch City Council takes control of police chief hiring and firing – NBC Bay Area | #citycouncil

The Antioch City Council on Tuesday took control of the hiring, firing and evaluating of future police chiefs, taking the responsibility from the city manager. The council voted 3-2, with Councilmembers Michael Barbanica and Lori Ogorchock dissenting.  Both positions of city manager and police chief are currently vacant in Antioch.    Former Police Chief Steven Ford […]

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