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California’s Expanding Care Options for Boomers With Dementia — but Still Falling Short of the Need

06.13.2018
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By David Gorn, CALmatters
Rob Lyman of Redwood City didn’t know what to do. He was helping his aunt, Sharron Evans, who had early-onset Alzheimer’s disease and needed constant supervision. A former teacher, she had run out of money and had no income. She qualified for government health care assistance, but it appeared she would have to go to the only setting that would be covered: a nursing home. “Basically that’s a hospital setting, and that was our only choice,” Lyman said.

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Changes to Proposition 13 Could Mean Big Costs for Governments

06.12.2018
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By Katie Orr, KQED News/The California Report
A potential expansion to California’s Proposition 13 would likely mean increased home sales and higher revenues for realtors. But there’s disagreement on how the measure could affect the state’s finances. Proposition 13 limits annual property tax increases on California homes. Since voters passed the proposition in 1978, the law has limited taxes on any piece of property as long as it remains under the same ownership. When it changes hands, the taxed value of the property is reassessed.

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Your Internet Use Could Change as ‘Net Neutrality’ Ends

06.11.2018
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By KQED News Staff and Wires, KQED News/The California Report
Your ability to watch and use your favorite apps and services could start to change — though not right away — following the official demise Monday of Obama-era internet protections. Any changes are likely to happen slowly, as companies assess how much consumers will tolerate. Read the complete story at KQED News/The California Report.

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Housing Costs — More Than Tuition — Crushing State’s Low-Income College Students

06.07.2018
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By Vanessa Rancaño, KALW/Crosscurrents
Sadia Kahn ended up at UC Berkeley because of a look her dad gave her. When she was in middle school, she told him she wanted to go to Berkeley because she had noticed adults perked up when they heard the word, but in this case it backfired. “He had the saddest look in his eye,” Kahn recalls. “I think he felt guilty. He knew that was something we couldn’t afford.”
Attending a university in California can be a financial burden beyond the means of many college hopefuls.

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S.F. Man Was Living in His Car When It Was Towed. Now He’s Suing the City

06.06.2018
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By Eli Wirtschafter, KALW/Crosscurrents
Last December, James Smith’s car was towed as a consequence of unpaid parking violations. Smith was homeless, and the car was his only shelter. Now, Smith filing suit against San Francisco, arguing that towing for debt-collection is unconstitutional. James Smith, a 64-year-old San Franciscan, used to volunteer for the Coalition on Homelessness. He would help families find places to stay for a night.

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Mission Bakeries in No Hurry to Discriminate Against LGBT Customers

06.05.2018
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By Joe Eskenazi, Mission Local
The United States Supreme Court on Monday sided with a Colorado baker who claimed his First Amendment religious freedoms were impinged by a same-sex couple hoping he would bake them a wedding cake. Locally, bakers in San Francisco and, specifically, the Mission told Mission Local that they’re not itching to exercise a newfound right to claim their religious beliefs enable them to discriminate against customers. Which is good, because that’s not what the court’s decision yesterday enabled. Read the complete story at Mission Local. 

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Election Day Roundup: The Best of the Links

06.05.2018
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You know by now it’s Election Day or you wouldn’t be here.
Haven’t voted? Still undecided? Not sure where to cast your ballot or to register first? Just hungry for anything about the Big Day? Here’s a collection of sources that can help feed the need and satisfy the cravings. » Read more

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Making San Francisco’s Gritty Tenderloin Safer for Kids

06.04.2018
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By Farida Jhabvala Romero, KQED/CALmatters
On a wet sidewalk in San Francisco’s Tenderloin, Michael Cameron approached a middle-aged man snorting a white powder cupped in his hands. Cameron, a 65-year-old volunteer in the neighborhood, asked the drug user to move across the street. He knew hundreds of schoolchildren soon would be walking by. “Guys were sitting there snorting coke and smoking dope and didn’t want to move,” said Cameron, who grew up in the Tenderloin. “You know, they want time.

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Finally, Data Map S.F. City Hall’s Progressive-Moderate Divide

06.01.2018
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When media outlets and pundits have argued that local officials were politically progressive or moderate, it mostly was based on observation and conjecture. But now, in San Francisco at least, such assertions are buttressed with data.

In partnership with the San Francisco Public Press, UC Davis faculty analyzed almost 3,400 choices that 16 recent San Francisco supervisors and the late Mayor Ed Lee made during nearly 400 votes and legislative actions. » Read more

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California Moves Closer to Its Own Sweeping Net Neutrality Rule —Will It Save the Open Internet?

06.01.2018
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By Antoinette Siu, CALmatters
With just 11 days to go until the federal government intends to roll back net neutrality, California’s Senate has stepped into the void by advancing a bill that aims to maintain equal internet access for all its citizens. This fight over who pays for the internet and how it should be regulated now shifts to the Assembly and, if it passes there, on to Gov. Jerry Brown. If he were to sign it, the state could have the strictest net neutrality rules in the nation — but also likely face a court challenge from internet service providers who contend the state is overstepping its authority. Read the complete story at CALmatters.