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By Jessica Placzek, KQED News Fix
Abigail Johnston and Steve Fotter have been taking the same vacation for decades. For a week, twice a year, they pack up their car with sleeping bags, books and bug spray and drive an hour to Steep Ravine State Park. Nestled along the coast of Marin County, down beneath the cliffs of the Pacific, they make their way to one of 10 primitive wooden cabins. There’s no electricity or running water, but luxury is not why people visit Steep Ravine. They go for the sweeping views of the ocean and a secluded beach a few steps away.
By Matt Levin, CALmatters
State lawmakers have introduced more than 130 bills this legislative session to try to solve California’s housing affordability crisis, proposing everything from 150 square-foot apartments to a $3 billion affordable housing bond. But while many see the flurry of political activity as an encouraging sign, for millions of younger Californians, all the talk of infill development, the California Environment Quality Act reform and developer fees can be reduced to one simple question:
Will any of this stuff finally help me move out of my parents’ place? Read the complete story at CALmatters
By Jeremy Dalmas, KALW/Crosscurrents
San Francisco has the strongest economy of any city in the U.S. And with business booming, a lot of eyes are on local corporations to see if they are giving back to the local community by paying their fair share in taxes. KALW listener Eli Dart was one of them, and he had a question for Hey Area, our collaborative reporting project between our reporters and our listeners. Dart wanted to know: “How much money do cities in the Bay Area spend on tax breaks for corporations to get them to locate in a particular place or do a particular thing?”
Read the complete story at KALW/Crosscurrents.
By Alyssa Jeong Perry, Jeremy Siegel, John Sepulvado and Miranda Leitsinger, KQED News/The California Report
After the House voted last Thursday to narrowly approve a Republican-drafted bill that would eliminate many of the provisions of the Affordable Care Act, KQED collected statements made by California’s members of Congress explaining why they voted the way they did. We gathered comments made via social media and on the floor of the House, as well as from press releases sent out by each member’s office. We included links to their Twitter and Facebook pages where you can see some of their statements, plus additional comments they’ve made. Read the complete story at KQED News/The California Report.
By Elizabeth Aguilera, CALmatters
If Gov. Jerry Brown ends up signing a pending bill to make California a “sanctuary state” for undocumented immigrants, it will be an about-face for the governor, who publicly opposed the idea of sanctuary cities several years ago. While it’s often difficult to predict Brown’s actions, many Capitol observers expect him to approve it, given both California’s political landscape and strong Democratic antipathy toward President Donald Trump. Read the complete story at CALmatters.
By Susan Frey, EdSource
Stagnant state funding, rising costs and possible cutbacks in federal support are threatening the viability of California’s subsidized after-school programs, which serve 859,000 low-income students in 4,500 schools across the state. Besides offering a safe place for children while parents are working, after-school and summer programs provide homework help, hands-on science and arts projects, field trips, sports, social-emotional support and meals. The programs are free to parents of low-income students. Read the complete story at EdSource.
By Eric Simons, Bay Nature
Hundreds of leopard sharks and bat rays have washed up dead or dying on the San Francisco Bay shoreline this spring, the second year in a row of mass elasmobranch death in the bay and the third major die-off in the last six years. But for the first time since an unusual shark stranding was first reported in the East Bay a half century ago, scientists say they’re close to an explanation. “I look at it as a 50-year-old shark murder mystery, and we are hopefully closing in on the killer,” said California Department of Fish and Wildlife senior fish pathologist Mark Okihiro, who has led the stranding investigation. Read the complete story at Bay Nature.
By Jeremy Dalmas/KALW/Crosscurrents
Parking isn’t easy in San Francisco. When Echo Rowe moved here from Seattle in 2012, she had to move her Ford Ranger every couple of days to avoid street sweeping. It was hard to keep track of, and she started getting multiple tickets every month. Then it got worse. “It was a Sunday night,” she recalls.