Sacramento Snapshot: Legislators consider more aid to foster youth who are also parents
An effort to increase aid to foster youth who are parents is seeing early bipartisan support in the legislature… Read More
Brittney Desselle
Bill to Allow Lifetime Restraining Orders Against Perpetrators Of Major Crimes Introduced In Assembly
A bill to allow a lifetime restraining order against perpetrators of major crimes was introduced on Wednesday… Read More
Pregnant foster youth deserve more support from California
Anyone who has raised an infant knows how overwhelming the newborn experience can be…. Read More
Balboa Island Ferry receives a lifeline through $8.3-million grant
With an $8.3-million grant from the California Air Resources Board, the owners of the Balboa Island Ferry are “cautiously optimistic”… Read More
Balboa Island Ferry gets $7.9 million grant to help meet new emissions rules
The operator of the popular Balboa Island Ferry has received a $7.9 million grant from the California Air Resources Board… Read More
Assemblymember Dixon introduces affordability package
Assemblymember Diane Dixon (R-Newport Beach) introduces legislation addressing affordability… Read More
Study of best ways to keep San Gabriel River from dumping trash at Seal Beach gets funding boost
Assemblymember Diane Dixon, who organized the meeting in January to brainstorm solutions, said after spending time… Read More
Sacramento Snapshot: What bills are OC legislators pushing this year?
Haliotis cracherodii — or the black abalone — would become California’s state seashell under AB 2504 from Assemblymember Diane Dixon… Read More
Addiction treatment violations finally would be public under Assembly bill
Back when we started writing about fraud and abuse and death in California’s private-pay addiction treatment centers in 2017… Read More
Can trash flushed down San Gabriel River be stopped before it hits the beach?
Take a stroll along the sand in Seal Beach and Long Beach near the San Gabriel River… Read More