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California lawmakers are making efforts to tackle the housing shortage crisis. SB 750, proposed by state senator Dave Cortese (representing District 15)...View the full story here.
Nearly seven years after 13-year-old Max Benson died following a prolonged prone restraint at a non-public school in El Dorado Hills, those convicted in connection with his death are set to be sentenced next month. View the full story here.
SACRAMENTO, CA — A coalition of renters, housing developers, and advocacy groups joined State Senator Dave Cortese (D-Silicon Valley) on Tuesday in support of Senate Bill 750, legislation that would restructure how California finances multifamily housing in an effort to rapidly expand supply and lower rental costs.
With California short of nearly half a million affordable homes and a slew of projects stalled amid adverse market conditions, Sen. Dave Cortese has proposed a bill that would allow the state to use its credit to insure construction and permanent loans for multifamily housing, giving developers access to more favorable interest terms and letting them build more quickly and easily.
Parents, teachers and students in San Jose were up early Tuesday for an annual bus ride to Sacramento in the name of education.
Hundreds of educators are at the State Capitol on Tuesday as a part of the 22nd annual Sacramento Bus Trip for Education.
Teachers arrived in buses from San Jose. View the full story here.
A group of Bay Area special education students are left out from a milestone moment of college - graduation.
On Friday, Cal State East Bay held their first of several commencements for the weekend. View the full story here.