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The administration of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis says it's responsible for sending two chartered planes of asylum seekers to Sacramento over the past week.That comes after Governor Gavin Newsom suggested that DeSantis, who's also running for president, might be guilty of kidnapping.Reporter: Tyche Hendricks, KQED
Return Of Tulare Lake Impacts Area Tribe
The return of a Tulare Lake in California's Central Valley because of flooding has caused millions of dollars in agricultural damage.

Wiener and Newsom in happier times.Photo via Scott Wiener/Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10156110984411968&set=pcb.10156111465841968&locale=zh_CNDespite increasingly desperate pleas and op-eds from multiple quarters - including, most recently, a letter from a very long list of environmental groups, transportation reformers and even some transit agencies - Governor Gavin Newsom continued to completely ignore public transportation in his revised budget.

Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. Chief Executive Officer Brian Niccol said California's business environment is slowing the company's ambitions for growth in the state."Unfortunately it's getting harder versus being easier," Niccol said on Bloomberg TV's California C-Suite special, examining the state's challenges.

On Wednesday in Sacramento, lawmakers will hold a hearing on legislation aimed at creating buffer zones between homes and huge warehouses and logistic centers where companies, like Amazon, store and distribute mountains of goods that a lot of us might order online.This is the latest development in an ongoing debate over warehouses and the health threats they might pose to people who live near them.

Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday unveiled a new plan to address homelessness across the state, with $30 million in state funds going to construct 1,200 tiny homes to serve as transitional housing in four metro areas.San Francisco isn't one of them.In what could be seen as a fuck-you of sorts to his hometown, Newsom has just unveiled a plan to bring hundreds of tiny homes for the homeless to every major metro area in California except San Francisco/Oakland.

Sky-high gas prices this year prompted Governor Gavin Newsom to propose a new law limiting how much oil companies can charge at the pump.Newsom's proposal would put a cap on how much companies can charge for a gallon of gas and penalize those that charge more.But it doesn't include specific profit ceilings yet.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk famously dissolved the company's PR department in late 2019, becoming the first automaker without a media relations team.A lot has been said and written about that decision, which was a risky one for a company that relied on media coverage as a main driver of sales leads since it does not do traditional advertising.

In response to stories about worker abuse in the fast food industry, last year the state legislature passed, and Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law, the Fast Food Accountability and Standards Recovery Act.The FAST Act created a first of its kind 10 person independent council to improve labor conditions in the fast food industry.

A hearing on gasoline prices in the state is scheduled to take place Wednesday afternoon in Sacramento, more than two months after Governor Gavin Newsom called for oil companies to be penalized for price gouging.The hearing before the State Senate Energy, Utilities, and Communications Committee is the first during a special session on gas prices.

Another monster frigid storm front is moving through California, creating dangerous conditions in the Sierra Nevada.A blizzard warning remains in effect through early Wednesday for the Greater Lake Tahoe area and Mono County.And San Bernardino County has declared a local state of emergency, due to the amount of snow that's collected on it's mountains.

Governor Gavin Newsom has issued a state of emergency for 13 California counties in response to the winter storms.San Bernardino County is covered by the Governor's declaration.There, residents in mountain communities are still trapped in their homes after more than seven feet of snow has fallen over the last few days.

Governor Gavin Newsom says he expects to collaborate with lawmakers this year on reforms to the state's environmental review law, which has been used repeatedly by opponents of development to block construction.The California Environmental Quality Act, which was signed into law in 1970, aimed to ensure that the environmental impact of a project is taken into account.

Today, February 1, is the state's deadline for cities to have their Housing Elements the planning documents that dictate overall housing construction goals which serve as contracts with the state certified.And guess what!Hundreds of towns and cities have blown the deadline.Those of us on the sidelines of these processes would not have guessed two months ago that San Francisco was going to be a gold-star student in this Housing Element process.

CrimeUnited States of America 22 minutes ago22 minutes ago A man is in custody after he allegedly opened fire on people at two separate locations in Half Moon Bay in California.At least seven people were killed and one critically injured in two related shootings on Monday in Half Moon Bay in the US state of California.

President Joe Biden touched down in Santa Clara County just before noon, toured the wreckage in Watsonville, Santa Cruz, and Capitola, and announced more relief funds in a speech that's already posted online.We're now three weeks into what has become a parade of nine atmospheric river storms, and California has suffered at least 21 known deaths (plus the still-missing five-year-old boy believed to have been swept away in the Paso Robles floods).

Governor Gavin Newsom toured Capitola Village near Santa Cruz Tuesday, surveying the flood damage to small businesses there hit hard by storm surges.Reporter: Rachael Myrow, KQED
Biggest Threat To Santa Barbara County Has Passed For Now
In Santa Barbara County, cleanup is underway now that evacuation orders have been lifted.

Governor Gavin Newsom holds his inaugural celeb ration in Sacramento later this morning.As KQED Politics Editor Scott Shafer reports, it's no accident that Newsom chose January 6th to do it.McCarthy Still Unable To Secure Speaker Vote Central Valley congressman Kevin McCarthy failed to secure the speaker's gavel for a third day as the House of Representatives held an 11th round of voting in Washington on Thursday.

A looming state requirement that San Francisco present plans to build 82,000 housing units is starting to hit crunch time, and right now our best-case scenario is stuck at shy of 60,000 units.We still have about two more months of left over the extremely boring but nonetheless very high stakes drama known as the San Francisco Housing Element, a requirement that the city submit a credible plan to have 82,000 new housing units built by the year 2031.

Image: California Bureau of Land Management, https://www.flickr.com/photos/blmcalifornia/33762932640Governor Gavin Newsom has called for a special session of the California Legislature starting on December 5 to consider a special tax on "windfall" profits earned by the oil and gas industry over the past year.

Oil companies spent big in California's election this year and for good reason: Governor Gavin Newsom is calling on lawmakers to take action to drive down gas prices in a state where drivers pay far more than anywhere else.Reporter: Marisa Lagos, KQED  
California's COVID Booster Numbers Slowly Improving
California is seeing a surge in new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations.

Governor Gavin Newsom and State Senator Brian Dahle sparred over the economy, climate and more in a debate at KQED on Sunday.It was the first and only debate the two have had.Reporter: Guy Marzorati, KQED
Proposition 30 Pits Newsom Against Fellow Democrats
Voters will be deciding on Proposition 30 in November.

They haven't been seen in the City Council chambers since Monday, when they were shouted at by an outraged crowd who demanded their resignations.Reporter: Jackie Fortier, KPCC
Newsom Aims To Limit Preschool Expulsions
Every day, children across the country - some as young as two and three years old -  are forced out of their preschools and daycares.