Gov. Gavin Newsom will deploy California’s National Guard to battle the scourge of illegal marijuana cultivation operations in the northern part of the state.
Sales and revenue from legal marijuana are far below expectations. The reason? Taxes, regulation, and banking woes.
The motion was authored by Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas following news reports about the spike in chemical use against those in youth custody. An NBC4 investigation found pepper spray use tripled from 2015 to 2017.
San Mateo County Chief Probation Officer John Keene has been placed on leave pending an investigation into unspecified allegations of impropriety.
It’s hard to believe, but 2019 is just around the corner.
While the focus has been on GOP losses in state and congressional races, painstaking research by GrassrootsLab shows that during the 2018 Midterm Elections Republicans also suffered unprecedented losses at the local level.
Despite some improvements, the situation in L.A. County remains especially dire.