L.A. City Council Votes To Reduce Police Budget By 150 Million
When protesters took to the streets last month across the country to protest police violence and racism, there were many calls to defund the police. That campaign to defund the police has scored a victory here in Los Angeles. Yesterday the L.A. City Council voted to cut the LAPD’s two billion dollar budget by about $150 million dollars.
Newsom Reinstates Closures in 19 Counties As COVID Cases Surge
Not so long ago California was seen as a model when it came to fighting the coronavirus pandemic. But in the last couple of weeks, COVID cases and hospitalizations have surged in many places in California. Yesterday Governor Newsom announced a step back from reopening.
Reporter: Danielle Venton, KQED
Southern California Hit Hard By High Unemployment
A new report shows big differences between north and south when it comes to job losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic. They’re terrible in the L.A. area, but not as bad around the Bay Area.
Reporter: Matt Guilhem, KCRW
Lawmakers Question Prison Officials Over San Quentin Outbreak
At a state Senate oversight hearing yesterday, lawmakers asked prison officials to take responsibility for the role they may have played in increased COVID-19 cases in the state’s prisons. State Senator Nancy Skinner, chair of the Senate Public Safety Committee, called for the oversight hearing in response to an outbreak at San Quentin State Prison.
Reporter: Mary Franklin Harvin
COVID Positive Refugee Not Turned Over to ICE
A Cambodian refugee, who feared being turned over to immigration authorities after completing his prison sentence, is a free man after his release yesterday from San Quentin prison. He’s also infected with COVID-19.
Reporter: Tyche Hendricks, KQED
L.A. Congresswoman Karen Bass is Having a Moment
Who will Joe Biden pick as his vice presidential running mate? It’s pretty common knowledge that U.S. Senator Kamala Harris is on Biden’s short list of candidates. But another Californian politician is also being vetted.
Reporter: Scott Shafer, KQED