The mayor addressed concerns that the proposed Howard Terminal site would interfere with shipping, and would lead to disinvestment in the neglected Coliseum neighborhood.
Experts say if the state doesn't act soon, there will be "more homelessness, more incarceration, more institutionalization, more people living on the streets.”
Here's what California's already doing, or considering, as the Democrats who control the state pursue policies that are a repudiation of the current federal approach.
First-in-the-nation standards for deadly force in policing advanced Tuesday in California, but fault lines emerged in the Assembly, where past efforts have stalled.
A bill by Assemblyman Phil Ting would bar colleges and universities from receiving state financial aid dollars if they give preference to applicants with ties to alumni or donors.