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SoCal Matters
High Gas Prices, Low Road Quality in CA
Season 2024
Episode 5
The difference between gas prices in California and in other U.S. states? Different policies, including fuel taxes that amount up to $1 per gallon. California motorists are paying the most in gasoline taxes, yet they're driving on subpar roadways — much of which are in unacceptable condition. Dan Walters reports for CalMatters.
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California plans new rules to boost zero-emission motorcycle sales.
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Inside Safe moves unhoused Angelenos from streets to hotels, aiming for permanent housing.
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Late government payments force nonprofits to cut services and take out high-interest loans.
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SoCal Kaiser Mental Health workers strike, demanding higher wages, more time, and better pensions.
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Prop 1 funds billions for housing and treatment for Californians with mental illness.
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Prop 36 would undo some aspects of Prop 47 by reinstating harsher penalties for theft and drug crime
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Prop 35 would allocate MCO tax revenues to raise Medi-Cal payments for doctors.
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Prop 34 would restrict how certain healthcare providers use federal discount drug program funds.
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Prop 33 seeks to allow cities to expand rent control, overturning limits set by Costa-Hawkins.
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Prop 32 seeks to raise California's minimum wage to $18 by 2025.
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Prop 6 would ban involuntary labor for California prisoners.
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Prop 5 would lower the voter approval needed for affordable housing bonds from two-thirds to 55%.