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Check out the latest events happening throughout California!

Governor Gavin Newsom last week signed bipartisan legislation to expand housing production in California, streamline housing permitting, and increase density to create more inclusive and vibrant neighborhoods across the state. The suite of bills also will help address the interrelated problems of climate change and housing affordability by promoting denser housing closer to major employment hubs – a critical element in limiting California’s greenhouse gas emissions. The Governor also highlighted the state’s ongoing work to spur more housing production, tackle barriers to construction and hold local governments accountable.

In this episode of "News and Coffee," host Joquoya Murphy reviews the latest headlines dealing with Black children in California, first Black-woman owned winery and the racist sweatpants. She then reviewed the latest people to follow on social media.

Finally, Joquoya reviews three Black businesses in California: the Karibu Lounge in Alameda, CA; Gojo Ethiopian Restaurant in San Jose, CA and Stevie's Creole Kitchen in Los Angeles, CA.

In this KMER 85, producer host, Ken McCoy talks about the headlining of top actors being added to The Matrix Resurrections movie to come out this December; new "Karen" movie may spark post traumatic stress for those who have encountered a "Karen" incident; and Disney is streaming new movie, "Monsters at Work." In PG&E technology sponsored segment, Ken McCoy reveals the latest wireless technology in earbuds.

In this News Too Real episode, producer host Julia Dudley Najieb reviews the latest results from the 2021 California Gubernatorial Recall Election, which Governor Gavin Newsom defeated with over 60% of voters saying "no" to the recall action. Newsom is the second California governor to face a recall election.
Dudley Najieb first analyzes the turnout data per county, followed by a discussion of the polling communication errors the mainstream media saturated without clarifying the misinformation.

As some social media followers took to Black Twitter to express their disappointment in the statements from candidate Larry Elder about slaveholders deserving reparations, some people were quick to believe the erroneous facts-Dudley Najieb reviews data from expert Shawn Rochester, author of The Black Tax. Rochester also discussed the date in Google Talks video (see below) where he reveals the data that says otherwise.

Finally, Dudley Najieb reviews in detail by county the "no" to the recall and "yes" to the recall votes, identifying the deficits per region that future Democratic California gubernatorial candidates may want to focus on as soon as possible; it is no secret that the San Joaquin Valley and further rural north areas in California, voters had a resounding "yes" to the recall of Gov. Gavin Newsom.
In order to change the current California recall process, Dudley Najieb noted from The Hill article that California legislators can refer an amendment to the constitution on next November’s election. They can create an independent commission to consider changes, on which they would then vote. Or they can call a constitutional convention, which would open the entire document to revision.

In this episode of KMER 84, producer host Ken McCoy talks to business owner, Gary Casper about identity theft and ways to protect oneself; ironically the debit card is the culprit.

Meanwhile, PG&E sponsored segment about technology focuses on

a slinger bag that gives people a new way to play tennis during the COVID-19 post-pandemic, as people continue to practice social distancing.

In this episode of News Too Real, producer host Julia Dudley Najieb reviews EMS media briefing with Tony Thurmond and then a one-on-one interview with California Community College Board President Pamela Haynes about students getting back to class during the COVID-19 pandemic. They talk about the changes made in education to help students overall. Dudley Najieb also reviews California Community College webinar exploring the disproportionate enrollment of Black students.

Here are the latest events happening throughout California!

In this episode of News Too Real Part 2: Will the eviction moratorium save renters and landlords?, producer host, Julia Dudley Najieb reviews the immediate actions renters must take before the September 30 California eviction moratorium deadline approaches; once court filings proceed, renters have less leeway to workout such details with their landlords. The key is communicating with one's landlord to clarify the options and/or make the declaration of hardship immediately due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Many Black and Brown renters in California still face major barriers, such as access to the internet to complete the county or city provided COVID-19 rental relief, and there is the issue of not knowing about the local rental assistance programs and their pending deadlines

In this episode of News Too Real Part 1: Will the eviction moratorium save renters and landlords?, producer host, Julia Dudley Najieb reviews the recent challenges that Black and Brown renters are facing nationwide and California-wide in getting COVID-19 rental relief before the looming national deadlines--

Millions of U.S. families fell behind on their rent amid the COVID-19 pandemic and record levels of unemployment. The Centers for Disease Control extended a federal moratorium on evictions until October 3 - this decision was recently overturned by the Supreme Court who found it unlawful for the CDC to validate an extension which can only be voted in my Congress. President Joe Biden's administration national eviction moratorium expired on July 31.

The $47 billion in federal aid available to renters and small landlords has been stalled in many states, where different county and city jurisdictions have been overwhelmed in processing applications; meanwhile, communities of color are suffering from the basic barriers to accessing aid, such us lack of internet access to download the rental relief paperwork or help in in filling out the lengthy paperwork.

The impact of evictions on families of color is affecting the mental stability and physical health of children, parents and single renters; the experts point out the clear evidence of the disproportionately higher rate of evictions for people of color.