In this part 3 of California Politics Now: A review of "The Great Red vs. Blue State Debate," news show host, Julia Ann Dudley Najieb reviews the two counties in Florida who banned Toni Morrison books in school districts, according to Governor Gavin Newsom's claim of African-American authored-books banned out of Florida schools due to Governor Ron DeSantis imposing laws.

The facts of the matter may keep a person puzzled according to the data Dudley Najieb presents in this excerpt.

In the part 2 segment of California Politics Now, A review of 'The Great Red vs. Blue State Debate,' according to CalMatters, California and Florida have the nation’s highest and third-highest unhoused populations. But with more than 171,000 unhoused people in California in 2022, the Golden State has a much higher rate: about 44 out of every 10,000 residents are without a home. That’s more than three and a half times the rate of residents experiencing homelessness in Florida, according to federal data.

In Florida, more than half of unhoused residents are living in some kind of shelter, while two-thirds of unhoused Californians live outside. Homelessness in Florida has actually declined by more than 50% since peaking in 2010.

Through the first two years of the pandemic, the homeless count in Florida fell from more than 27,000 in 2020 to just under 26,000 in 2022, while in California it has grown steadily to a record high.

Listen now to find out which state turns out to be the worst for most Black Americans to live.

In this part 1 segment of California Politics Now, 'The Great Red vs. Blue State Debate' with Julia Ann Dudley Najieb, viewers first get an in-depth review of the backgrounds of both governors, Gavin Newsom of California and Ron DeSantis of Florida.
According to CalMatters, DeSantis accepted Newsom’s debate challenge in August, pitting him against someone who is not even in the presidential race. But lacking opportunities to face off directly against Trump, who has refused to participate in the GOP primary debates, DeSantis aimed to show Republican voters that he is best-equipped to take on Democratic President Joe Biden in the general election.
Also in this segment, Dudley Najieb reviews the alarming data regarding the living conditions for residents in each state, especially for Black and minority communities.

Check out the latest California news headlines with news producer host, Julia Dudley Najieb, who reviews the top stories from June 21, 2023 to September 22, 2023: from the Bitwise Industries corporate scandal and Antioch & Pittsburgh police officers' scandals to the illegal infectious disease lab found in Reedley, Dudley Najieb goes into details on key stories that made it nationwide and worldwide.

Here are the stories in part 2:

Will new Racial Equity Commission help reveal the realities of the damages of Proposition 209?

California prisons have a drug problem. A strip search policy takes aim at visitors

California's literacy crisis: There’s more to the science of reading than phonics

BREAKING: Governor Gavi

Check out the latest California news headlines with news producer host, Julia Dudley Najieb, who reviews the top stories from June 21, 2023 to September 22, 2023: from the Bitwise Industries corporate scandal and Antioch & Pittsburgh police officers' scandals to the illegal infectious disease lab found in Reedley, Dudley Najieb goes into details on key stories that made it nationwide and worldwide.

Here are the stories in part 1:

Bitwise Industries files Chapter 7 while former employees remain broken from CEOs' theft of wages

CA: The business community and governor respond to Supreme Court decision on affirmative action

Expert says people in California are exposed to wildfires the most

Small, wealthy, suburbs contribute to regional housing problems, especially in California

Annual business report gives California an 'F' rating for cost of living and business friendliness

Actors are demanding that Hollywood catch up with technological changes in a sequel to a 1960 strike

Temecula school district board and community is in turmoil; Governor Newsom steps in the action

Governor Newsom chooses diverse judicial appointments, a true representation of California

California promises better care for thousands of inmates as they leave prison

Pain clinic chain to pay $11.4M to settle Medicare and Medicaid fraud claims

ONME News Briefs: Here are five key bills signed by Governor Newsom this past July

California Governor Gavin Newsom made an interim appointment October 1, replacing the late U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein's seat with 44-year-old Laphonza Butler. However, this appointment complicates an already complex campaign, according to CalMatters: For one thing, there will be a special election to decide who serves the final two months of Feinstein’s term, and it will be held at the same time as the regularly scheduled election. So voters will have two U.S. Senate decisions, one in the March primary, and again in the November presidential general election.

Butler was sworn in October 3 by Vice President Kamala Harris, the first Black U.S. senator to represent California and the most recently-elected Black woman to the Senate. Butler will be making history as the first openly LGBTQ person and the second Black woman to represent California in the Senate. Although never holding office, Butler also advised Vice President Kamala Harris’ 2020 presidential campaign before becoming the president of EMILYs List in September 2021.

And if Butler does run, it will throw another wild card into the campaign, in which three big-name Democrats — U.S. Reps. Adam Schiff, Katie Porter and Barbara Lee — are already vying to push aside Republican candidates and make the top two for next November’s general election.

As California’s senior Senator and the longest-serving woman senator ever since her election to the Senate in 1992, Democrat Dianne Feinstein, the 90-year-old senior senator from California, died on Sept. 28, 2023 in Washington, D.C. She was born in San Francisco, CA, June 22, 1933.

Images of orange groves and Spanish-themed hotels with palm tree gardens filled countless pamphlets and articles promoting Southern California and Florida in the late 19th century, promising escape from winter’s reach.

This vision of an “American Italy” captured hearts and imaginations across the U.S. In it, Florida and California promised a place in the sun for industrious Americans to live the good life, with the perfect climate.

But the very climates that made these semitropical playgrounds the American dream of the 20th century threaten to break their reputations in the 21st century.

In California, home owners now face dangerous heat waves, extended droughts that threaten the water supply, and uncontrollable wildfires. In Florida, sea level rise is worsening the risks of high-tide flooding and storm surge from hurricanes, in addition to turning up the thermostat on already humid heat. Global warming has put both Florida and California at the top of the list of states most at risk from climate change.

The company behind the '"illegal lab" in Reedley also operated for several years in the city of Fresno incognito ...
Ever since local online, Central Valley news outlet, Mid Valley Times, posted a peculiar news report on July 25 about a code-enforcement check-up revealing an illegal lab, in the predominantly agricultural city of Reedley, Calif., owned by a man who lives in China, more interesting facts are being exposed to the public through news updates.