Alameda County in California has revised its death toll from COVID down from 1,634 to 1,223, the health agency said on Friday, after concluding that some deaths were wrongly attributed.
With eye-popping state revenues feeding an ambitious agenda, Gov. Gavin Newsom will announce today multi-year plans for transitional kindergarten for all 4-year-olds, full funding for summer school and after school for 2 million children, hundreds of new service-based community schools and a $2 billion program to set up a $500 college savings account for every low-income child entering public school.
Newsom will also reiterate what he has been recently saying: He expects all school districts and charter schools to revert to full-day, in-person instruction in the fall, as they did before the pandemic. Those districts that fail to provide full-day instruction will not be eligible for student funding, according to administration officials who offered a preview of Newsom’s updated state budget for K-12 schools.
Newsom gets strong ratings on schools, economy despite recall attacks
OAKLAND Gov. Gavin Newsom just got the most concrete evidence to date showing why he’s positioned to survive a recall vote.
Recall proponents have made a simple pitch: The Democratic governor’s pandemic mismanagement has devastated California’s economy and failed schoolchildren. They said they were vindicated this week when election officials validated enough signatures to force a fall election.
But a new statewide poll shows suggests those two pillars of anti-Newsom sentiment aren’t as sturdy as his foes think. The Public Policy Institute of California found 59 percent of likely voters approve of how Newsom has managed school reopening and 59 percent approve how he has handled jobs and the economy. That figure is a few points higher than the share of likely voters who told PPIC in March they would vote to keep Newsom in office.
Progressives place reform hopes on Rob Bonta as California attorney general
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SACRAMENTO There are California Democrats and then there’s Rob Bonta.
The five-term Assembly member represents an Oakland-based district where two-thirds of voters are registered Democrats and is one of the most progressive lawmakers in Sacramento. He has advanced protections for renters and detained immigrants, sought to add warning labels to soda cans and proposed a wealth tax.
His colleagues will decide this week whether Bonta, 49, will become the state’s next attorney general, replacing Xavier Becerra, who stepped down to become President Biden’s secretary of health and human services.