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Taho Lake is sick and worsens. This Alpine Treasure, harvested in Sierra Nevada, faces a number of problems that people cause it: cloudy waters, pollutants, toxic algae, development, tourism, traffic. Buffered by the permanent tractor between the development of the region and its preservation and attraction of visitors while managing their impact, Lake Taho shows tension.
In a Two -pieceSalmatters Environment Reporter Julie Kart and statistical journalist Natasha UzcateGui-Liggett Discover how billions of dollars spend to improve the health of the Tacho region have not resolved the problems of the lakeAnd how regional planners have recently transferred much of their focus on promoting tourism and recreation projects.
No other natural landscape is managed in the way Taho Lake is. He has his own porter, a unique agency in California-Nevada, which has great power. Many locals believe that the Taho Regional Planning Agency deviates from the course.
- Serrell SmokeyChairman of the Washoe tribe in Nevada and California, the original inhabitants of the region: “The lake needs rest.
The Tahoe region surrounded by dense forests is also one of the most hairy places in California for Potentially deadly and out of control firesS Firefighters have told Calmatters that thousands of people can be trapped because of inadequate evacuation routes. Still, developers continue to build resorts.
The evacuation of the entire Taho pool in the heat of summer may take 14 hours, according to an analysis ordered by environmental groups. People who quarrel to get out of Taho Lake before a wild fire would have several options as the lake was surrounded by two strips once.
- Scot RobinsThe South Lake Tahoe City Council: “If a fire bursts quickly on a wind day, in the worst scenario, you can’t evacuate.
Read more about countless problems facing Taho and Risks of wild fire in the region In Julie’s stories.
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An even greater difference in Medi-Cal
Last week, governor’s administration Gavin Newo stated that he would You have to borrow $ 3.4 billion from the State’s General Fund to cover a budget difference in Medi-Cal. But it turns out to be California will need much more than thatCalmatters’ reports Anna B. IbaraS
California Health Employees have told the legislature on Monday that the state will need further $ 2.8 billion to pay Medi-Cal suppliers by the end of the fiscal year. This leads the total shortage of the Medi-Cal budget to $ 6.2 billion.
Medi-Cal provides health insurance for 15 million Californians with disabilities and low-incomes. Republican legislators attribute this budget difference to the expansion of the Medi-Cal state over the years of immigrants, regardless of their legal status, which costs about $ 8.5 billion a year, according to Recent budget hearingS
In addition to increased enrollment, other reasons contribute to the higher than the expected state expenses for Medi-Cal, said Michel Bass, Director of the Ministry of Health Services. This includes increasing pharmacy costs; More adults register for the program; and a smaller number of Medi-Cal derosses after the pandemic than expected earlier.
- BassDuring the hearing of the Assembly budget: “These changes were unprecedented and everyone happened at once.”
Tax relief to keep veterans from CA?
State legislators are again trying to accept legislation that will release some veterans from California from Payment of taxes on their military retirement incomeS
Calm Sameea Kamal Explains, dead James RamosDemocrat from San Bernardino, suggested (for the third time) measure to allow veterans to make less than $ 125,000 a year released to $ 20,000 from their federal pensionsS Seni. Kelly SyrtoRepublican from Muruta, There is a similar account in the Senate.
Proponents claim that tax relief will help veterans stay and work in California. About 1.4 million veterans live in the state, but many are leaving because of the cost of living, according to the chairman of the San Diego Military Advisory Board. From 2000 to 2022, the retired military population in California dropped from 195,000 to just over 141,000, or nearly 28%.
But tax relief may not be sufficient to keep retirees in California, even if it becomes a law, according to the non -party legislative analyzer of the analyzer. A Analysis of the Senate Bill He also claims that release can set a precedent “for other commendable professions”, which “can lead to a slippery slope … eroding the basis of income tax.”
Lastly: immigration arrests in college campuses
According to President Donald Trump’s administration, immigration agents can now make arrests in schools and other “sensitive places”. With approximately 100,000 students living in California, without constant legal status, students call on colleges to do more to protect campuses from immigration. Learn more from Delilah Brumer on Calmatters’ College journalism networkS
California voices
CalMatters columnist Dan Walters: The Action Plan on the 100 Page of Newsom to reduce homelessness revealed last week includes high goals but fails to clarify how they will be achievedS
Determination of teachers two months after the Fire in Ethan is completely inconsistent and state and district leaders must be activated and assisted, Writes Manuel RustinSocial Science Teacher at the High School and Chairman of the John Muir High School History Department in Pasadena.
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Santa Clara County’s leaders get stuck Mayor of San Jose to arrest residents of homeless // The Mercury News
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