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After Lamborghini Murciélago Roadster drew in 2023, no one said it. The iconic sports car was sitting in a yard of Torrance Tow for five months, long enough that the towing company had the right to sell it.
The sale allowed the company to reimburse the cost of selling towing, storage and bet, about $ 11,332. But it was much over: $ 99,668.
Everything went to the California Motor Vehicle Department.
A new story from a CalMatters investigating reporter reporter Byrhonda Lyons reveals that DMV does not notify sales revenue owners In this way, it is not necessary.
From the beginning of 2016 to the fall of 2024, DMV raised over $ 8 million out of nearly 5300 cars auctioned, according to an analysis of DMV data Calmatters. In 2016, DMV registered $ 760,000 from sales. This number increased by about 76% to $ 1.33 million in 2023, data show.
Not all cars are as fantastic as Lambo. But many of them have brought money to the state that would probably be meaningful to their former owners.
- Sheila Mayers, Senior Law on Los Angeles Legal Aid Foundation: “If there are unnecessary resources, but people do not know how to get them, they are as good as they have disappeared.”
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Kaiser Strike enters a new phase
From the local news about Calmatters Joe Garcia:
After a five -month -old And unresolved negotiations, Southern California Kaiser Permanta has agreed to mediate the Union representing its mental health workers.
The agreement followed the governor Gavin Newo, urging Kaiser to enter “focused mediation” a month ago. On Monday, the National Union of Health Workers said former Minister of Health and Human Services Mark Gali and former mayor of Sacramento Darrell Steinberg will start mediation talks on March 10.
This does not mean that the impact is over. But Steinberg helped to resolve such a strike in northern California in 2022. Therapists in Southern California demand the same contract and benefits that their colleagues have negotiated, but so far Kaiser leaders say the two geographical markets have different business models.
Nearly 2,400 striking therapists in southern California and mental health workers require less fast-paced planning with more patient tracking time, increasing the salary costs and guaranteed retirement plans for all Union members.
AI bots like school advisers?
With California schools facing a huge number of students compared to advisers, some schools have accepted chatbots powered by artificial intelligence to help students get the necessary tips. But while it is said, Discover from decisive social connectionswrites Calmatters’ Tara Garcia MattsonS
In 2022, the California Student Ratio was 464 to 1, according to federal data-far below the recommended ratio of the American Association of School Councilors from 250 to 1. To deal with the needs of the students, a school for the Charter is to develop an AI instrument that allows you to Steps after graduation.
The California non -profit purpose also summarizes questions and answers that help people navigate their career paths that high schools and colleges in the United States are beginning to integrate with their own consulting resources.
But Julia Freeland Fisher, director of education at the Non -Profit Research Organization, Clayton Christensen, claims that the creation of an “self -help army” can erode “the opportunities to build a network” that help students get to their feet in the door.
- Freeland Fisher: “It’s so tempting to see these bots as poor. “They don’t threaten a real relationship.” “These are just single chats.” But we know from sociology that these disposable chats are actually great opportunities. “
Finally: immigration insecurity
For many, mixed status families in the central California path to US citizenship feels more uncertain. Susana Canales-Barrón’s director and video strategy Robert Meix have a video segment on how the citizenship debate helps strengthen community bonds as part of our partnership with PBS Socal. Watch it hereS
SocalMatters broadcast at 5:58 pm weekdays Of PBS socalS
California voices
CalMatters columnist Dan Walters: After 50 years, 11,000 columns and a handful of governorship, I saw some massive transformations During my time covering the state capitolS
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