California News Media
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Government Works With Major Cities To Establish CREZ
SACRAMENTO/LOS ANGELES---The government enforced new regulation to establish carbon emission reduction zones. The prime minister visited Los Angeles today, which is the largest zone. San Francisco, San Diego, San Jose, Fresno and Sacramento are also taking part in this as well. In fact, those city and state governments are coordinating with the federal government to adequately support those areas.
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Government Installs A New Income Luxury Tax
SACRAMENTO---Luxury taxes are a pretty "uncommon" in the European Union. There's a progressive tax ranging from 1%-13%., corporate tax of 10.8%, GST of 5% and state tax averaging 5%. Now, the government wants to have a 15% income tax on incomes of 1.5 million and above. The Greens and several independents in both the House and Senate support the move, basically guaranteeing its passage.
"The people of California expect those who benefit from its system pay their fair share into it," said Treasurer Jim Chalmers on the floor of the House. "We frankly can't be Inquista or the Duxburian Union."
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El Segundo By-Election: Likely CDP Hold
EL SEGUNDO---The blue collar, conservative leaning electorate of El Segundo's by-election will be a stern test of the popularity of the CLP government. Recent polls suggest the CDP narrowly wins the two party preferred vote. El Segundo is historically a swing electorate. The make up of the seat does benefit of the government and the moderation of the CDP's social positions. The election should be very hotly contested.
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CLP wins the El Segundo By-Election
EL SEGUNDO---The CLP has officially won the El Segundo by-election. The California Electoral Commission reported Kristina Keneally got a 16,000 vote majority, beating the combined CDU-Independent support. El Segundo has experienced a significant rise of moderate, left leaning populace and as such is a CLP stronghold.
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Espanicito Election: State Government Leads Polling
LOS ANGELES---The CDU Government looks to win reelection for a third straight time. It currently enjoys a 40% rating; it's a marked difference between state and national polling. Here the CDU is very popular while the CLP is popular for national election. Maria Teresa Jimenez Esquivel, the Premier of Espanicito, is well-liked among voters here and the CDU leads significantly.
CDU-40%
CLP-28%
Green-15%
FDP-8%
CFP-5%
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Napa Gov't Study Show Growth In Muslim Pop.
SAN JOSE---A recent study commissioned by the state government, run by the University of California, Berkeley showed that Sikh, Muslim and Hindi populations increased. On average, about 200,000 have moved to the state of Napa. The booming tech industry has attracted most from Svarna, with California's tax free remittances. The opportunities afforded in La Nacion de Oro is pretty available, despite what some consider a robust tax burden.
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Sierra Elections Set for April 13
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE---Premier Victor Manuel Castro Casio went to the Govenor-General of the Sierra Territory to dissolve the territory parliament to call an election. Traditionally, both major parties use the 'Country' label and technically their candidates are usually field more rural candidates. The parliament hinges, most likely, the right and left independents (referred to as the Teals and Pinks.)
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Sierra Elections: CDP coalition with The Teals likely
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE---As the elections carry on, both parties continue drumming up support. CDP currently has 35% support, the CLP has 30%, the Teals have 15%, and the Pinks have 12%. It would be the federal CLP has two CDP state government since 1995, and in general since 2014. The federal government looks concerned about the implications for the 2025 election.
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Sierra Superior Court Affirms Vote Collecting, Student I.D. valid To Vote
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE---Today, the Sierra Superior Court handed down a crucial ruling that is set to impact the election. They have upheld the vote collection scheme which is disproportionately affected the native voters of Sierra. The scheme allows the Sierra Board of Elections to go around the state to collect votes and machines which in a state that is mostly mountainous and rural makes sense. The CLP and the Pinks would largely benefit from the votes collected. It also confirmed the validity and legality of student identification cards as voter I.D.
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Government Approval Is Essentially Neutral
SYMONE SANDERS-TOWNSEND---The Albanese government has now sits at 46% approval versus 47% disapprove and 7% don't know or neutral. This is slightly lower than a month ago but reflects that Californians generally aren't feeling the positives. But it's still better than the CDP, who have 75% against them. With almost 28% going with smaller parties, it's clear the mixed member system of voting (adopted in 1996) has resulted in people feeling comfortable with generalized coalitions. The CLP-Green coalition is just as popular as the majoritarian governments before 1996.
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Federal Government Struggles With Housing
SACRAMENTO---The Albanese Government is struggling to deal with its approach to the housing crisis. They have found that local governments are fighting with state and federal government rezoning. The position has also reached the Christian Democrats. Peña Nieto has framed the many disputes as an idealogical dispute against big government. The extent of the homeless problem is 43 people per 10,000. That makes the number to the crisis 361,200. The CLP proposed more high-density residential zones.
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Victoria Election: Liberal Wing Polling Well
SAN DIEGO---The more liberal, left leaning bloc, including the current CLP government lead in the polls. The state election is September 7. Here's how the latest CNN poll looks:
CLP---36%
CDP---34%
GRN---12%
ON---3%
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Federal Gov't Works With Independents to Pass Environment Regulations
SACRAMENTO---The Commonwealth Government worked to negotiate in the House with independents to pass more environment regulations. The new regulations, which are bill proposals, are meant to streamline the 2030 zero carbon transition. Those bills now are in the Senate and will need the support of the Liberal Party.
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Commonwealth Bans Private Equity Property Buying
SACRAMENTO---The Commonwealth has passed through the House and Senate to ban the sale of residential properties to private equity firms. this proposal is the governing partner, the Greens in their coalition agreement with the CLP. That proposed bill got enacted with the CLP bargaining power. Prime Minister Harris and the Leader of the Greens, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez championed this policy
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Breaking: Los Angeles Feels a 4.0 Earthquake
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Sonoma Wildfire Spreads Largely Unchecked
SONOMA---The County of Sonoma is experiencing an ever increasing wildfire. The San Fernando Valley fire and Sierra fire in conjunction with this is spreading CalFire thin. Prime Minister Kamala Harris has declared states of emergency in those areas. Several Spanish and Duchies have been sent to aid in the fires.
