California

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed laws Friday setting aside $50 million to help the state protect its policies from challenges by the Trump administration and defend immigrants amid the president’s mass deportation plans. One of the laws allocates $25 million for the state Department of Justice to fight legal battles against the federal government, and another sets
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Small businesses, nonprofits, and workers directly affected by the recently quelled Eaton and Palisades fires can now apply for direct financial aid. The pair of new funds opened Thursday in partnership with Los Angeles County, the City of Los Angeles Economic and Workforce Development Department, and the Department of Economic Opportunity. Applications are open online,
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The LA Disaster Relief Navigator, a new online tool to help LA fire victims, launched Wednesday in an effort to give residents tailored resources and plans for recovery.  Mayor Bass and the Mayor’s Fund for Los Angeles partnered with Better Angels and Imagine LA to create the relief navigator, which can be found on the
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Dozens of Head Start programs, which provide childcare and preschool education to low-income children, have been unable to access previously approved federal funding, putting some programs at risk of having to close their doors in the coming days, according to a survey by the National Head Start Association.  The programs say they haven’t been able to draw down
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