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Fire Map: Track California Wildfires 2024 - CalMatters
网页The Park Fire is the largest fire this year, and it is currently the 4th largest fire in California history. Aug 13, 2024. 1. wildfire-related fatality this year. Preliminary data. Deadliest year was 2018, where 100 civilians and firefighters were killed in wildfires. Human remains were found in a home burned down in the Mina Fire in Mendocino ...
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网页Here are three features of Digital Democracy: 1-Browse the database through the navigation above or search it in the bar to the right. 2-Below, see the latest state agenda on six major topics, as curated by our reporters. 3-Look up any of California’s 120 legislators to see data and stories about their activities, politics, policy interests ...
Abortion in California: Creating the easiest access in the US
网页2022年4月21日 · California lawmakers have declared the state a “safe haven” for abortion providers and people seeking to end a pregnancy. Since the U.S. Supreme Court ended a federal constitutional right to an abortion by overturning Roe vs. Wade, Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed some of the strongest state abortion protections in the country: measures that ...
California's mental health system, explained - CalMatters
网页2019年4月30日 · Mental health advocates have long described California’s fragmented mental health system with words like “struggling” and “broken.”. Evidence of its consequences can be found in our jails and prisons, our hospitals and clinics, our schools and colleges. The problem touches those living in …
California’s homeless crisis explained - CalMatters
网页2019年12月31日 · California is home to an estimated 181,399 unhoused residents, according to the latest data. That means 28% of the country’s entire homeless population lives in California. Of those, an estimated 123,423 are “unsheltered,” meaning they sleep outside, in tents, in cars or in other places not meant for human habitation.
California wildfires explained: What to know in 2024 - CalMatters
网页2019年10月25日 · 2024 California wildfires explained. A giant pyrocumulus cloud formed above the Bridge Fire, burning in the San Gabriel mountains behind downtown Los Angeles. Sept. 10, 2024. Photo by Ted Soqui, SIPA USA via Reuters.
2024 California Water Tracker - CalMatters
网页Updated May 7, 2024. On April 23, the California Department of Water Resources increased State Water Project allocations to 40% of the amounts requested by water agencies, up from 30% in March. The increase, while lower than the 75% allocated at this time last year, takes into account an above-average water year, when statewide snowpack levels ...
California gun laws, explained (2024) - CalMatters
网页2019年11月14日 · California has a reputation for being tough on guns. That reputation is well-earned. Researchers at Boston University have counted 111 California laws that in some way restrict “the manner and space in which firearms can be used.” They include regulations on dealers and buyers, background check requirements, and possession bans directed at certain “high risk” individuals.
California crime numbers explained - CalMatters
网页2022年2月3日 · Kern County once again had the state’s highest homicide rate in 2021, at 13.7 homicides per 100,000 people. That was also the case last year, when the county’s homicide rate per 100,000 people was 12.7 in 2020 — the state’s highest — or about one for every 8,000 people. Statewide, the average homicide rate climbed to 6 people per 100,000.