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CA Gun Control: What Governor Brown Signed and What He Vetoed
Gov. Brown signed several new California gun laws and vetoed others on his desk. What does that mean for Gavin Newsom’s gun control ballot initiative, which is one of at least 17 voters will decide on in Nov.?
By Madeleine Brand • • 53m ListenGovernor Jerry Brown signed several new California gun laws and vetoed others on his desk. What does that mean for the gun control initiative that Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom has put on the ballot? That initiative is one of at least 17 that California voters will decide on in November.
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5 storiesCA Gun Control: What Governor Brown Signed and What He Vetoed
The California state legislature handed Governor Brown a package of gun control bills. As of Friday morning, the Governor signed some and vetoed others. What does that mean for the gun control initiative that Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom has put on the ballot?
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Los Angeles County will undergo a major voting system overhaul. Officials announced this week that the first stage of that overhaul is done, but that the changes won’t be ready until elections two years from now. The makeover includes a total reworking of polling places.
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Federal regulators launched an investigation Thursday into Tesla’s self-driving cars. That’s because a man was killed in May when his Tesla Model S crashed into a tractor-trailer in Florida. He was driving in the car’s semi-autonomous system. It’s called Autopilot, but that name is a little misleading.
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For those staying in town this Fourth of July weekend, there’s some candy at the cinema. Yes, there are Junior Mints. But there’s also eye candy available – in the new “Tarzan”. What the Flick?! film critic Christy Lemire called it “a really weird kind of hodgepodge of stuff.”
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The last remaining student has withdrawn from the MFA program at USC’s Roski School of Art and Design. Hae Ann Kwon sent out a pointed email to the school and the media saying that she was “participating in a sham.” Her departure from the school comes a year after the previous class withdrew in protest over changes in the program.
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