CALÓ News

08/21/2026

Happy National Latina Day to all the wonderful, hardworking and brilliant Latinas doing their best out there 🫶💕❤️

08/20/2026

A group of elected officials and leaders gathered on Tuesday to publicly oppose Proposition 39, the Voter Identification, Citizenship Verification, and Registered Voter List Administration Initiative.

Prop. 39, which will be in the November midterm elections, requires voters to present a government-issued I.D. for in-person voting or provide the last four digits of such I.D. when voting by mail.

Speaker of the California Assembly Robert Rivas said this movement is targeting California to disenfranchise Latino voters and to make them “confused, intimidated and afraid.”

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A group of elected officials and leaders gathered on Tuesday to publicly oppose Proposition 39, the Voter Identification, Citizenship Verification, and Registered Voter List Administration Initiative.

08/20/2026

California Democrats have spent the year drafting bills to curb federal immigration enforcement and develop more oversight for the detention centers already holding thousands of individuals in the state.

With a Democratic supermajority, many of these bills made it through the Assembly and Senate Appropriations Committees, the groups that advance or kill bills based on their fiscal impact. Some bills, however, did not meet the same fate.

Sen. Sasha Renée Pérez (D-Alhambra) spent months rallying up support for SB 995, known as the Masuma Khan Justice Act. Named after a woman in Pérez’s district, the bill would have developed a new oversight framework and required the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) to conduct oversight visits to ensure detention centers meet basic health standards. The bill died in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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State Assembly leaders say money is why this accountability and oversight bill isn’t moving forward.

08/20/2026

Earlier this week, CalOptima Health announced the expansion of its Street Medicine program to four new Orange County cities to help the unhoused with urgent and primary care services.

08/19/2026

This year, the nonprofit organization Grand Performances is celebrating 40 years of free performances in Downtown Los Angeles, presenting all forms of art, including music, dance and theater from around the world.

The cultural institution was founded in 1986 and it’s considered the longest-running presenter of free outdoor concerts in the region. Their motto is that the arts are essential to joy and public infrastructure.

President and CEO Rafael Gonzalez said these artistic performances are a value proposition. This means that every show they put at California Plaza in Downtown Los Angeles is free.

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This year, the nonprofit organization Grand Performances is celebrating 40 years of free performances in Downtown Los Angeles, presenting all forms of art, including music, dance and theater from around

08/19/2026

Los Angeles released new homelessness numbers recently and debate is again focusing on whether overall homelessness went up or down. But the numbers raise two more important questions: Are we treating homelessness the same in every population, even when the crisis looks dramatically different in overlooked communities? Are the elected officials asking to lead Los Angeles prepared to respond to the homelessness crisis that actually exists, or will they continue to invest in solutions that sometimes never reach many of the most impacted?

As someone who has experienced homelessness, managed homelessness systems and worked inside Los Angeles City Hall, the lack of progress is frustrating. Los Angeles remains the epicenter of California's homelessness crisis, spending billions while continuing to struggle with rising need. This year, overall homelessness in the City increased by 3.4%.

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Los Angeles released new homelessness numbers recently and debate is again focusing on whether overall homelessness went up or down. But the numbers raise two more important questions: Are we

08/19/2026

Sen. Eloise Gómez Reyes, who represents San Bernardino, said city leadership has assured her that the city council will not allow the police department to apply for a Department of Justice (DOJ) grant that would have required the city to support immigration enforcement operations.

The council was originally set to vote on Aug. 5 on whether or not the police department could apply to the grant. The morning of the meeting, the item was removed from the agenda; a city official told CALÓ News at the time it was undetermined if or when the council would vote on the item. On Aug. 11, Reyes posted on her social media saying the city council would not be taking up the item at all.

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The San Bernardino City Council will not be taking up a proposal to apply to a federal grant that would have required cooperation with immigration enforcement, according to a state senator.

08/19/2026

Of the thousands of lawsuits Meta faces over child safety on its platforms, none may be more consequential than one going to trial this week in California.

States are seeking extensive financial damages that could, in theory, total as much as $1.4 trillion, plus changes to how the company operates Facebook and Instagram.

The lawsuit accuses the social media giant of contributing to the youth mental health crisis by knowingly and deliberately designing features that get children addicted to its platforms. It also claims that Meta routinely collects data on children under 13 without their parents’ consent, in violation of federal law.

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A landmark trial against Meta begins Tuesday. The lawsuit alleges Meta deliberately designed addictive features that have fueled a youth mental health crisis and violated federal privacy laws.

08/19/2026

First-generation Xicana Leslie Priscilla opens up about her book, ‘Chancla,’ and what it means for many Latinos.

Leslie Priscilla, certified parent coach, family life educator and founder of Latinx Parenting, a bilingual organization, has launched her very first book, “Chancla: Healing Our Families, Ourselves, and Our Culture.”

08/19/2026

Digital safety expert, author and creator Cathy Pedrayes offers practical, parent-friendly guidance that families can put into practice before that big first purchase for their child.