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The Sacramento City Council recently voted to allow a greater variety of housing, from duplexes to fourplexes, in neighborhoods zoned almost exclusively for single family homes.

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Yes, California Requires Signature Verification For Mail-In Ballots And Newsom Recall Petitions

February 16, 2021

Despite false claims on social media, the same law that requires signatures for vote-by-mail ballots also applies to recall petitions like the one circulating in an effort to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom.

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GOP House Leader Kevin McCarthy Distorts Job Loss Estimates For $15 Minimum Wage Hike

February 11, 2021 | Chris Nichols

GOP Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy claimed raising the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour “would destroy up to 3.7 million jobs.” That estimate relies on the high-end of an old report.

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Can You Handle The Truth?: Fact Checking False Claims On Newsom Recall Campaign, Pelosi’s Tesla Stock Purchase

February 4, 2021 | Chris Nichols

The campaign to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom shared a false claim this week that Facebook tried to ‘shut down’ the effort when it stopped running its ads on the platform. In reality, Facebook stopped accepting all political ads regardless of party.

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No, Facebook Didn’t Try To ‘Shut Down’ Gavin Newsom Recall Effort

February 2, 2021 | Chris Nichols

Facebook stopped accepting social, political and election advertising on its platform last fall, though it allowed ads in the U.S. Senate runoffs in Georgia. It did not single out the Newsom recall campaign.

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