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Alejandra Santamaria has been selected as the new President and Chief Executive Officer of Southern California Public Radio (SCPR) by the SCPR Board of Trustees. Santamaria will join SCPR and LAist in July and succeeds CEO Herb Scannell, who recently retired from the role. SCPR operates Los Angeles’ award-winning multi-platform local journalism leader LAist, which includes LAist 89.3, LAist.com and the podcast arm, LAist Studios. The organization also has found success creating community-facing experiential events. Most recently, Santamaria served as interim President, General Manager and VP, Director of Sales for Univision Los Angeles. Details: https://lnkd.in/gunVJU57

Currently, the body in charge of redrawing district boundaries is made up of political appointments. This proposal would change that. 🔗 https://ow.ly/TEmZ50T9m9t ✍️ Elly Yu

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The measure would amend the state constitution to prohibit any form of forced labor or servitude, which is currently allowed as punishment for a crime. 🔗 https://ow.ly/TKp850T971N ✍️ Robert Garrova

As a Los Angeles County voter, you’re asked to make a lot of decisions, including on a dizzying array of complex ballot measures. 🔗 https://ow.ly/VFCc50T96yb ✍️ David Wagner

Consumer advocates and health economists are placing some of the blame of high drug prices on pharmaceutical middlemen, which they say needlessly drive up costs. 🔗 https://ow.ly/bo6m50T8Z5v ✍️ Kristen Hwang | CalMatters

Will L.A. voters decide to raise their taxes — again — to amp up the fight to reduce homelessness? 🔗 https://ow.ly/QiZu50T8XZf ✍️ David Wagner

California lawmakers are rushing to introduce a bill to improve warehouse building standards before the end of this year’s legislative session. The bill is drawing criticism from environmental justice groups across the state, who are opposing it. Why now: Assembly Bill 98, authored by Assemblymember Juan Carrillo (D-Palmdale), would require new warehouses built after 2026 to have a 300-foot buffer from “sensitive receptors” like schools, parks and hospitals. New warehouses constructed in areas rezoned for industrial use would need a 500-foot buffer. The bill also requires that new and expanding warehouses over 250,000 square feet include electric truck charging stations, rooftop solar panels, and cooling roofs. It mandates separate truck entrances, air pollution monitoring and a 2-to-1 replacement of any demolished housing. What critics are saying: Andrea Vidaurre, a senior policy analyst with the People’s Collective for Environmental Justice (PC4EJ), argues that the bill would enshrine the practice of building warehouses too close to communities already impacted by warehousing. She notes that 25 groups across the state are opposing the bill because they believe it fails to consider the communities most affected by these developments. Read on... for more on the controversy: https://ow.ly/Wgow50T8Y1Y ✍️ & 📸 Anthony Victoria | KCVR

Today's headlines: https://ow.ly/hHW850T8VSs - O.C. Board of Supervisors meets for the first time since FBI raided the home of embattled member Andrew Do. - L.A. Mayor Bass relocated some Asian antiquities at City Hall and community leaders aren't happy. - We got you covered on where to find a good happy hour.

Go Fact Yourself – “the podcast where we quiz the smartest celebrities we know, and find out why they love what they love” — is back at The Crawford! Hosts J. Keith van Straaten and Helen Hong will welcome comedians Sherry Cola and Greg Proops, plus super-secret special experts to try to stump them in their self-proclaimed areas of expertise. 🗓️ Tuesday, August 27, 2024 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM 📍The Crawford, 474 S. Raymond Ave., Pasadena 🎟️ $0-$20 🔗 https://ow.ly/6oVg50T86xZ