Today is the start of Wildfire Preparedness Week.

As KCBS Radio's Mary Hughes reports, this year everyone is being urged to work together to make California more fire resilient.

Today is the start of Wildfire Preparedness Week.
As KCBS Radio's Mary Hughes reports, this year everyone is being urged to work together to make California more fire resilient.

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This Wildfire Preparedness Week, Californians are urged to work together

In 2021, California legislators passed a bill to abolish zoning laws that mandate only single-family homes in neighborhoods, aiming to tackle the state's housing shortage.

However, two years later, strong opposition from local officials and intricate challenges for homeowners seeking to add multi-unit buildings to their properties have maintained the dominance of single-family home neighborhoods in the California.

For more on this, KCBS Radio news anchor Megan Goldsby spoke with Muhammad Alameldin, Policy Associate, Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley.

In 2021, California legislators passed a bill to abolish zoning laws that mandate only single-family homes in neighborhoods, aiming to tackle the state's housing shortage.
However, two years later, strong opposition from local officials and intricate challenges for homeowners seeking to add multi-unit buildings to their properties have maintained the dominance of single-family home neighborhoods in the California.
For more on this, KCBS Radio news anchor Megan Goldsby spoke with Muhammad Alameldin, Policy Associate, Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley.

Local officials oppose 2021 bill that abolished solely single-family homes

In 2020, Latinos became the second-largest ethnic voting group in the U.S., playing a key role in President Biden’s victory. 

And now in 2024, they will again be pivotal in determining the outcome of the presidential race.

However, a new book examines how both major political parties have struggled to effectively appeal to Latino voters.

For more, KCBS Radio news anchor Megan Goldsby spoke with Mike Madrid, Cofounder The Lincoln Project and author of "The Latino Century: How America's Largest Minority is transforming Democracy".

In 2020, Latinos became the second-largest ethnic voting group in the U.S., playing a key role in President Biden’s victory. 
And now in 2024, they will again be pivotal in determining the outcome of the presidential race.
However, a new book examines how both major political parties have struggled to effectively appeal to Latino voters.
For more, KCBS Radio news anchor Megan Goldsby spoke with Mike Madrid, Cofounder The Lincoln Project and author of "The Latino Century: How America's Largest Minority is transforming Democracy".

Both Democrat and Republican parties are struggling to appeal to Latino voters

Registered nurses and Santa Clara County have come to a contract agreement.

As KCBS Radio's Mary Hughes reports, this comes after months of tense negotiations...and a nurses strike.

Registered nurses and Santa Clara County have come to a contract agreement.
As KCBS Radio's Mary Hughes reports, this comes after months of tense negotiations...and a nurses strike.

This Wildfire Preparedness Week, Californians are urged to work together

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