Buffy Wicks, the Assemblywoman from Oakland, has gained significant recognition with an early endorsement from Governor Gavin Newsom for her bill AB 609, which aims to facilitate residential construction by exempting it from the California Environmental Quality Act.
"We've never done anything big in the United States without little banks. Although community banks have always shared the landscape with larger institutions..."
Mark Rowley, the Met police commissioner, acknowledged the long-standing failure to earn the trust of London's black community, emphasizing the need for ongoing efforts to rebuild that trust.
