Marisa Kendall

Dispute between FEMA, California over Covid hotels could cost San Francisco $114M

State and local governments owe FEMA $300 million for Gov. Gavin Newsom’s landmark effort to shelter homeless people in hotels during Covid.

Despite pledges, the governor hasn’t released recent income statements and is drawing scrutiny over a $9M home purchase.

The law would close a loophole in an existing law that has allowed landlords to circumvent the state’s rent cap. 

The Xi-Newsom meeting is another sign that Xi is likely to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco in November.

State officials are mobilizing the California National Guard and opening an emergency operations center as a massive rain event slams the state.