What to Know:
- Gov. Gavin Newsom wants the sprawling Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency split into a Housing and Homelessness Agency and a Business and Consumer Services Agency. The Little Hoover Commission largely agrees.
- A key goal is to bring more focus to the state's housing problems: availability and affordability.
- Newsom submitted the reorganization plan to the Legislature on May 5, and the commission must now submit its report to him and the Legislature by June 4.
What to Know:
- San Diego faces a $258 million deficit in the coming fiscal year, driving tough and programmatic shifts.
- The IT department’s proposed $139.4 million budget appears to be a slight increase over the previous fiscal year.
- Guided by its FY25–FY29 strategic plan, city IT is focusing on resilience, security, digital equity and service modernization.
What to Know:
- The instrument that makes it possible, known as an interrogator, enables seismic researchers to effectively hijack fiber-optic cables for use as thousands of seismometers.
- The interrogator’s level of detail could also help seismologists identify smaller, “hidden” fault lines and fractures in buildings and bridges that might be at risk during a large quake.
What to Know:
- LinkedIn, Chegg and Hewlett Packard Enterprise have disclosed their intentions to reduce staffing in the Bay Area.
- Employers added 1,600 tech jobs in the South Bay but slashed 1,200 tech positions in the East Bay and chopped 400 tech jobs in the San Francisco-San Mateo metro area.
- The puny increase in net tech hiring in the Bay Area was a reminder that rather than being the primary engine for Bay Area employment, the tech industry has become a drag on the region's job market.
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