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Prosecutors turn to data, community to advance criminal justice reform

Tableau

This data is changing the way prosecutors in Yolo County—home to over 200,000 people that live on the west side of the greater Sacramento metro area—are increasing transparency in their processes, identifying opportunities for improvement, and creating a data-informed framework for community engagement. A new era of public transparency.

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Taking First Steps With Social Media: California Child Care Resource & Referral Network

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Today, I had the pleasure of doing a mini-workshop at the Director's Institute for the California Child Care Resource and Referral Network in Sacramento. My co-presenter was the talented Bryce Skolfield , Director of Communications and Public Policy at the Children's Council of San Francisco.

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Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ beta is here, and it looks scary as hell

The Verge

Another Tesla owner who lives in Sacramento, California, and tweets under the handle @brandonee916 posted a series of short videos that claim to show a Tesla vehicle using FSD to navigate a host of tricky driving scenarios, including intersections and a roundabout.

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Waymo sues California DMV to keep driverless crash data under wraps

The Verge

Waymo filed a lawsuit against the California Department of Motor Vehicles to keep driverless car crash data from being made public. California’s DMV oversees the largest autonomous vehicle testing program in the country, with over 60 companies permitted to operate test vehicles on public roads. Photo by Sean O’Kane / The Verge.

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How Altadena’s community is leading its fire recovery efforts

Fast Company Tech

No one in Los Angeles or Sacramento is thinking about us, he said in the meeting, There are certain things that we can negotiate directly with the manufacturer. Only Altadena is going to save Altadena. Well call Canada and order the wood direct. And we will order enough and have it here.

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Now approved in LA, Abodu’s backyard homes can now go from contract to completion in as little as 30 days

TechCrunch

“While deliberations over mid-rise density were stalling in Sacramento, the state legislature (and legislatures up north in the Pacific Northwest) were passing bill after bill, including Phil Ting’s AB 68 and Bob Wieckowski’s SB 1069, to make it really easy to add backyard units,” Cutler wrote.

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Airbnb is helping find renters an apartment so they can Airbnb it

TechCrunch

It allows renters to find an apartment in more than 25 markets — including Austin, Houston, Phoenix, Jacksonville, Los Angeles, Miami, San Diego, Sacramento and Tampa — where they can Airbnb a spare room, or the whole apartment while they’re away.

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