Bye-bye, DiFi

Longtime California Senator Dianne Feinstein has finally announced that she will not be running for reelection in 2024.
 
And it's no surprise. Folks around her have for years whispered concerns over the 89-year-old senator's "rapidly decreasing" memory and increasing "befuddlement." 
 
We take a moment to discuss Feinstein's long political career, that included nearly a decade as mayor of San Francisco, the trauma of finding her colleague Harvey Milk after he was shot by a disgraced politician, and working diligently to make public the CIA's illegal torture techniques in the Iraq war.
 
So what's next? We take a look at the three biggest contenders for California's open Senate seat: representatives Adam Schiff, Katie Porter and Barbara Lee.
 
Oh, and remember when Sacramento City Manager Howard Chan tried to shut down an 80-person Safe Ground site for unhoused folks in vulnerable situations, seemingly out of spite?
 
He was forced to take an L on that this week, reopening the site with 15 trailers with heating and air that will serve 45 people in need of housing.
 

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