Ethan Varian
Staff Reporter at The Mercury News
Staff Reporter at East Bay Times
Staff Reporter at Morning Report Newsletter (The Mercury News)
Covering housing and homelessness for @mercnews/@EastBayTimes | [email protected]
Articles
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5 days ago |
santacruzsentinel.com | Ethan Varian
Consumer advocates are suing to halt a massive homeowner-funded bailout of California’s last-resort insurance program after it reported it would run out of money to pay claims arising from the devastating Los Angeles wildfires. In February, the state insurance department allowed the program, known as the FAIR Plan, to collect $1 billion in emergency payments from other insurers — who are expected to pass on a significant portion of those costs to policyholders statewide.
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1 week ago |
mercurynews.com | Ethan Varian
Santa Clara County is offering $2 million to help landlords repair dilapidated group homes for people with mental health and addiction issues — an attempt to alleviate a longstanding problem across the South Bay. County officials also hope to increase oversight of the “independent living homes,” although it is unclear whether they have the authority or capacity to do so.
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pressdemocrat.com | Ethan Varian
Supporters of Proposition 36, a tough-on-crime measure California voters overwhelmingly approved in November, pitched it as an urgent solution to compel people struggling with addiction off the street and into treatment. Yet, in the four months since the measure took effect, no one charged with drug possession under the new law has been sent to an addiction program in either of the Bay Area’s two largest counties.
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1 week ago |
eastbaytimes.com | Ethan Varian
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1 week ago |
modbee.com | Ethan Varian
Supporters of Proposition 36, a tough-on-crime measure California voters overwhelmingly approved in November, pitched it as an urgent solution to compel people struggling with addiction off the street and into treatment. Yet, in the four months since the measure took effect, no one charged with drug possession under the new law has been sent to an addiction program in either of the Bay Area’s two largest counties.
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