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Daily Edition for Friday, August 1, 2025

Trump Withholds Millions In Medical Research Funding From UCLA: The Trump administration has frozen hundreds of science, medical and other federal grants to UCLA worth nearly $200 million, citing the university’s alleged “discrimination” in admissions and failure to “promote a research environment free of antisemitism.” Chancellor Julio Frenk called the government’s action a loss for Americans who depend on the university’s life-saving research. Read more from the Los Angeles Times.

Daily Edition for Thursday, July 31, 2025

Newsom Signs Executive Order To Boost Men's Mental Health: Gov. Gavin Newsom called Wednesday for California to better address the “alarming rise in suicides and disconnection among California’s young men and boys” through a sprawling executive order outlining how the state will try “to improve mental health outcomes, reduce stigma, and expand access education, work, and mentorship opportunities” for them. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle and The Sacramento Bee.

Daily Edition for Monday, July 28, 2025

Santa Cruz Man With Quadriplegia Loses Doctor After Planned Parenthood Closure: Cameron Cox, 31, requires around-the-clock care for his spastic quadriplegia, a severe form of cerebral palsy. When his mom couldn’t find a primary care doctor to take him on as a patient last year, she turned to Planned Parenthood Mar Monte, which provided care for some people on Medicaid. A doctor there has had regular visits with him since August. But now the clinic is closed after the GOP-approved budget bill cut its Medicaid reimbursements. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle.

Daily Edition for Friday, July 25, 2025

Trump’s Homelessness Crackdown Met With Concern: Orange County officials and frontline workers are responding with a mix of concern and selective support to President Donald Trump‘s executive order targeting homelessness, a sweeping directive that leans heavily on law enforcement, civil commitments, and mandatory treatment. The executive order doesn’t name California’s CARE Court, but the measures it lays out raise questions about how the program might be affected. Read more from The Orange County Register and The Washington Post. Scroll down for more news about homelessness.