Good morning, I hope you’re having a good week. Here are the five USC, Los Angeles and California stories you need to know for today.
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein said she won’t seek reelection, at last bringing an end to the awkward shadow race and formally clearing the field for the high-profile Democratic free-for-all that’s sure to come. Feinstein was San Francisco’s first female mayor and the longest-serving female senator in U.S. history.
USC will distribute free Naloxone — an opioid reversal drug — every Wednesday through April 5 at the farmer’s market in McCarthy Quad. The program is part of a nation-wide effort to tamp down on the fentanyl crisis, which the university’s chief health officer said has led to a “small” number of student overdoses.
California’s population dropped by more than half a million people between April 2020 and July 2022, a decrease second only to New York. Experts pointed to high housing costs, the rise of remote work, crime and pollution in large urban centers.
A proposed San Francisco policy would void the city’s sanctuary laws for immigrants convicted of selling fentanyl, potentially opening the door to their deportation. Public officials in the past have said that many street dealers in the city are Honduran immigrants in the country illegally.
Voting begins today to decide the fate of a prospective union of USC graduate student workers. The two-day election closes Thursday at 7 p.m., decided by a simple majority vote of union-eligible workers, who appear poised to deliver a resounding “yes” on unionization.
