Good morning. It’s Wednesday, and we’re reading about how fairy shrimps are hatching in Joshua Tree from long-dormant eggs. Onto the five USC, Los Angeles and California stories you need to know for today.

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USC students might soon be able to benefit from a $25 laundry stipend thanks to an Undergraduate Student Government proposal. The stipend, which is still in the works, could pull from the current printing allowance for students in USC Housing or change it so it can be used for both printing and laundry. Running a wash and dry cycle in USC laundry rooms typically costs around $3. The proposal is still accepting student feedback.

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California nursing homes are admitting a staggering number of patients with serious mental health illnesses, and are in many cases unqualified to care for them. A woman with schizophrenia was found face down in the rain 12 miles from her nursing home, and later died of hypothermia. A man with schizoaffective disorder was released to an unlicensed group home without proper planning, where he died of sepsis after eating his own feces. Experts say state and local governments could be in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act for failing to provide community-based care for the seniors.

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California water regulators ruled that the company that sells Arrowhead bottled water must stop siphoning millions of gallons from springs in the San Bernardino Mountains. Advocates have pushed for the ban ever since a 2015 revelation that the U.S. Forest Service was allowing Nestlé to draw water from the mountains with a long-expired permit. Environmentalists say that removing the precious water has had a detrimental effect on the forest’s ecosystem.

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Sacramento County’s top prosecutor sued the city of Sacramento over its failure to remove homeless people from the streets. District Attorney Thien Ho alleged that the city’s lax enforcement has left homeless people to suffer in “Third World” conditions, and neighbors to endure threats of violence. The suit, filed by a Democrat prosecutor against a Democrat-led city, is the latest sign of growing tensions in the state’s homelessness crisis.

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Southern California Planned Parenthood workers are unionizing after seeing a 16% increase in abortions since the end of Roe v. Wade. Many clinics have observed a sharp increase in out-of-state patients who hail from places with abortion restrictions. The workers say they’re underpaid and overworked, and that’s led to a high turnover rate.

You’re all caught up. Thanks for reading Morning, Trojan, and have a good day. Anna Hsu copy edited this newsletter

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