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In a rare strategic move for Democrats in Nebraska, Cindy Burbank won the Democratic nomination for Senate. She is expected to withdraw from the general election to allow independent candidate Dan Osborne to run against incumbent Republican Senator Pete Ricketts. Polling indicates Osborne leads Ricketts 46% to 42%, while Burbank trailed 38% to 49%. This maneuver consolidates anti-Republican votes behind a stronger challenger.

Cindy Burbank won the Democratic nomination with over 90% of the vote and is widely expected to step down to allow independent Dan Osborne a head-to-head race against Pete Ricketts. A new poll shows Osborne leading Ricketts 46% to 42%, whereas Burbank trailed 38% to 49%.

Los Angeles has achieved a 17.5% reduction in homelessness during Mayor Bass's administration, contrasting with national trends of increasing homelessness. The strategy involves moving away from merely plucking individuals from encampments to housing entire encampments at once. Mayor Bass also advocates for state policy changes to allow involuntary hospitalization for profoundly ill unhoused individuals, seeing it as a more humane alternative to incarceration.

The first time we've had a reduction of homelessness, period, 17.5% while it's going up nationally. We get rid of the entire encampment by housing everybody at once. I'm a big proponent of involuntary hospitalization.

Mayor Bass has implemented executive directives to expedite building permits, initially for affordable housing and now more broadly. Reforms include leveraging artificial intelligence, self-certification for architects, establishing a concierge service within the DWP to prevent delays, and centralizing the development process. These changes aim to combat the city's notoriously slow and expensive building environment, despite facing resistance from entrenched departments.

I did executive directive one which expedited building. We are learning with artificial intelligence and self-certification of architects. The DWP is beginning to establish a concierge service. I've gotten a lot of resistance from departments and I've had to change the leadership.

To combat the outflow of film production, Mayor Bass's administration has reduced permit fees significantly (e.g., Griffith Park Observatory from $100,000 to $30,000), opened iconic city buildings for filming, and reduced required on-location staff. She also actively advocates for expanded, uncapped state tax credits and federal tax credits to make California more competitive against other states and countries offering lucrative incentives.

I reduced the amount of money you have to pay to film here. Griffith Park Observatory, it was $100,000 to shoot. We've reduced it by 70%. I want to see one continue if not expand the tax credits, no cap. I think that there's other things that they could do statewide. What I really want to see is federal tax credits.