HUD now requires unhoused people get treatment or enroll in other services if they want federally-funded permanent housing. Oregon providers say that conflicts with the state's funding requirements - forcing them to choose between federal or state dollars
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After the maternity ward in Baker City, Oregon closed in 2023, Teela Banister and her husband had to drive nearly an hour to get to a hospital with an obstetrics unit. She ended up giving birth in this car, about halfway to the hospital. investigatewest.org/rural-oregon-t

Wrapping up my first week in Oregon reporting for @investigatewest.bsky.social by way of Report for America, so I feel like it is as good a time as any to put the bat signal out for story tips!

Got an idea? Reach me at danielle@investigatewest.org!!

🧵San Diego County supervisors voted unanimously today to back Supervisor Monica Montgomery Steppe's proposal that the county start talks to add up to 30 new behavioral health inpatient beds at Paradise Valley Hospital and take a series of other steps to bolster local offerings.

Good homelessness news: @rtfhsd.bsky.social reports that the number of newly housed San Diegans outpaced the number who became homeless for the second month in a row after 2+ years with the opposite trend.

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🚨 Red Flag Warning issued January 8 at 1:39PM PST until January 10 at 6:00PM PST by NWS San Diego CA 🚨
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Former Texas Rep. Scott Turner spent nine seasons in the NFL, including in San Diego, and now chairs the Trump-affiliated Center for Education Opportunity at the America First Policy Institute.

Cicero was a very wise man