California lawmakers faced a difficult budget year, but they still managed to put hundreds of millions of dollars in earmarks in the state budget to benefit their districts — and help them get re-elected.

It means the city’s rate stays at 10.50% until 2027 instead of immediately increasing to 10.75%.

Hundreds of people will fan out across the city in January to census the local homeless population in hopes of finding the best ways to help.

Mello was shot last month during a botched robbery. On Saturday, his friends are raising money for his funeral.

California is under pressure to embrace more temporary homeless shelters and programs that require sobriety, at the potential expense of long-term housing.

With lines out the door, countless first-time families and emergency distribution centers, pantries and churches consider how long they can keep people fed.