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Russian forces aim to cut off Ukraine’s coastal cities Tribune Content Agency KYIV, Ukraine — Russian forces bombarded and besieged a swath of southern Ukrainian cities Thursday, seeking to sever access to the country’s crucial seacoasts even as the invaders appeared stalled in a bid to knock out Ukraine’s leadership by capturing or subduing the capital, Kyiv. As Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine shuddered into a second week, the full extent of a European refugee crisis on a scale not seen since World War II was coming into focus. An estimated 1 million Ukrainians – half of them children – have sought refuge outside the country, the United Nations and humanitarian organizations say. The total number of those displaced internally and externally could swell to a staggering 10 million, U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said. Despite a tentative agreement Thursday by Ukrainian and Russian negotiators to set up safe corridors in some locales to allow humanitarian aid in and civilians out, the ferocity of the fighting has been escalating daily. Russian forces unleashed a fresh barrage of artillery fire, rockets and air attacks Thursday on Mariupol, a strategic city of some 430,000 people in southeastern Ukraine, on the Sea of Azov near the Russian border, news reports said.
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A homeless encampment is seen in Fairfield, Thursday.
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Soldiers check vehicles at a checkpoint on a main road entering the city, on the seventh day of the Russian invasion, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday.
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FAIRFIELD — Solano County Supervisor Mitch Mashburn is a big believer in elected officials taking the lead on critical issues such as homelessness. He is not a big fan of leaving it up to city and county staff members – especially if that approach, as he sees it, has not resulted in any real progress. That was the foundational motivation for the “homeless and housing summit” Thursday at the county Events Center. The representatives from the seven cities were asked to take back to their full councils
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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden announced new sanctions on more than a dozen Russian oligarchs and their families, as pressure continued to build on Capitol Hill for an even tougher response to Moscow a week after it invaded Ukraine, particularly a ban on imports of Russian oil and gas. The White House imposed sanctions on 19 wealthy Russian individuals and 47 of their family members and close associates, including President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, Dmitri Peskov, and Alisher Usmanov, one of the wealthiest men in Russia. Unwilling to engage Russia’s military directly, the United States and Europe have also increased their shipments of weapons and defense materiel to Ukraine in recent days, as live television coverage of Russia’s unprovoked aggression and social media posts from Ukraine have galvanized the West. Meanwhile, both the U.S. and European leaders continue to ratchet up the economic pressure on the elites in Putin’s inner circle in an effort to bring an end to his merciless assault on Ukraine. “We want (Putin) to feel the squeeze, we want the people around him to feel the squeeze,” Psaki said. “Making them a priority and a focus of our individual sanctions is something the president has been focused on.” The U.S. restrictions will prohibit those
SACRAMENTO — As California cities struggle to address a homelessness and mental health crisis on their streets, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration on Thursday unveiled a proposal to compel more people with severe psychiatric disorders and addiction issues into court-ordered care that includes medication and housing. The proposal, which Newsom is calling the Community Assistance, Recovery and Empowerment Court, is the state’s latest effort to address one of California’s greatest struggles, and a recognition that something more robust is needed to solve the problem. Newsom allocated $12 billion for homelessness in the state budget last year and proposed another $2 billion in his January financial blueprint. But implementing
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The CAP-Solano board restructure is based, in part, on an effort by some cities to meet informally in what they describe as a two-by-two format, where two members of the city councils from each city have been gathering monthly for nearly a year. A more unified front is expected to result in getting more of the unprecedented amount of state and federal dollars that are available for homelessness and affordable housing needs, but also to set countywide policies and procedures. Spering said identifying locations and opportunities for housing projects to address See Summit, Page A8
Judges could order help for homeless Californians under Newsom’s new plan
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a resolution that, if adopted, would restructure the board of directors for the Community Action Partnership of Solano JPA. Dixon is the only jurisdiction that is not part of CAP-Solano at this time. Instead of appointments by the city councils and Board of Supervisors, two elected officials from each agency would sit as the decision-makers. “What we want to do is put a structure in place that addresses these (homelessness) issues,” Supervisor Jim Spering said as the meeting was wrapping up. “If we don’t get organized, we are not going to be able to solve these problems,” he said.
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A homeless encampment on a sidewalk along Arcadia Street earlier this year in Los Angeles. a court-ordered response to mental illness and substance abuse disorders would accelerate the state’s multipronged
strategy to help thousands of people get much-needed services. All of California’s 58 counties would have
to participate in CARE Court, and local governments could face sanctions if they don’t comply with its requirements. On a Thursday call with reporters, administration officials said the new program aims to save lives and prevent incarceration and homelessness among the state’s most vulnerable residents through a modernized approach that doesn’t default to conservatorship. Conservatorships are usually reserved for those with serious mental illnesses, and hand legal See Help, Page A8
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