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11.17.17 Volume 17 Issue 5
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House OKs GOP tax bill in Trump win; Senate fate less clear BY ALAN FRAM & MARCY GORDON Associated Press
Republicans rammed a near $1.5 trillion package overhauling corporate and personal taxes through the House on Thursday, edging President Donald Trump and the GOP toward their first big legislative triumph in a year in which they and their voters expected much more. The near party-line 227-205 vote came as Democrats on the other side of the Capitol pointed to new estimates showing the Senate version of the plan would boost
future taxes on lower and middleincome Americans. Those projections, coupled with complaints by some GOP senators about their chamber’s proposal, suggest party leaders still face a challenge in crafting a measure that can make it through Congress over solid Democratic opposition. House passage raised GOP hopes that Trump would be able to claim a big victory in a year highlighted so far by the Senate crash of the party’s effort to repeal President Barack Obama’s health care law. The first major tax rewrite SEE BILL PAGE 5
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Santa Monica receives grant money to combat homelessness BY JASON STRANGIS Special to the Daily Press
Santa Monica is one of nearly 50 cities across Los Angeles County that has been chosen to receive grant money to confront the problem of rising homelessness. A total of $70,000 — the highest amount the city could have received — will help Santa Monica city leaders develop a comprehensive plan in addressing this ongoing issue. “I think that the grant funding will be very important in maximizing the collaboration between the
City of Santa Monica and the various county-funded services to combat homelessness,” said Phil Ansell, Director of the Los Angeles County Homeless Initiative. “We’ll look at the reality of homelessness in the city and what is currently being done. There’s a complex interrelated set of strategies to explore.” Each city in L.A. County will have until March of 2018 to create an individual plan. United Way’s Funder Collaborative and the county are committed to helping each city and, when needed, create realistic and actionable plans.
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Santa Monica’s homeless population has increased 26 percent from 2016-17, with a reported total of 921 homeless residents as of last January. Overall the homeless population rose 23 percent in L.A. County. Clearly, this is an issue of great concern to city leaders throughout Greater Los Angeles. They’ll get the chance to explore this issue more at length on November 29 during a strategic planning event in downtown Los Angeles. SEE GRANT PAGE 6
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Several local groups partnered to kick off the holiday season with a children’s shopping spree this week. See Page 3 for more information.
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