• A new initiative will allow sports betting at horse-racing tracks and tribal casinos in California to be qualified for the November 2022 Ballot
• For the initiative, 1.4 million signatures were submitted and the secretary for state reported that counties verified enough for the measure to qualify 

• Despite the improved statewide preparation for handling energy outages, the extreme heat this summer will still cause more blackouts
• Last year in August, more than 800,000 homes and businesses had lost power over two days during a widespread heat wave that affected California and nearby states
• To prepare for this year, energy regulators have added 3,500 megawatts of capacity which includes 2,000 megawatts of 4-hour lithium-ion batteries 

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• Early in the pandemic many expected the quarantines to cause a baby bust, but instead, U.S. experts are reporting a baby bust
• Across the nation, a Thursday Brookings Institute report has projected 300,000 fewer births by 2022
• Those who are able to have children have changed their family plans and statistics show that 48% of people have decided to deploy having kids, 26% have become unsure about having kids at all, and 25% have decided to accelerate their timelines for kids

• Each power outage that has occurred has frustrated Californians and they look to blame Governor Gavin newsom 
• California’s three largest investor-owned utilities expect to cut energy from thousands of homes and businesses to prevent power lines from sparking during high risk weather conditions that could spark wildfires 
• These shut-offs are a key tool in protecting California homes and businesses from the threat of utility-caused fires
• The downside to this is that the prolonged outages aggravate residents as basic services and simple luxuries like an air conditioned home a refrigerator are taken away

• There is a large disparity between Black and Latino Vaccinations and Asian and White Vaccinations
• Overall, public health officials have expressed that they’re glad to see state officials plan to reopen nearly everything June 15
•  Public health officials are also concerned that not enough vaccines are going to the hardest hit communities, who are often essential workers
• Across the state, 39% of residents are Latinos and have almost 47% of all cases here
• Latinos have also made up 50% of deaths and received only about 20% of the vaccines so far 
• The Black community makes up 6% of the state’s residents and has nearly 7% of the cases, 5% of the deaths, and only 3% has received the vaccine 

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