CA Budget Agreement and Anti-Tax Initiative Ruling | Exploring ‘Lavender Courtyard’ | Lavender Blue Festival

Insight With Vicki Gonzalez

Unpacking California’s budget agreement and a recent state Supreme Court ruling. Meeting the residents of the Lavender Courtyard housing community. Finally, celebrating lavender at the Lavender Blue Festival.

CA Budget Agreement and Anti-Tax Initiative Ruling

Governor Gavin Newsom and California’s legislative leaders have reached a budget agreement to close an estimated $56 billion shortfall over the next two years. And just last week, the California Supreme Court unanimously ruled to keep an anti-tax initiative off the November ballot, the first such ruling in over two decades. CalMatters Capitol Reporter Alexei Koseff joins Insight to talk about these latest political developments.

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Exploring ‘Lavender Courtyard’

The Lavender Courtyard apartment complex opened two years ago in midtown Sacramento, offering an affordable, welcoming space for LGBTQ+ seniors. Tejal Shah, Vice President of Community Development at Mutual Housing and residents Arthur Gerald and Cory Whetstone talk about what Lavender Courtyard means to the community, and the services it provides.

Lavender Blue Festival

Many people in the Sacramento region know the town of Camino and surrounding area for its apple orchards, pumpkin farms and fall donuts. But there’s so much more to Apple Hill, even in the summer. John Havicon is the owner of Bluestone Meadow Farm and he explains how the Lavender Blue Festival began.