{"id":474020,"date":"2026-09-24T08:32:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T08:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/474020\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T08:32:29","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T08:32:29","slug":"latest-line-a-good-week-for-classic-car-owners-a-bad-week-for-santa-clara-countys-child-welfare-leader-east-bay-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/474020\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest line: A good week for classic car owners, a bad week for Santa Clara County\u2019s child welfare leader \u2013 East Bay Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-article_inline_half lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790238748_548_arrow-3.png\" data-attachment-id=\"10234473\" \/>Classic car owners<\/p>\n<p>A bipartisan bill easing smog check rules for owners of late 1970s to early 1980s cars, often favored by lowrider enthusiasts,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2026\/09\/16\/newsom-signs-lenos-law-easing-smog-checks-for-some-classic-cars\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> got Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s signature<\/a> after a two-year legislative effort to overcome clean air concerns.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-article_inline_half lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790238748_949_arrows3.png\" data-attachment-id=\"10326189\" \/>Wendy Kinnear-Rausch<\/p>\n<p>The Santa Clara County Department of Family and Children\u2019s Services Director acknowledged<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2026\/09\/07\/santa-clara-county-nearly-tripled-child-removals-is-fear-driving-the-decisions\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> \u201cwe have significant areas of improvement\u201d<\/a> needed after a state Department of Social Services report found it placed vulnerable children in foster homes before completing required background safety checks.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-article_inline_half lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790238749_908_arrow-sideways-3.png\" data-attachment-id=\"10234475\" \/>Billionaires<\/p>\n<p>A Public Policy Institute of California poll found voters narrowly supporting Proposition 40, a ballot measure to tax 5% of their total wealth. But the poll also found majorities narrowly supporting two counter-measures, Proposition 41 and 42, aimed at invalidating it. The measure with the most votes wins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Classic car owners A bipartisan bill easing smog check rules for owners of late 1970s to early 1980s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":474021,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[184,7,400,57615,11649,181,23,205,100,13,88,90,89],"class_list":["post-474020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-bay-area","tag-california","tag-california-politics","tag-in-case-you-missed-it","tag-internal-affairs","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-local-politics","tag-news","tag-politics","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=474020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/474021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=474020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=474020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=474020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}