Bar Exam AI Sparks Outrage, Homeless Funds Under Scrutiny, Amazon Faces Union Showdown

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🗓️ 24 April 2025

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California’s State Bar admits it used AI to write bar exam questions, triggering outrage, legal review, and calls for reform. Los Angeles voters approved billions in new homelessness taxes, but the maze of oversight boards has left even elected officials struggling to track results. The NLRB says Amazon must negotiate with Teamsters at its San Francisco warehouse, a case that could set a national precedent. Warner Bros. Discovery’s Max joins the streaming crackdown on password sharing.

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0:00.0	This is an LA Times Studios podcast.
0:10.0	Hi, I'm Angelica Cornado at LA Times Studios.
0:13.0	Here are some of today's top headlines from the Los Angeles Times.
0:19.0	Nearly two months after hundreds of future California lawyers complained about technical issues
0:24.2	with their bar exams, the California State Bar is facing new outrage.
0:29.2	This time, they're admitting some multiple choice questions were written with the help of
0:33.2	AI, not lawyers.
0:35.8	Jenny Jarvie reports, out of 171 questions, 23 were developed using AI by the bar's independent
0:42.8	and non-legally trained psychometrition.
0:46.2	Critics say this is a conflict of interest since the same firm helped vet and approve the
0:50.5	questions.
0:52.2	Students had already raised concerns about February's exam,
0:55.4	pointing to typos, tech glitches,
0:57.5	and nonsensical questions.
0:59.7	The state bar is defending its process,
1:01.9	but with lawsuits, audit calls, and a court review underway,
1:05.7	the fight over how California tests future lawyers
1:08.5	is far from over.
1:11.6	After years of spending billions to fight homelessness with little progress,
1:15.6	LA voters said yes to two new tax measures, this time with built-in oversight.
1:21.6	Reporter Doug Smith says the funds from measure ULA and measure A come with a complex web of boards and committees to track where the money goes.
1:30.3	Both measures are expected to bring in over $1.5 billion this year.
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