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Buying your first house? Meet a possible new co-owner: the State of California.
A program at the center of state budget negotiations would see California taxpayers provide up to 17% of the down payment on a house in exchange for a stake in the home.
June 22, 2022
Convenient timing? Calif. gas rebates set to “certainly” arrive before Nov. absentee ballots
Californians waiting for the Golden State to deliver financial relief for historically-high gas prices might find the timing of their check suspicious.
June 22, 2022
Garbage rate hikes, massive new housing development take center stage for Madera Co. Supervisors
Despite a bevy of public opposition, garbage collection rate increases are headed to Madera County.
June 22, 2022
Biden hints at Federal gas tax holiday
The average price of a gallon of gas cracked $5 per gallon. Now President Joe Biden is considering an idea sworn off by California Democrats.
June 21, 2022
Meet the new pandemic crushing Calif.’s small businesses: PAGA abuse.
California's Private Attorneys General Act was enacted to “protect consumers” from the predations of businesses. Instead, it's only helped trial lawyers and made victims out of Hispanic entrepreneurs, Julian Canete writes in Sun View.
June 20, 2022
Judge clears path for Fresno to close Tower Theatre purchase
The City of Fresno’s attempt to purchase the historic Tower Theatre is now an inevitability following a favorable ruling from a Fresno County judge.
June 20, 2022
“Untenable”: Calif. low-income housing projects busting $1 million per unit to build
More than a half-dozen low-income housing developments underway in the Golden State have seen housing unit costs spiral beyond $1 million each.
June 20, 2022
Calif. Dems answer to July 1 gas tax increase? Form a committee.
Despite the continued urgency of high gas prices, the California Assembly Select Committee on Gasoline Supply and Pricing won't hold its first meeting for "a number of weeks."
June 20, 2022
Calif. Democratic lawmakers belatedly hit panic button over gas tax increase
Democratic lawmakers in Sacramento are now trying to take new action in response to skyrocketing gas prices – but it's too late.
June 19, 2022
Fresno could finalize acquisition of Tower Theatre next week, judge says
An attempt by Fresno's Adventure Church to halt the sale of the Tower Theatre to Fresno taxpayers is likely to come up short, based on a tentative ruling issued Wednesday.
June 16, 2022