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Wealthy Bay Area towns’ new way to dodge low-income housing? Exploit the developmentally disabled.
California's low-income housing requirements have been a thorn in the side of the state's richest communities. Now, neighbors are crafting new ways to circumvent mandates.
February 13, 2023
Calif. data points to pendulum swing from mass incarceration to “mass victimization”
California's forced reduction of prison populations has, predictably, driven up a number of categories. Among them? The number of crime victims.
February 13, 2023
Surging crime forces a second-look at Calif.’s criminal justice reforms
A new study from the Pacific Research Institute puts a brighter light on the seismic impact of criminal reforms from the 2010s.
February 12, 2023
Turning cell block to voting bloc? Valley legislators dish on giving jailed felons voting rights.
Central Valley lawmakers are speaking out against a proposal to send ballots to prisons.
February 8, 2023
Many questions, few answers as CPUC digs into natural gas price spike
Credits are on the way to ease the burden of high natural gas bills, but the CPUC is still puzzling over the nature of the high prices.
February 7, 2023
Calif.’s easy-to-pass local tax measures could get harder to approve. Here’s why.
A measure to raise the threshold to approve local taxes in California is making the 2024 ballot.
February 6, 2023
Referendum on oil drilling buffer zone certified, headed to 2024 ballot
The state's 3,200-foot buffer zone law cannot be resumed until November 2024 at the earliest.
February 6, 2023
CPUC green lights immediate distribution of energy bill credits
Californians will not have to wait until April to see some relief on their natural gas bills.
February 2, 2023
Newsom doubles down on curtailing concealed carry, vows support for upcoming bill
A U.S. Supreme Court decision made it considerably more difficult to curtail concealed carry. California Democrats aren't giving up.
February 2, 2023
Calif. medical misinformation law blocked by Federal judge
A California law tried to clamp down on medical misinformation related to COVID-19 and sought to focus on "consensus." The problem? A judge couldn't find consensus.
February 1, 2023