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Legislature OKs sweeping audit into CSU system following sex harassment complaints
A Valley lawmaker's demand for an independent state audit into the California State University’s handling of Title IX sex harassment complaints is moving forward.
Calif. discovers where $15 minimum wage is too high: prisons
A bill that would ban involuntary servitude and require California taxpayers to pay prisoners $15 per hour for prison jobs stalled in the Legislature.
Calif. drivers are big loser in leaked tax relief compromise proposal
A compromise being negotiated by legislative leaders and Gov. Gavin Newsom over the weekend would tie tax relief to Californians' income levels rather than aimed at drivers.
Is Calif.’s “jungle primary” facing extinction? One lawmaker hopes so.
Has California seen enough of its Jungle Primary to dump it? One California lawmaker argues it's time to make a change – again.
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.
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.
“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.
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."
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.
A Calif. bill regulating paychecks just vanished. Now, it’s requiring gun owners to carry insurance.
A California lawmaker introduced a bill that would require gun owners to obtain liability insurance for the negligent or accidental use of their firearms.
