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Who’s enforcing Calif.’s new ‘granny flat’ law? Housing activists.
Dozens of California cities launched ordinances to block a 2021 law allowing to split residential lots for multiple homes. California's hefty bureaucracy can't keep up.
Fresno, Bakersfield mayors press Newsom, legislature to extend homeless program
At the top of mind? A program that sent millions to the California's cities to provide roughly 25,000 shelter beds.
Amid sky-high gas prices, enviros press to shutter 27% of Calif. oil wells
Draft rules to curb oil wells near sensitive uses, including homes and schools, could shutter a wide swath of California's shrinking energy production.
Calif. public school enrollment sinks below 6mil kids
For the first time since the start of the century, California has fewer than 6 million students attending public schools.
School vax mandate bill pulled amid mounting opposition, Calif. lawmaker announces.
Vaccine mandate bills have struggled mightily in the 2022 legislative session.
Pay to play? Newsom interfering in probe of Activision-Blizzard, whistleblower claims.
Claims of Newsom-led interference in the probe by now-ousted California watchdog attorneys coincide with $100,000 contributions to his recall defense committee in 2021.
Valley counties team up in request to Newsom for increased oil production
A growing coalition of Central Valley counties is urging California Gov. Gavin Newsom to expand in-state oil production with gas prices sitting at record highs.
Plenty of blanks, questions loom over Newsom’s gas relief plan
The tax relief plan, which will require serious wrangling with the Legislature, is catching heat for its structure. Here's why.
Calif. lawmakers rollout Newsom’s homeless mental illness court plan
California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s latest homelessness plan, which aims to force homeless residents into treatment, has finally made its way to the state legislature.
PG&E to pay $55mil to avoid criminal prosecution in pair of fires
Pacific Gas & Electric has agreed to pay more than $55 million to avoid criminal prosecution for two major wildfires started by its aging power lines in Northern California.
