February 20, 2020

California regulators eased off the state's groundbreaking new law requiring solar rooftops on most new homes, agreeing to allow developers to use a Sacramento utility's off-site solar installations instead. 

Nearly half of all unlimited outside spending comes from old-guard industries: Oil and gas. Realtors. Car dealers. Also some rich folks.

Ting may sometimes be the California Assembly’s Don Quixote, chasing seemingly impossible dreams. But he says it's a win to just get people talking.

The state's $50 million payout to needy schools, announced today, resolves a sweeping lawsuit that put California on trial for failing to give low-income students equal access to literacy instruction.

The Tech Caucus' foundation, co-launched by Assemblyman Evan Low of Campbell, woos Silicon Valley — but has stopped disclosing who actually donates to it.

Dr. Shalini Shah and Dr. Edward Mariano: Acetaminophen should not be given a Proposition 65 warning. Such a listing would confuse consumers. Acetaminophen has been studied extensively in human and animal research, and there is no clear evidence that acetaminophen should be considered a carcinogen.

Newsom focuses State of State Speech on homelessness, takes on open drug use. L.A. County reduces cost of jail. Bill would track school 'disaster days.'

An informal alliance of opposites is forming to oppose Senate Bill 10, the 2018 legislation that eliminates cash bail for criminal defendants and creates a new risk assessment program.