June 29, 2022

In a bid to avoid power shortages, state lawmakers approved funding that could save California’s Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant.

The University of California is delegating to tribal councils blank-check authority to decide who will get free tuition and who will not.

Responding to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling, California legislators push a bill to restrict concealed carry permits. New numbers show a wide variation among counties in how many permits have been issued. But in publishing the data, the state Department of Justice exposed personal information of permit holders.

Even though it isn’t yet clear who will face off against Democratic incumbent Ricardo Lara for California insurance commissioner in the November general election, the slate of statewide ballot initiatives is beginning to take shape. On Tuesday, two days before the deadline to finalize the list of ballot measures, Secretary of State Shirley Weber announced […]

Two pending California budget-related bills, one to tax lithium extraction and another to reduce taxes on marijuana, demonstrate the arbitrary nature of tax policy