June 5, 2023

A new interpretation of an old law gives homebuilders leverage over California cities and their zoning codes. They’re using it to push through thousands of new apartments around the state.

EN RESUMEN Las empresas a menudo conocidas como empresas de acceso a salarios devengados (earned wage access) ofrecen servicios similares a los préstamos de día de pago (payday loans), pero no tienen las mismas regulaciones. Los reguladores estatales han propuesto reglas para la industria que serían las primeras en la nación. Read this article in […]

Consumer groups say some new “earned wage access” services are similar to payday loans, but they’ve been operating in a legal gray area. A California department has proposed rules that would be the first in the country to systematically regulate the industry.

California families that have long sought sweeping reforms to the state's mental health care system are feeling hopeful about Gov. Gavin Newsom's plan to pursue a bond measure and update the Mental Health Services Act.

President Biden signed on Saturday a last-ditch bill to raise the national debt limit that includes Republican-forced provisions for stricter work requirements on welfare recipients. But California is headed in the opposite direction. And that could lead to the state losing a big chunk of the federal grants that fund its CalWORKS program. As Jeanne […]

The state Assembly has passed legislation to require large cities, counties and school districts to use independent commissions to redraw districts for their governing boards, but the measure exempts five major counties.