August 17, 2023

Two different state courts have ruled recently that the human noise created by future tenants in housing projects are a form of pollution that cities must address. Lawmakers and the governor are working to reverse that novel interpretation of environmental law.

Read this story in English. Cuando una mujer se negó a testificar contra un hombre acusado de agredirla, un juez del condado de Los Ángeles utilizó las acusaciones que hizo la noche del incidente que fueron grabadas por la cámara corporal de un oficial de Policía.  Esta semana, la Corte Suprema de California dictaminó por unanimidad que […]

Read this story in English. En un gran cambio radical, el gobernador Gavin Newsom cedió terreno esta semana en su plan de salud mental característico, con el objetivo de apaciguar a los críticos que han argumentado que su reforma privaría a los servicios juveniles y otros programas administrados por el condado de millones de dólares […]

Gov. Gavin Newsom wants counties to spend some revenue from California’s so-called “millionaire’s tax” on the state’s homeless crisis. That alarms advocates for programs that are getting that money today.

More California police departments are deploying body cameras. A new court ruling restricts how prosecutors can use footage of witness accounts at trial.

A proposed pilot program to reduce pedestrian accidents in six California cities is receiving pushback because critics believe installing speed cameras would unfairly target low-income communities. A proponent of the bill argues that the disparities in traffic safety is the more urgent issue.

The California Chamber of Commerce has its annual “job killer” list, with a track record of spiking bills that is the envy of other industry groups. By its count, only 58 of the 824 bills labeled “job killers” between 1997 and 2022 made it into law without at least significant changes it wanted. Similarly, California […]