October 3, 2024

Norwalk mantiene su moratoria sobre los refugios para personas sin hogar y las viviendas de apoyo incluso después de enfrentar sanciones estatales.

The mayor of Norwalk said the city enacted its far-reaching ban on shelters and other low-income housing and businesses out of frustration with the state.

Alrededor del 90% de los proyectos de ley que Newsom bloqueó este año fueron aprobados con el apoyo de más de dos tercios de los legisladores, lo suficiente para anular el veto del gobernador.

About 90% of bills that Newsom blocked this year passed with the support of more than two-thirds of legislators — enough to override a governor’s veto. But the Legislature hasn’t attempted to do so since 1979.

El Comisionado Laboral del estado a veces tiene dificultades para regresarle su salario a los trabajadores estafados. El dinero recuperado sigue en las arcas del estado.

The state Labor Commissioner sometimes struggles to get back pay to workers when it reaches wage theft settlements. It tries social media, TV and hotlines. But money owed to employees is still sitting in state accounts.

El gobernador Newsom firmó a regañadientes un proyecto de ley para reformar la ley de vehículos defectuosos del estado, a pesar de decir que tiene problemas que los legisladores deberán solucionar.

Los Angeles voters will consider three ballot measures this fall that will bring notable reforms to their city and county governments, including how they represent constituents. So why is Los Angeles is not abuzz at the prospect of change? 

Gov. Newsom reluctantly signed a bill to reform the state’s lemon-vehicle law, despite him saying it has problems that lawmakers will need to fix.