California’s first-in-the-nation task force on reparations agreed residents should qualify for compensation. But should certain “vulnerable” former residents, such as foster kids or ex-prisoners, be eligible?
California and six other drought-parched states have until Tuesday to hammer out a deal to cut their voracious thirst for Colorado River water by up to 30%. Don’t hold your breath. As the New York Times reported over the weekend, no one is volunteering to make the cuts that the federal government is now demanding, […]
At least a half-dozen high-impact measures are likely to appear on the 2024 California ballot, generating multi-million-dollar campaigns for and against.
EN RESUMEN Siete años después de que la Ley de Conductores Seguros y Responsables (Safe and Responsible Drivers Act) otorgara a los residentes indocumentados una licencia para conducir, el estado está listo para expandir su impacto, pero la ley todavía tiene detractores. Read this article in English. En una noche reciente, junto al embalse de […]
Seven years after the Safe and Responsible Drivers Act gave undocumented residents a license to drive, the state is ready to expand its impact, but the law still has detractors.
Has California reached an upper limit on what it can do to regulate guns? Following a pattern as old as gun control itself, state lawmakers are responding to the back-to-back mass shootings that killed 18 people this week with more legislation: Democratic Sens. Catherine Blakespear of Encinitas and Nancy Skinner of Oakland announced Thursday they’re […]
EN RESUMEN Los productores y las ciudades del sur de California que obtengan agua del acueducto estatal recibirán el 30% de las asignaciones solicitadas. Esa es la mayor cantidad en enero desde 2017, después de que las fuertes lluvias alimentaran los embalses. Lea este artículo en español. Los funcionarios estatales anunciaron hoy que las entregas […]