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Newsom’s biggest budget win? Lawmakers didn’t break his heart
State budget negotiations began as a love fest, but that didn't last long. How did rookie Gov. Gavin Newsom's experience compare with Jerry Brown's?
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Beneath their rival efforts to reduce police shootings, two lawmakers share one common experience as mothers
Two California Democrats took rival approaches to reduce police shootings. Yet as mothers—one African American, the other Latina—both lawmakers have had remarkably similar experiences in one respect: They instructed their teenage sons to cautiously navigate encounters with police, and they ultimately felt the police did not treat their sons fairly.
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The Deciders
For more than a year, Assemblywoman Shirley Weber has been working on a bill meant to curb police shootings by limiting when police can use deadly force. The San Diego Democrat persevered through political setbacks and failed attempts at compromise before landing on a version that now appears likely to become law. A sharecropper’s daughter […]
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Episode Three: The Deciders
For more than a year, Assemblywoman Shirley Weber has been working on a bill meant to curb police shootings by limiting when police can use deadly force. She persevered through political setbacks and failed attempts at compromise before landing on a version that now appears likely to become law.
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In California, a blue wave and progressive governor: So why are so many leftist plans going under?
As the Capitol passes the halfway point for making new laws this year, the progressive policies that are advancing amount to less of a torrent than a trickle.
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Deal: California poised to pass one of nation’s toughest police use-of-force standards
A historic deal to reduce police shootings will give California one of the nation's highest lethal force standards. Key will be defining 'necessary force.'
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Why California’s efforts to limit soda keep fizzling
After the beverage industry blocked local soda taxes, health advocates in California tried a statewide measure. Here's why Big Soda is winning anyway.
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In housing, privacy and more, a Capitol lightning round nixes controversial bills
Some of the most controversial ideas California lawmakers were considering this year were set aside as the Legislature culled hundreds of bills in a fast-and-furious annual procedural ritual.
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Bonus: A discussion on police misconduct and transparency in California
Force of Law host Laurel Rosenhall moderated a panel in Sacramento on police misconduct and transparency in California.