Good morning, California. It’s Wednesday, September 2. Housing, police, economic bills Gov. Gavin Newsom made his 2020 priorities for California very clear in his February State of the State speech: Address homelessness and pass a major housing production bill. But the state’s highest-profile housing bill died minutes before the legislative session ended Monday amid political […]

State lawmakers aimed for a $600-a-week unemployment extension and billions in tax vouchers. Federal inaction, economic anxiety and the pandemic derailed those plans.

Activists filled the streets but couldn’t fill the Capitol. And lawmakers ran out of time to hash out complex laws. A few bills passed, but the most controversial ones stalled.

Glitches in the current system resulted in inaccurate case totals, and the state’s public health director resigned less than a week later.

El gobernador y la Legislatura deben mantener la moratoria en los cortes al servicio de agua y asegurar ayuda económica para las familias que están en apuros.

La Legislatura de California dejó mucho por hacer cuando cerró sus actividades del año, exponiendo las debilidades del estado.

Good morning, California. It’s Tuesday, September 1. Newsom signs in nick of time Hundreds of thousands of California renters were saved from eviction — at least for the next few months — under a bill lawmakers passed and Gov. Gavin Newsom signed late Monday night, a day before the state’s eviction ban is set to […]

A measure requiring manufacturers to reduce single-use plastics in landfills fails to win over Republicans and moderate Democrats.

For anyone who has spent the last five months working from home, these teleconference call mishaps ought to sound familiar:  Your lunch delivery arrives smack in the middle of a presentation, or your dog won’t stop yapping.  An exasperated colleague drops a muted but unmistakable F-bomb.  A co-worker mocks a colleague’s comments to his “hon” […]

A compromise to prevent feared eviction tsunami passes Legislature with little time to spare.