Years after California reduced vehicle license fees and promised to make cities and counties whole, a glitch in the payment system may cause San Mateo County to lose $220 million a year.
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Newsom pushes environmental carve-out for campaign donor’s Santa Monica project
A last-minute Newsom proposal could exempt a Santa Monica housing project from the regular coastal development process. The developer, Jeff Worthe, is a longtime Newsom donor and appointee.
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California sues to block Trump’s mail-in voting rules just days after loss at Supreme Court
California announced a new lawsuit over President Trump’s executive order on mail-in voting, arguing in part that the Constitution gives states’ power over elections.
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Equipos federales de lucha contra incendios forestales están sobrecargados. California está interviniendo para ayudar
A medida que avanza la temporada de incendios, California está gestionando los combustibles y los incendios en los terrenos federales. ¿Podrá el estado mantener este ritmo?
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Con el tiempo en contra, los legisladores de California rechazan partes clave del plan de Newsom para combatir los incendios forestales
El gobernador Gavin Newsom está impulsando con urgencia un plan para brindar ayuda financiera a las empresas de servicios públicos que enfrentan enormes indemnizaciones por demandas judiciales debido a los incendios forestales en California. Algunos legisladores se oponen a la medida.
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Meta to pay $17 billion — and limit ‘likes’ for teens — in social media settlement with states
California will get over $2 billion from Meta as part of a proposed settlement in a 47-state social media addiction case. The trial kicked off just last week in a federal court in Oakland.
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UC should examine how it sorts students by campus
New students are pegged by the informal hierarchy of UC campuses, affecting resources, faculty credentials, graduation chances and future earning ability.
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California’s political battle over key environmental law brews on two fronts
Legislators this week and voters this November will weigh in on measures to curtail some of CEQA’s vexing construction project restrictions.
Posted inHealth
Parents of transgender kids say California is ‘unprepared’ as feds cut off their healthcare
Parents of transgender kids warned California for months. State officials are rushing to find money before the Oct. 13 deadline.
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Surprise Solano County vote kills California Forever’s shipyard bill for this year
Supervisors rejected a California Forever plan backed by Gov. Gavin Newsom to allow construction of a shipbuilding facility in Solano County.