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Fast-food workers and other SEIU members marched to the Capitol to deliver postcards and petitions in support of AB257 to the Governor's Office on May 31, 2022. Photo by Fred Greaves for CalMatters
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Buckle up for a busy month in Sacramento
Welcome to the final countdown. Today, state lawmakers will reconvene in Sacramento after a month-long summer recess — during which some traveled abroad on trips funded by special interest groups that lobby them on various issues — for the final, frenzied month of the legislative session. Legislators face an Aug. 31 deadline to determine the […]
By • August 1, 2022
Jaime Carrillo and other independent truck drivers protest California's AB 5 labor law by blocking entrance to the Matson berth at the Port of Oakland on July 21, 2022. Photo by Martin do Nascimento, CalMatters
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Truckers demand action from Newsom amid port blockade
As Gov. Gavin Newsom takes action on a slew of gun control bills, truckers are accusing him of failing to respond to a controversial state labor law they’ve been protesting for weeks, halting almost all operations at the Port of Oakland’s shipping terminals and snarling an already severely backlogged supply chain. First up: the gun […]
By • July 22, 2022
A large circular emblem on the exterior of a stone building displays the seal of the California Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General. The emblem features an image of a blindfolded figure holding a set of scales and a sword, with the inscription "Liberty and Justice Under Law." Green tree branches partially frame the top of the image, and a lamppost stands in the foreground. Security cameras are mounted on the building's facade.
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Concealed carry fiasco hangs over Capitol
A dispatch from me and CalMatters political reporter Ben Christopher: Legislative Republicans called Tuesday for an independent state audit to find out “what in the world happened” when the California Department of Justice briefly published the personal identifying information of more than 240,000 concealed carry weapon license applicants late last month. Assemblymember Jim Patterson, a […]
By • July 20, 2022
California Gov. Gavin Newsom pauses as he discusses the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade during a news conference in Sacramento on June 24, 2022. Photo by Rich Pedroncelli, AP Photo
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Mr. Newsom goes to Washington
Gov. Gavin Newsom is poised to burnish his national profile this week on a trip to Washington, D.C., where he’s set to accept an award recognizing California’s financial investments in public education and discuss such issues as gun safety, abortion, climate change and homelessness with Biden administration officials and other high-profile lawmakers. One person the […]
By • July 13, 2022
California Gov. Gavin Newsom discusses the recent mass shooting in Texas, during a news conference in Sacramento on Wednesday, May 25, 2022. Flanked by lawmakers from both houses of the state legislature, Newsom said he is ready to sign more restrictive gun measures passed by lawmakers. Photo by Rich Pedroncelli, AP Photo
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Will California gun laws pass muster?
This week, Gov. Gavin Newsom is poised to sign a bill on his desk that would create a “standard of conduct” for the gun industry — and permit California residents, the state attorney general and local governments to sue noncompliant manufacturers, retailers and distributors. Once signed, it’s almost certain to be hit with legal challenges. […]
By • July 11, 2022
Students from Miguel Contreras Learning Center high school in Los Angeles demonstrate in front of City Hall after walking out of school to protest U.S. gun violence on May 31, 2022. Photo by Lucy Nicholson, REUTERS
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More mass shootings, more gun laws coming to California
What’s more American than a mass shooting? That was the question posed by the Sacramento Bee editorial board following a spate of Fourth of July shootings in California and across the country: In Highland Park, Illinois, a gunman killed at least six people and injured dozens more during an Independence Day parade. In Sacramento, one […]
By • July 5, 2022
The California State Capitol at night. Photo via iStock Photo
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Lawmakers OK budget, despite ‘crappy’ parts
Rebates ranging from $200 to $1,050 are one step closer to landing in millions of Californians’ pockets after state lawmakers in marathon Wednesday night floor sessions passed a record-breaking $300 billion budget plan for the fiscal year beginning Friday. Though heated and hours-long, the sessions were in many ways perfunctory: The supermajority-Democratic Legislature was all […]
By • June 30, 2022
Pro-abortion demonstrators marched in Sacramento in protest of the Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe vs. Wade, June 25, 2022. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters
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Abortion amendment heads to California voters
California voters will decide in November whether to enshrine the right to abortion and contraception in the state constitution — making the Golden State the first to put reproductive rights on the ballot after a watershed U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down the federal constitutional right to an abortion. The amendment — introduced last month […]
By • June 28, 2022

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