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California Lawmakers Announce Budget Agreement, $10 Billion Taxpayer Rebate
State Assembly and Senate leaders unveiled proposed 2022-2023 state budget framework, a few weeks after Gov. Gavin announced revised budget.
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State Assembly and Senate leaders unveiled proposed 2022-2023 state budget framework, a few weeks after Gov. Gavin announced revised budget.
As June 15 deadline to agree on state's budget approaches, top credit rating agencies highlight California’s revenues; warn of uncertainty.
Parking mandates, which set minimum requirements for number of parking spaces that must accompany new development, common in many cities.
Alameda County began requiring masks in most indoor public settings once again after seeing a rise in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations.
This article details the five most expensive contested primary elections in the State Senate.
Some races could end up with two same party candidates squaring off in November's general election under state's uncommon electoral process.
This information comes from candidate reports to the California Secretary of State covering period January 1, 2021, through May 21, 2022.
Within hours of polls closing Tuesday, several highly anticipated races in California’s primary appeared largely decided.
One of the civil liberties the state’s task force on reparations says had been wrongly denied to Black residents in the state’s history.
As of Tuesday afternoon, only 18% of the state's nearly 22 million registered voters had cast their ballot in the primary election.
The bill comes weeks after a leaked draft majority opinion from the Supreme Court suggests justices are poised to overturn Roe v. Wade.
The report shows just a handful of states with outsize pension liabilities account for a large share of overall pension debt in the U.S.
That amount is a rough estimation of how much the average pensioner will receive for the projected duration of their lives in retirement.
They are calling on elected officials to review what they call a flawed legislative system for reviewing reports of misconduct.
The average price of a gallon of gasoline is making a steady march toward $5, a threshold nine states already have breached.
Bill would authorize issuance of $600 million in bonds to continue funding affordable housing projects for the state’s low-income veterans.
The survey found that 27% of Californians say inflation, jobs and the economy are the state's top issues, while 7% say they're gas and oil.
The decision comes after Robert Rivas, D-Hollister, announced Friday that he had secured enough votes to succeed Rendon as speaker.
Mail-in option necessary for farmworkers who often face intimidation from supervisors and forepersons to vote against unionizing.
Bill expands existing partial sales and use tax exemption for manufacturing and research and development equipment to full 5-year exemption.