The landmark environmental bill, CEQA, has been credited with preventing irreversible damage to natural habitats. But it’s also provided an avenue for resistant neighbors to block new housing in urban areas.
Forty-one percent of unsheltered seniors were never homeless before age 50. Finding them all homes will be difficult but helps focus outreach efforts.
Just what is the military allowed to do in dealing with local disturbances? We’re finding out.
Currently, as part of their training, students work for free for a year as teachers or classroom aides. That creates an economic hardship that discourages some potential recruits.
The rejected bills included tax credits for the parents of young children, a provision for a state-funded scientific research institute, and legislation exempting service workers’ tips from state income tax.
In Los Angeles, as in other parts of the state, the city and county are failing to cooperate in effective ways.
The governor is calling for closure of an unspecified prison as a cost-saving measure. The state’s inmate population is down 45 percent from its peak in 2006.
The city is short by $31 million for the fiscal year ending next month. Tapping reserves will make balancing next year’s budget that much harder.
The Yorba Linda, Calif., water district has the country’s largest PFAS treatment facility of its kind. The drinking water it delivers to customers is free of these unwanted “forever chemicals.”
The state insurance commission is allowing the insurer to raise rates due to financial distress caused by $7 billion in claims from Los Angeles County fires. Rates will rise an average of 17 percent for homeowners.
A bill would allow local governments to devote up to a quarter of their homeless funds to residential programs that practice sobriety.
During the pandemic, California released about 15,000 prisoners early. About a third ended up back in prison by the start of this year.
Under pressure from business groups and the governor, the California Privacy Protection Agency watered down AI safeguards in areas such as targeted advertising.
Each home and the overall layout of a San Diego County subdivision meet wildfire-resilient standards set by the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety.
A pair of bills that would encourage construction are moving through the state Senate despite the opposition of key committee chairs.
The change is most dramatic in Silicon Valley, which is seeing more highly educated immigrants arrive from India and China.
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