In the fall of 2023, the California Legislature tasked the state’s fire safety regulators with writing a report that some housing affordability advocates say could make it easier…
Read more State fire marshal misses deadline for apartment building safety report, angering housing advocatesGov. Gavin Newsom has promised to push state lawmakers leading the California Capitol Annex project to be more transparent about how they’re using taxpayer dollars, but documents show…
Read more What is Gov. Gavin Newsom’s role in the California Capitol Annex project?California has passed three new bills designed to boost privacy for internet users, governor Gavin Newsom’s office announced. The biggest one, AB 566, builds on a 2018 law…
Read more California just passed three bills to boost internet privacyThe California Legislature this week approved a bill that would ban state lawmakers from signing non-disclosure agreements when they decide how to use taxpayer dollars or create state…
Read more California lawmakers approve bill to make it a crime for them to sign NDAs when negotiating state lawsPresident Donald Trump announced that the Department of Justice (DOJ) will pursue a lawsuit against California over its new congressional map. Trump declared in the Oval Office that…
Read more Trump Leads Charge Against California’s Redistricting With DOJ ActionBy Brad Brooks (Reuters) -California Republicans filed on Monday their second legal challenge against Governor Gavin Newsom’s redistricting plan, which aims to give Democrats five more Congressional seats…
Read more California Republicans sue to block Congressional redistricting planCalifornia’s Supreme Court on Wednesday evening rejected Republicans’ efforts to stall work on Democrats’ redistricting proposals. Republican legislators earlier this week asked the state’s Supreme Court to intervene…
Read more California Supreme Court rejects Republicans’ efforts to halt redistricting proposalsSACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom called California lawmakers into a special session Saturday after Assembly Democrats pushed back on his request to approve new requirements on oil refineries in…
Read more Newsom calls Legislature into special session after lawmakers reject his latest salvo at Big OilCalifornia would become the fifth state to require public schools to restrict or ban student smartphone use on school grounds under legislation Gov. Gavin Newsom has supported and…
Read more California bill requiring schools to limit student cellphone use awaits governor’s signatureGov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation Monday that will make California the first U.S. state to stop school districts from notifying parents if their child starts using different pronouns…
Read more Newsom signs first-in-nation bill banning schools’ transgender notification policies
