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California lawmakers on Thursday advanced the second of two measures designed to cut through local zoning ordinances, spurred by a shortage of affordable housing, rising home prices and an increasing homeless population.
California lawmakers will wait until next year to consider decriminalizing psychedelics, with the bill's author saying Thursday that he will keep working to persuade the public and legislators that it's a good idea.
California's top court rejected an attempt to make it harder to impose the death penalty, ruling Thursday in favor of the current system where jurors need not unanimously agree on aggravating factors used to justify the punishment.
Democrat Kevin Paffrath shook up the recall debate stage Wednesday in his first appearance alongside three Republican rivals, accusing them of lacking bold plans and pitching himself as the best option to lead California should voters remove Gov. Gavin Newsom from office.
Frustrated by out-of-control increases in drug overdose deaths, California's leaders are trying something radical: They want the state to be the first to pay people to stay sober.
The California recall race was heating up in the Bay Area Wednesday as two Republican contenders made their case by campaigning on Gov. Gavin Newsom's home turf.
Community and labor leaders and their supporters rallied in Oakland Wednesday to urge Californians to vote "no" on the effort to recall Governor Gavin Newsom.
After receiving $316 million under the federal CARES Act to reduce the impact of COVID-19 on unhoused people, the California Department of Housing and Community Development "did not take critical steps to ensure those funds promptly benefited that population," the state auditor's office said in a report.
A Sacramento family, including a mother and her four children, were desperately pleading for help to get out of Afghanistan. They have been stuck in Kabul since the Taliban takeover.
While little known outside his district, the former teacher and state prosecutor has gained a devoted but relatively small following by staking a claim as one of Newsom's chief critics during the pandemic.
Some California gig worker advocacy groups expressed cautious optimism Saturday about a Bay Area judge's Friday ruling that Prop. 22 was unconstitutional. Others who support the initiative argued the decision was a mistake.
A Bay Area judge Friday struck down a California ballot measure that exempted ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft from a state law requiring drivers to be classified as employees eligible for benefits and job protections.
Some California prison workers who don't provide health care services directly but who may be exposed to the coronavirus will now be required to get vaccinated under a new state public health order released this week.
A day after facing allegations that he emotionally mistreated a former fiancee, Republican Larry Elder scheduled two weekend rallies and showed no outward signs of altering the course of his campaign in the California recall election that could remove Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom from office.
Sacramento has announced all city council employees will be required to get vaccinated.
