Gov. Newsom Clarifies COVID Eviction Protections And Unveils Website For Tenants, Landlords
The "Housing is Key" campaign is meant to help struggling renters and landlords know their rights under the state's new housing laws.
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The "Housing is Key" campaign is meant to help struggling renters and landlords know their rights under the state's new housing laws.
Hundreds of newly passed California bills could be in jeopardy after most of the Republicans in the state Senate were forced to vote remotely for several days because of the coronavirus — a legally untested procedure legislative leaders expect will prompt a lawsuit in the coming weeks.
Police unions and other law enforcement organizations went into overdrive to thwart a measure that would have added California to the majority of states that can end the careers of officers with troubled histories.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is getting heat over a solo hair salon visit in San Francisco at a time when California businesses are limited by concern over coronavirus.
A bill that would allow "bad officers" to be permanently stripped of their badges failed to pass the California Legislature on Monday as state lawmakers could not muster enough support to pass one of the year's top policing reform bills.
California lawmakers on Monday OK'd exemptions to about two-dozen more professions from a landmark labor law designed to treat more people like employees instead of contractors.
Supporters of legislation allowing "bad officers" to be permanently stripped of their badges were twisting arms and calling out reluctant lawmakers on Monday as they struggled for votes on one of the year's top policing reform bills.
The California Senate voted Sunday to require the state's top prosecutor to investigate all police shootings that kill an unarmed civilian, advancing one of the highest-profile reforms introduced this year in response to the killing of George Floyd.
It was the first time in the state Legislature's 158-year history lawmakers were voting without being present in the chamber, and things were not going smoothly.
The California Legislature has voted to ban the sale of most flavored tobacco products in the state.
The exposure comes during one of the busiest weeks of the year at the capitol, the end of the legislative session.
The California agency that oversees elections has signed a $35 million contract with a firm linked to Joe Biden's presidential campaign to produce advertising to encourage voters to participate in the November election.
Nearly all of the Republicans in the California Senate were barred from entering the state Capitol on Thursday after they were exposed to the coronavirus, prompting unprecedented changes that include allowing lawmakers to vote via video conference from their homes as the Legislature rushes to complete their work by Monday's deadline.
The California Senate will meet Thursday without most of its Republican members after a GOP state senator tested positive for the coronavirus.
A person who works at the California Capitol has tested positive for the coronavirus, prompting the Senate to cancel Wednesday's session during a critical final week when lawmakers must consider hundreds of measures that face a Monday deadline.
