Lawmakers in California's state Assembly have voted to put a measure before voters next March that would overhaul the way counties are funding mental and behavioral health programs
September 12, 2023
Millions of American shoppers are contending with common drugstore items like toothpaste being locked behind Plexiglass these days
June 26, 2024
The efforts to tamp down organized retail theft in California this year have largely boiled down to two paths
June 15, 2024
California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday the state will make $3.3 billion available by July for counties and private developers to start building more behavior health treatment centers
May 14, 2024
California lawmakers have advanced a host of artificial intelligence proposals that would protect jobs, build public trust, fight algorithmic discrimination, and outlaw deepfakes involving elections or pornography
May 29, 2024
California has a multibillion-dollar budget deficit that could force Democratic leaders to end a number of safety net programs and permanently cut 10,000 vacant state jobs
May 11, 2024
California is partnering with five companies to develop generative AI tools to help the state deliver public services
May 10, 2024
A California lawmaker wants to require limited liability companies and similar businesses to report the identities of their owners to the government
April 17, 2024
A state audit has found that California spent $24 billion to tackle homelessness over a five year period but didn’t consistently track the outcomes or effectiveness of its programs
April 09, 2024
California lawmakers are split on how to best address the retail theft cases that have proliferated in the state
March 22, 2024
Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom is urging voters to approve a ballot initiative that he says is needed to tackle the state’s homelessness crisis
February 14, 2024
California could soon legalize psychedelic therapy under a bipartisan bill being introduced Tuesday
February 06, 2024
California will soon become one of the first states to provide free health care to all low-income immigrants living in the state illegally
December 30, 2023
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed two major pieces of legislation to transform the state’s mental health system and to address the state’s worsening homelessness crisis
October 12, 2023
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law to fast-track low-income housing on surplus land owned by nonprofit colleges and religious institutions
October 11, 2023
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill aimed at decriminalizing the possession and use of some hallucinogens, including psychedelic mushrooms
October 07, 2023
Sacramento’s top prosecutor is suing the city’s leaders over failure to cleanup homeless encampments, escalating a monthslong dispute with leaders in California’s capital city
September 19, 2023
