By Andrew Sheeler | Sacramento Bee Proposition 47 achieved its goal of decreasing incarceration by reclassifying certain drug- and theft-related…
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By Nicole Nixon | Sacramento Bee Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation Thursday to increase felony punishments for people convicted in…
By Ashley Zavala | KCRA SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Following the fall out over two reparations proposals, State Senator Steven Bradford said…
By Kevin Rector | LA Times California may enforce its recent ban on guns in “sensitive places” when it comes…
By Taryn Luna and Laurel Rosenhall | LA Times SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom and California lawmakers in 2020 touted a law to create a…
By Brian Howey | LA Times A bill to stop law enforcement investigators from questioning the families of people killed by…
California’s historic efforts to repair harms inflicted upon the descendants of formerly enslaved people moved forward with the signing of…
By Andrew Sheeler and William Melhado | Sacramento Bee California State Treasurer Fiona Ma, who is running as a Democrat to be…
By Stephen Hobbs and Nicole Nixon | Sacramento Bee Two bills meant to help repair harms committed against Black Californians are facing…
By Laura J. Nelson | LA Times Under a bill approved by the state Legislature Wednesday, Californians may soon be…
By Colleen Shalby | LA Times U.S. officials awarded California nearly $150 million for the construction of more than 9,200 electric vehicle…
By Andrew Sheeler | Sacramento Bee While the California Senate passed a series of public safety bills last week intended…
By Anabel Sosa | LA Times SAN JOSE — Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed 10 bills in what he is calling an unprecedented effort…
By Suhauna Hussain | LA Times The California Supreme Court on Thursday upheld Proposition 22, the voter initiative that allows Uber,…
By Nicole Nixon | Sacramento Bee Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered state agencies to begin sweeping homeless encampments on public property,…