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June 2, 2025

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Nepotism allegations and a peeing puppy (CalMatters)

To really understand the whole mess in San Mateo County, you have to start with the overtime logs. Or maybe it was the urinating...
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The bills breaking the partisan divide in California

In these hyper-partisan times, Democrats and Republicans can’t seem to agree on much. That includes the members of the California Legislature. Of the 2,278 bills...
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Advocates say California’s jail population will rise

According to Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes, California doesn’t have a crisis in its jails, where record numbers of people have died even as...
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Legislature’s unwritten rule: Negotiate in secret, not in public

State Sen. Dave Min admonished a fellow legislator recently for talking about his bill during an open hearing, saying lawmakers were forbidden from negotiating...
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State’s 2 biggest school districts botched AI deals

With all the hubris of a startup founder, Alberto Carvalho, superintendent of Los Angeles Unified School District, took to the stage in March to...
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Gail Pellerin among top 4 stock investors in California Legislature

The total stock portfolio of the Legislature was worth as much as $112 million last year but experts say the public should know more...
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California teachers are using AI in the classroom

Your children could be some of a growing number of California kids having their writing graded by software instead of a teacher. California school districts...
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California may gut two CalWORKS programs helping thousands of families

Joy Perrin had been living in a van with her two children for several months when she walked into a welfare office in 2018....
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Newsom outlines plan for state budget deficit

California is in a budget hole, its depth measured not in feet, but in dollars. How deep? A projected $38 billion deficit, according to Gov....
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How will public transit agencies spend $5 billion?

In June, the Legislature and governor agreed to a $5 billion lifeline in the budget as transit agencies' ridership slowly recovered from the Covid...

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