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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...
California legislators drop plan to force Google and Meta to pay...
California lawmakers are abandoning an ambitious proposal to force Google and Meta to pay news companies for using their content, opting instead for a...
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...
Here are the new laws that kicked-in July 1
Below is a list of new state laws that affect the workplace, firearms, rental security deposits and more:
SECURITY DEPOSIT CAP (AB 12)
On July 1,...
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....
The chanterelle just got enshrined in California law (+ other bills...
Every year, California’s legislators send a flurry of bills to the governor in hopes he or she will sign them. And that’s before the...
Concealed carry permits skyrocket
Business has been booming for Ziyad “Zip” Showket, a firearms instructor in liberal Marin County—thanks to six justices on the nation’s highest court.
For two...
Los Gatos’ assembly rep introduces first-ever bill
For her first legislative move since being elected to the California Assembly, Los Gatos' representative, Gail Pellerin, chose to advance the interests of people...
