Nicole Nixon
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A proposal making its way through the California Legislature would cap the amount landlords can charge for rental housing security deposits, a move supporters say would make stable housing more affordable and accessible.
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A year after spending a $100 billion surplus, California lawmakers must fill a deficit. Recent bank failures, climbing interest rates and a high-profile fight over the federal debt limit all pose considerable risks to the state's economy and budget.
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Democrats on a Senate committee declined to advance a bipartisan proposal to require written warnings for dealers who knowingly distribute drugs containing fentanyl that results in someone’s death.
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Family members of people who have died from fentanyl overdose demanded greater urgency on the issue from state lawmakers on Tuesday, expressing frustration at the number of bills that have so far failed to advance this year.
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California lawmakers completed a nearly four-month special session Monday by sending Governor Gavin Newsom a bill that would create new transparency around oil industry profit margins.
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A bill to impose new oversight authority and levy potential penalties against the oil industry for extreme profits cleared the full Senate Thursday..
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A revised proposal by Governor Gavin Newsom will get its first hearing in a Senate committee Wednesday, six months after he first proposed capping profits to reduce dramatic price spikes at the pump.
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Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Thursday his administration will provide 1,200 tiny homes to cities and counties around California in an effort to shelter unhoused people in the state, which has the highest rate of homelessness in the nation.
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California state lawmakers are coming for Ticketmaster.
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A proposal from Governor Gavin Newsom to impose a “price-gouging penalty” on oil companies in response to record gas prices last year received a skeptical reception from state lawmakers during its first hearing Wednesday.
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A new bill is attempting to bridge disagreements between local elected officials and Governor Gavin Newsom over public spending on homelessness and an apparent lack of progress.
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A week after back-to-back mass shootings in California left 18 people dead, Governor Gavin Newsom threw his support behind a bill to ban concealed weapons in many public spaces and raise the minimum age to hold a concealed carry permit.