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The administration will recommend eliminating the cultivation tax. But a later increase would come in the retail excise tax to make up for those funds, possibly as soon as 2024. -
Gov. Gavin Newsom had supported the plant, arguing that it was needed as the state grapples with a drought that is expected to worsen in coming years. But opponents said it would kill billions of tiny marine organisms that form the basis of the food chain and called the plant costly and unnecessary. -
This extraordinary step has little precedent and is certain to further inflame partisan tensions over the 2021 attack. -
California already pays for some abortions through the state's Medicaid program. But some patients don't qualify for Medicaid and don't have private health insurance. -
In a 2-1 ruling, the court says a San Diego judge should have blocked what it called "an almost total ban on semiautomatic centerfire rifles” for young adults. -
The plan, released by the California Air Resources Board, sets a roadmap for the state to be so-called carbon-neutral by that year. -
The San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office says Tuesday that it closed the case. The victim and Tyson requested that charges not be filed. -
In 2021, Gov. Gavin Newsom asked residents to use 15% less water in the middle of a severe drought. Since July, the state has cuts its water use by just 3.7%. -
A new bill aimed at increasing affordable housing construction has an important backer: California’s carpenter unions. The state’s formidable Construction and Building Trades Council, which represents most other construction unions, is opposed. The battle comes down to how stringent labor requirements under the new bill would be. -
The California Public Utilities Commission wants to know more about the state's solar marketplace before rewriting net energy metering rules.
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