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California will ban most new gas-powered lawn equipment starting in 2024, but landscapers and gardeners warn the transition will cost them money and jobs.

Health Care

Americans can wait many weeks to see a therapist. California law aims to fix that.

November 18, 2021

Many Americans with mental illness report waiting weeks for care, even for serious depression or suicidality. Now California has a new law for insurers, limiting those wait times to two weeks or less.

State Government

California tries again to close down privately operated prisons and immigrant detention facilities

November 17, 2021 | Janelle Salanga

The ban was the first of its kind in the nation. But it was overturned in October on grounds that it could intrude on federal immigration authority.

State Government

Will California’s plan for clearing homeless camps work?

November 16, 2021

Gov. Newsom says the situation with homeless encampments is unacceptable. The state housing agency is funding more services, while Caltrans is clearing some camps. But advocates are wary.

State Government

California’s state auditor: ‘Speak the truth to power’

November 15, 2021

Elaine Howle is stepping down at the end of 2021 after 21 years on the job. Her office has issued audits of a wide range of state agencies, including a series of highly critical reviews of California’s pandemic response and spending.

State Government

Cal Fire chief to retire in December after leading agency through record wildfire seasons

November 15, 2021 | Scott Rodd

Porter steered Cal Fire through record-setting wildfire seasons driven by decades of poor forest management and climate change.

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State Government

California’s draft redistricting maps spark public participation concerns

November 11, 2021 | Nicole Nixon

In the hours before draft maps were approved Wednesday, the public couldn’t even view them.

Health Care

All adults can get a COVID vaccine booster in California, not just those CDC listed

November 11, 2021

Nearly 14% of all fully vaccinated adults 18 and older across the state have received a booster shot, according to CDC.

State Government

As San Joaquin County grows, community leaders want political representation closer to home

November 9, 2021 | Nicole Nixon

After decades of not feeling prioritized by state and federal representatives, community leaders in this booming, urban-rural county are banding together to call for political maps that don’t split the county up.

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State Government

After opposing contracts with border wall companies, these California Dems are silent following CapRadio investigation

November 4, 2021 | Scott Rodd

Nearly two dozen Democratic lawmakers voted to pass SB30 out of the state Senate. The legislation would have prohibited the state from hiring companies that worked on the border wall.

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