Dec 26, 2024 · Here are some of the most noteworthy new 2025 California laws, from cannabis cafes to voter ID bans, that go into effect Jan. 1.

Nov 5, 2024 · Prop. 2, passed and Prop. 4, passed: The two bond measures, approved by voters, will allow the state to borrow $10 billion to repair K-12 schools and community colleges, and $10 billion to address climate change in a variety of areas including drinking water improvements and extreme heat and wildfire programs. Recent polling showing the climate bond likely to pass while the school repairs bond ...

Dec 23, 2024 · Lea esta historia en Español. Tenant advocates suffered a big defeat this fall when California voters decided against expanding cities’ ability to limit rent increases. But a state law set to take effect Jan. 1 will give renters facing eviction a little more breathing room.. The law doubles the time tenants have to respond after receiving an …

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Nov 18, 2024 · The Democratic supermajority in the California Capitol, however, has spent the past several years passing laws to stymie future conservative administrations on health care, said Mia Bonta, chairperson of the Assembly health committee and a Democrat from Oakland.. Legislators have protected insurance coverage of abortion and transgender care. They have expanded health insurance programs to low ...

Dec 26, 2024 · To understand what happened with the state budget in 2024, you have to go back to 2023. That year Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democrats who control the Legislature decided against raiding the state’s roughly $37 billion rainy-day fund despite a shaky fiscal picture. Those dollars came in handy as lawmakers grappled to plug an …

Dec 17, 2024 · A man stands in the middle of a street at the Seminole Springs mobile home park in Malibu Lake in Los Angeles after the Woolsey Fire roared through the community, on Nov. 10, 2018.

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Dec 27, 2024 · The cost of living and doing business in California continued to rise, prompting both people and companies to move away — though some companies’ headquarters moves were largely symbolic because many of their employees remained in the state. Democratic legislative leaders, acknowledging that affordability issues drove more residents to look for change and vote for Republicans, said recently ...

Dec 30, 2024 · As they ramped up sweeps, California cities used different strategies to relocate people displaced from homeless encampments. San Diego moved hundreds of people into sanctioned encampments.Los Angeles put people up in hotels.. 2024 also was the year where everyone promised greater accountability.