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Newsom vetoes bill to set up drug overdose prevention programs in some California cities

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday vetoed a controversial bill that would have allowed supervised injection site pilot programs in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Oakland, in efforts to prevent drug overdose deaths and connect people to treatment for addiction.

Los Angeles Times

George Skelton: Newsom's Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta plan makes more sense. But it's still a 'water grab'

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The third attempt could be the charm for repairing California's main waterworks, the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.

Los Angeles Times

The mayor of San Francisco’s long fight to get her brother out of jail over armed robbery that turned fatal

High-profile case touches on issues including the politics of crime-fighting, state law – and one family’s journey between poverty and power. Josh Marcus reports

The Independent UK

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Did Russia provide funding and support for booster of California secession movement?

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — In February 2018, as organizers of the so-called “CalExit” campaign to have California secede from the union and form its own country, a Russian national named Aleksandr Ionov sent electronic messages to a secession supporter, court documents say. Ionov offered funding for a protest that would have…

Tribune News Service

Gavin Newsom Thinks California Is Freer Than Florida. Is He Crazy?

If Newsom wants to pick a fight with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, he should try a different topic.

Reason

After decades of failure, California dusts off controversial Delta tunnel water project

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Here we go again.

Tribune News Service

Is Joe Biden another Jimmy Carter?

Carter's presidency was sunk by a failure to promote his own accomplishments — not because there weren't any

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California board OKs parole of ex-Mexican Mafia killer

California parole officials have approved releasing a notorious former Mexican Mafia prison gang leader who has been cooperating with law enforcement for nearly 20 years

The Independent UK

George Skelton: If Newsom sees himself as president, he should move into position to run. That's what he's doing

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom is moving into position to possibly run for president, regardless of what he says or tells himself.

Los Angeles Times

Long lines are back at US food banks as inflation hits high

Long lines are back at outside food banks around the U.S. as working Americans overwhelmed by inflation increasingly seek handouts to feed their families

The Independent UK

California built a safety net for millions of undocumented residents. Here’s how it happened

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Isabel Coronel, 76, walked into a hospital for the first time in almost 30 years last month.

Tribune News Service

Did California learn anything from the last drought? 'Gambling' with water continues

The governor of California stood in a patch of dry brown grass as he made his proclamation:

Los Angeles Times

California drought resurrects decades-old plan for controversial Sites Reservoir

MAXWELL, Calif. — A long-dead proposal to flood a bucolic valley north of Sacramento and create a massive reservoir for thirsty Southern California is finding new life — and opposition — amid the effects of climate change and worsening drought.

Los Angeles Times

Nicholas Goldberg: California's law requiring women on corporate boards was just struck down. I'm glad

The state Legislature's heavy-handed efforts to mandate diversity in California's corporate boardrooms have been dealt a second blow in just a few weeks.

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George Skelton: I covered the first $3 billion budget in 1963. Now Newsom could crack $300 billion

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The two most striking things about Gov. Gavin Newsom's revised state budget proposal are the immense size and mad money.

Evening Standard

California’s landmark law requiring women on corporate boards is unconstitutional, rules judge

A Los Angeles judge has ruled that California’s landmark law requiring women on corporate boards is unconstitutional.

The Independent UK

Judge: California’s women on boards law is unconstitutional

A Los Angeles judge has ruled that California’s landmark law requiring women on corporate boards is unconstitutional

The Independent UK

Judge: California's women on boards law is unconstitutional

A Los Angeles judge has ruled that California’s landmark law requiring women on corporate boards is unconstitutional

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Los Angeles Times

UC, CSU and community colleges set to get big funding boost — with big expectations

LOS ANGELES — California's three systems of public higher education are set to get a big funding boost — but in exchange will need to meet comprehensive targets to improve access, affordability and equity under Gov. Gavin Newsom's revised budget proposal set to be unveiled Friday.

Los Angeles Times

George Skelton: Everyone wins in compromise to increase malpractice payouts — especially victims

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — It's being called the Sacramento equivalent of the Berlin Wall falling. Or a Middle East peace pact.

Los Angeles Times

California’s water conservation has been a bust so far. Will drought restrictions work?

LOS ANGELES — Almost a year after Gov. Gavin Newsom pleaded with Californians to voluntarily cut their water use by 15% amid a worsening drought, water conservation figures are still nowhere near that mark.

Benzinga

EXCLUSIVE: Jessie Grundy Of Peakz On How He Caught Jay-Z's Eye

In 2018, California's then-Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law the California Cannabis Equity Act, a bill designed to help those most harmed by cannabis prohibition enter the burgeoning market.

Sports Illustrated

SI:AM | How Booker’s Injury Could Change the NBA Playoffs

The NBA’s best team could be without its best player.

The Independent UK

California inmates study at 1st college based behind bars

Behind a fortress wall and razor wire and a few feet away from California’s death row, students at one of the country’s most unique colleges discuss the 9/11 attacks and issues of morality, identity and nationalism

Tribune News Service

California Gov. Gavin Newsom broadens drought order — but again stops short of mandatory urban water cutbacks

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom, acknowledging the severity of the drought, ordered California cities and other local water agencies Monday to reduce their water usage and tighten their conservation rules.

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