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Bay Area cities struggle to balance housing mandates, wildfire risks

ORINDA, California — How can cities balance new state guidelines restricting development in high-risk wildfire zones with parallel — and often conflicting — mandates for aggressive housing construction?

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Kids Are Stealing Hyundais and Kias. Government Officials Blame Hyundai and Kia—and TikTok.

Federal, state, and local officials will always threaten to weaponize the state against private actors they don't like. The "Kia Challenge" provides the latest example.

Reason

California sues Huntington Beach over ban on housing projects

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Thursday that the state filed a lawsuit against Huntington Beach, alleging that the city’s ban on approving applications for certain types of housing projects is a violation of California law.

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California sues Huntington Beach over affordable housing

California is suing the city of Huntington Beach for not following state housing laws

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Thanks to the Supreme Court, California gun cases hinge more on history than modern threats

LOS ANGELES — To best understand California's desire to uphold its bans on assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines, consider recent history.

Los Angeles Times

Should Californians have a right to housing? New state constitutional amendment could guarantee it

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Housing is California’s biggest challenge, but would a constitutional right to a place to live make a difference for state residents?

Tribune News Service

California AG gets 90 days to review ex-officer charges

A judge has granted the state attorney general’s request for 90 more days to review the case against a former San Francisco police officer who became the first in the city to be charged with an on-duty killing

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The top fundraisers among California statewide elected offices

Campaign finance requirements govern how much money candidates may receive from individuals and organizations, how often they must report those contributions, and how much individuals, organizations, and political entities may contribute to campaigns.

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Gov. Newsom blames oil companies for California's high gas prices. Could the state sue them?

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — As lawmakers debate who is to blame for California’s high gas prices, Attorney General Rob Bonta is seeking millions of new dollars to investigate and possibly sue oil companies over the matter.

Tribune News Service

California opens civil rights investigation of Riverside County Sheriff's Office

California's attorney general has opened a civil rights investigation of the Riverside County Sheriff's Office amid allegations of excessive force against detainees and inhumane jail conditions.

Los Angeles Times

California AG opens civil rights probe into sheriff's office

The California attorney general has opened a civil rights investigation into the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office, one of the largest law enforcement agencies in Southern California, after deaths in the county jails hit a two-decade high last year and other allegations of excessive use of force surfaced

The Independent UK

California attorney general launches unit to investigate questionable criminal convictions

California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Friday announced his creation of a new legal team that will investigate "wrongful or improper" criminal convictions from the past.

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: Of course the California attorney general’s wife shouldn’t oversee his budget

A flurry of news stories in recent days exposed the questionable appointment of California Assemblymember Mia Bonta (D-Alameda) as chair of a budget subcommittee that will recommend funding for the state Department of Justice, which is run by her spouse, Attorney General Rob Bonta. The right response would have been…

Los Angeles Times

9th Circuit sides with employers in dispute over California law barring forced arbitration

A California law barring employers from requiring their employees to resolve serious workplace complaints in private runs afoul of federal law, a federal appellate court ruled Wednesday.

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Free from fees? California bill combats 'junk' fees for everything from concert tickets to groceries

California lawmakers introduced legislation Tuesday aimed at fighting hidden or "junk" fees for everything from concert tickets to groceries.

Salon

Pill Club settles Medicaid fraud suit

An online pharmacy has reached an $18.3 million settlement over claims it defrauded the state

The Independent UK

San Francisco's DA drops charges against former officer

San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said she plans to drop manslaughter charges against a former police officer who killed a carjacking suspect

Tribune News Service

Eight charged with felonies for role in organized retail theft ring that targeted Apple stores in Bay Area

SAN FRANCISCO — Eight people from an organized retail crime theft ring that targeted Apple stores throughout California of about $1 million in merchandise have been arrested and charged with multiple felonies, authorities said Thursday.

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Centene Corp. settles for $215 million on California Medicaid overbilling accusations

More than 20 states are investigating or have investigated Centene’s Medicaid pharmacy billing. The company also has agreed to pay settlements to at least 16 other states, including Illinois and Indiana.

Tribune News Service

‘We are outlawing misinformation.’ California bill goes after crisis pregnancy centers

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Nearly five years after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a California law aimed at preventing “crisis pregnancy centers” from misrepresenting the prenatal and abortion services they offer, a state lawmaker is trying again with a different approach.

Los Angeles Times

California Democrats try again to rewrite concealed-carry gun law

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Five months after a high-profile gun control bill died amid Democratic infighting in Sacramento, California lawmakers are trying to revive the legislation to strengthen the state’s restrictions on who can carry loaded firearms in public.

Los Angeles Times

State lawmakers want investigation, hearings into ‘Wild West’ of California cannabis and farm work

LOS ANGELES — California lawmakers are calling for a sweeping investigation into corruption in the state’s cannabis industry, legislative hearings on the exploitation of farmworkers and new laws to thwart labor trafficking in response to revelations of rampant abuses and worker deaths in a multibillion-dollar market that has become increasingly…

Politico

California enacts new abortion laws, expecting copycats

New policies taking effect aim to make California an abortion haven.

Politico

California lawmakers face Supreme Court limits as they weigh response to Lunar New Year shooting

The tragedies in Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay underscore a murky future for the state’s nation-leading restrictions.

Reason

San Francisco Sits on Carry Permit Applications As Legislators Consider New Gun Restrictions

The city has not granted a single permit since the Supreme Court upheld the right to bear arms last June.

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