Judge says immigration agents must stop ‘roving patrols’ that have upended Southern California
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Deaf Mongolian immigrant held by ICE in California for 4 months with no access to interpreter
A disabled immigrant’s detention underscores the shift in asylum policies at the Mexico border since President Trump took office.
Fri, Jul 11, 2025 7:30 am
Big changes unfolding for CA housing
To spur more housing in California, Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Legislature carved out notable exceptions to California’s 54-year-old environmental review law as part of the state budget deal they hammered out last week. But rolling back parts of the landmark statute might have not happened had it not been for one particular construction union. […]
Fri, Jul 11, 2025 6:00 am
Sick of loud ads on Netflix? A proposed California law would turn down the volume
After his staffer’s baby was woken up by a loud ad on a streaming service, a California senator took action to force streamers to turn down the volume on commercials. The entertainment industry is fighting it.
Fri, Jul 11, 2025 5:30 am
California, epicenter of the nation’s housing crisis, is finally getting a housing agency
Aside from giving housing and homelessness its own box atop Gov. Gavin Newsom’s organizational chart, the reorg is supposed to simplify the state’s snarled affordable housing financing system.
Fri, Jul 11, 2025 5:30 am
California courts owe defendants a jury of their peers. It’s still too hard to get one
California is ending an experiment to raise juror pay in seven counties. It would would have encouraged moderate-income people to serve and helped diversify juries.
Fri, Jul 11, 2025 5:30 am
Zohran Mamdani jolted progressives. Can California candidates replicate his success?
California progressives, who have long struggled for influence, hope to break through to mainstream voters by challenging the establishment and rejecting corporate spending.
Fri, Jul 11, 2025 5:30 am
Charter schools need reform. This proposal could kneecap them
Lawmakers are considering creating an inspector general role just to oversee charter schools. It might slow the charter school movement.
Fri, Jul 11, 2025 5:00 am
Federal Medi-Cal cuts expected to affect millions of Californians
Days after President Donald Trump signed his sweeping budget bill into law last week, a federal judge on Monday issued a temporary injunction to block one of the bill’s provisions to ban Planned Parenthood clinics from receiving federal Medicaid payments. With 115 clinics across the state and a million Californians using Planned Parenthood each year, […]
Thu, Jul 10, 2025 6:00 am
Higher premiums and lost coverage: How Trump’s budget will change health care in California
Lower-income people will be the hardest hit. Over the next 10 years, 3.4 million Californians could lose coverage.
Thu, Jul 10, 2025 5:33 amStay informed.
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