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Gavin Newsom and the Legislature Are Far Apart on College Spending as Budget Deadline Nears
Lost Coast Outpost· 7 days agoWithin the next week and change, Democrats who control the Legislature and fellow Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom will need to reconcile their competing budget plans for higher ...
Secret negotiations heat up in Sacramento as budget, ballot deadlines loom
Los Angeles Times· 6 days agoThe arrangement is legal because the California Legislature exempted itself from the state’s open...
California lawmakers preserve aid to older, disabled immigrants
The Lake County Record-Bee· 4 days agoCalifornia lawmakers on Thursday passed a 2024-25 budget that rejected Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposal...
The year's Legislature was both an embarrassment and a bust
The Arizona Republic· 7 days agoIt’s been a year of lawsuits, including Republicans suing Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs over agency...
Legislation would protect surfers, swimmers from dangerous bacteria found at beaches | Opinion
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 22 hours agoMariela Socolovsky Sacramento Healthcare is a right “California Democrats seek Medi-Cal funding in ...
Ventura County officials OK $3B budget but state funding still uncertain
VC Star | Ventura County Star via Yahoo News· 3 days agoBut without the state budget finalized, there are still unknowns. “We know there’s more work to be done,” said Scott Powers, the county's chief financial officer.
California Supreme Court Removes Initiative From Ballot That Could Have Limited Tax Hikes
IJR· 4 days agoDemocratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom successfully petitioned to remove a proposition from the state’s 2024 ballot that would have required all new taxes to be approved ...
New Fresno budget keeps four firefighters on each engine. What was cut to do it?
The Fresno Bee· 3 days agoFresno Mayor Jerry Dyer and Fire Chief Billy Alcorn had proposed in May to reduce staffing on engines at three of the department’s 20 stations to save an estimated $1.3 million — part of a broader ...
Why did a California state agency host a motivational speaker playing Spider-Man?
Fresno Bee via Yahoo News· 6 days agoOne social media poster described the speech as “half political rally for (State Controller Malia)...
Down to budget brass tacks
Politico· 7 days agoThe Legislature for the last year has been negotiating an array of bond measures that would borrow billions to pay for education, climate and housing...