Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara unveiled a plan to shore up the California insurance market for homeowners, in which insurers would return to wildfire zones, but would have an easier path to rate increases.
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Former CSU Fullerton President Named New CSU Chancellor
Mildred García confronts a budget shortfall, declining enrollment and complaints about how Cal State officials have handled sexual misconduct allegations.
California May Force Large Businesses to Disclose Climate Impacts
Corporate reports would reveal top polluters and climate-related financial risks. But companies warn about faulty data and a “gold-plated exercise” if the two bills become law.
Op-Ed: CA Budget Includes Goodies for Special Interests
As a final California state budget is being negotiated, special interest goodies are being written into it and the dozens of related “trailer bills” that follow.
Four Things California Can Do as Home Insurers Retreat
After California’s largest home insurance provider said it wouldn’t issue new policies, consumer and insurance industry groups have ideas for what they’d like to see California do.
Union Contracts Are Unfinished Business for San Jose, as Budget Decisions Loom
The city this week announced with enthusiasm tentative agreements with three bargaining units, but the unions representing police dispatchers, building inspectors and park rangers account for a little more than just 7% of the contracts that end June 30.
California Mom Asks Police to Drop Review of Son’s Death
A 2021 state law took investigations into California police shootings out of the hands of local cops. Now, some families say the new system is agonizing in its own way.
Law that Requires Legislators To Reveal Who Pays for Their Travel Is Mostly Ignored
A 2015 law to bring more transparency to paid trips for California legislators has led to only two disclosure forms being filed by the sponsoring groups.
CA Lawmakers Schedule Audit To Find Out Why Spending Billions Hasn’t Reduced Homelessness
Sen. Dave Cortese of San Jose began pushing for the audit after touring a massive homeless encampment on vacant land near the San Jose Mineta International Airport. San Jose will be one of two cities targeted by the audit.
Videos of Police Shootings in California Are Edited to Follow the Same Script
California law requires law enforcement agencies to release body cam footage of police shootings. Many departments shape those images into stories they want to tell.
Sacramento Cuts Back on Press Access, Prefers Emails to Interviews
Accelerated by the COVID pandemic, a shift by state officials toward emails and written statements is making it more difficult for journalists to be watchdogs for Californians.
Labor Hits Back on 2024 Ballot Measures Pushed by Businesses
The oil industry qualified a 2024 ballot measure to kill a law that bans new oil wells near schools and neighborhoods, and the fast-food industry qualified another to wipe out a law creating a council to regulate fast food wages.
Is California Breaking Its Promise to Cut Health Care Costs?
California set up a fund to cut out-of-pocket costs for those enrolled in Covered California, but Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed budget shifts that money to other expenses.
California Legislature Skirts Its Own Labor Laws
State legislators sometimes exempt themselves from the laws they pass, but this session, they could change course on an emblematic bill: To allow their own staffers to form a union.
State Can’t Say Why Records of Some Police Shootings of Unarmed People Are Missing
California Department of Justice can’t say how many cases it chose not to investigate during the past 18 months under a new state law, which aimed to ensure state oversight of police shootings.
Arjun Batra Is New District 10 San Jose Council Member
Arjun Batra led on all three ballots during the council selection process, which required a two-thirds majority to win.
