4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (171+ words) Lawmakers have sent two bills to Governor Gavin Newsom that aim to improve the recovery process after a wildfire. One of these bills would create first-in-the-nation standards for smoke damage testing and remediation. After the LA County fires, many homes…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (187+ words) California signed off earlier this summer on an agreement to share state driver’s license data with a national database. Officials said the move was needed to comply with the federal REAL ID Act. Non-citizens are legally allowed to obtain driver’s…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (232+ words) The California Assembly killed a proposal on wildfire liability during their final day of session just days after the deal between lawmakers and Governor Gavin Newsom was announced. The bill would’ve created a fast-pay program for fire survivors and prevented…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (267+ words) E-bike ridership is on the rise in San Francisco, with over 500,000 Lyft bike trips recorded in June of this year — a monthly record. The city has had a bikeshare program since 2018. David Hughes lives in the Sunset. He says he…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (251+ words) Governor Gavin Newsom and some lawmakers say a recent deal on wildfire liability doesn’t go far enough to limit utility exposure. Newsom wanted to limit how much utilities have to pay when their equipment sparks destructive wildfires to protect them…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (245+ words) Governor Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders struck a deal on wildfire liability over the weekend. The final proposal leaves out a lot of what Newsom pushed for. Newsom wanted to limit how much utilities have to pay when their equipment…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (221+ words) On this edition of Your Call’s US at 250: A Native Perspective Series, we discuss the Land Back movement, an Indigenous-led global framework dedicated to reclaiming political, economic, and cultural control of ancestral lands. California has returned over 100,000 acres of land…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (134+ words) California lawmakers gathered in Sacramento yesterday to voice their support for several public safety bills that were scrapped ahead of the legislative deadline. SB 1157 would have required courts to consider basic safety information before placing young people into less restrictive…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (160+ words) A California Senate committee gutted one of the state's most substantial DUI reform bills in years. The bill would have required in-car breathalyzers for anyone convicted of a DUI, bringing California in line with most states. State law currently only…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (144+ words) Governor Newsom set a goal to add 2.5 million new units to California’s housing stock by 2030. When local governments plan for this housing, they’re also supposed to meet a range of four affordability targets, spanning from market-rate housing to housing that…...