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‘A race to the bottom’: New bill aims to limit frenzy of well drilling on California farms

LOS ANGELES — In farming areas across Calfornia's Central Valley, a well-drilling frenzy has accelerated over the last year as growers turn to pumping more groundwater during the drought, even as falling water levels leave hundreds of nearby homes with dry wells.

Los Angeles Times

Mark Z. Barabak: Is Gavin Newsom running for president? No, it just sounds like it

Gavin Newsom sounds like a man ready to jump on the next flight to Iowa or New Hampshire or wherever Democrats start their 2024 presidential campaign.

Los Angeles Times

George Skelton: Everyone wins in compromise to increase malpractice payouts — especially victims

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — It's being called the Sacramento equivalent of the Berlin Wall falling. Or a Middle East peace pact.

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California Democratic supremacy tested by crime, inflation

With rising crime fears, a homelessness crisis and soaring prices, Republicans hope California's troubles will help create a pathway for some rare wins in the heavily Democratic state

The Independent UK

Lawmakers call for inquiry into California controller's role in failed mask deal

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers say they are troubled by state Controller Betty Yee's behind-the-scenes advice to a politically connected company seeking a $600 million no-bid government contract to provide COVID-19 masks, prompting some to call for a second legislative hearing into the failed deal.

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Editorial: Alex Padilla for US Senate

When Gov. Gavin Newsom named then-California Secretary of State Alex Padilla to fill Kamala Harris’ seat in the U.S. Senate after she was elected vice president, it was the right choice — and not only because it was high time that this state, where 39% of residents are Latino, had…

Los Angeles Times

California’s water conservation has been a bust so far. Will drought restrictions work?

LOS ANGELES — Almost a year after Gov. Gavin Newsom pleaded with Californians to voluntarily cut their water use by 15% amid a worsening drought, water conservation figures are still nowhere near that mark.

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Calif. abortion providers prepare

But is the state prepared for a surge out-of-state patients?

Salon

California prepares for energy shortfalls in hot, dry summer

California is preparing for an energy shortfall equivalent to what it takes to power about 1.3 million homes when demand is at its peak in the hottest months of summer

The Independent UK

‘Risk of further outages’: California warns of blackouts as another hot summer looms

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Two years after the last wave of rolling blackouts, California officials said Friday the state could face potential shortfalls in electricity this summer as drought, extreme heat and wildfires pose threats to the fragile power grid.

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Abortion adds to Biden's all-but-impossible to-do list

President Joe Biden is under pressure to preserve access to abortion, but he has few good options to do it

The Independent UK

Newsom: Gas rebate delayed until October under Legislature plan

SAN JOSE, Calif. — After a flurry of proposals from Sacramento in March to send money back to Californians, a rebate check could still be nearly five months away under plans promoted by legislative leaders, Gov. Gavin Newsom warned, as he argued that his contentious plan linking financial relief to…

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Editorial: Endorsement: Give Newsom a second term

Between managing California’s response to a once-in-a-century pandemic and fighting off a recall seeking to oust him from office, Gov. Gavin Newsom has confronted extraordinary events in his first term.

Los Angeles Times

'Roe' under threat, California leans in as abortion refuge

California is preparing for a world without Roe v

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Newsom seizes on the fight over abortion as a key part of his reelection campaign

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Two days after kicking off his reelection campaign, Gov. Gavin Newsom replaced his opening upbeat message about California with a dire warning that his highest-profile Republican opponent "stands with Donald Trump" and "wants to roll back abortion rights."

The Conversation

If Roe v. Wade is overturned, there's no guarantee that people can get abortions in liberal states, either

Liberal policymakers are quickly positioning their states as abortion havens after a leaked draft of a U.S. Supreme Court opinion indicating that the court could overturn Roe v. Wade was made public on the evening of May 2, 2022.

The Guardian - US

‘Where do they expect us to go?’ Life at one Bay Area encampment before eviction

For many unhoused Californians, disabilities make life at a temporary shelter nearly impossible

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Newsom opens up to keeping nuclear power

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has opened up to the possibility of extending the operation of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, according to multiple reports, despite past opposition. That’s a positive development. We encourage the governor to resist ideological or special interest pressure to shutter the facility, which provided 6%…

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With Supreme Court set to overturn Roe v. Wade, Gov. Newsom tells Americans: ‘Wake up’

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With Supreme Court set to overturn Roe v. Wade, Gov. Newsom tells Americans: ‘Wake up’

LOS ANGELES — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday blasted a potential U.S. Supreme Court ruling that would overturn federal abortion protections under Roe v. Wade and urged Americans to “wake up.”

The Independent UK

Newsom: Democrats need 'counter-offensive' in culture wars

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is faulting his own political party for not doing enough in the nation's culture wars

The Independent UK

California moves to embrace cryptocurrency and regulate it

California is the first U.S. state to formally begin examining how to broadly adapt to cryptocurrency and related technologies, following a path laid out by President Joe Biden in March

McClatchy Washington Bureau

California anticipated a Supreme Court abortion decision. What it’s already done to fight it

WASHINGTON — Immediately following a report that United States Supreme Court justices would overturn Roe v. Wade, Gov. Gavin Newsom and other California leaders announced that they would work on putting the right to an abortion in the state Constitution.

Mic

Could the U.N. sanction the U.S. for human rights violations if Roe is overturned?

The organization has made it clear that abortion access is a human right. Whether it’s willing to fight the U.S. over that is another story.

The Guardian - US

‘We can’t trust Scotus’: California pledges to protect abortion rights

Governor Gavin Newsom said an amendment is being proposed that would ‘enshrine the right to choose’ in the state’s constitution

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