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The rule, in effect from September 2025, will block colleges from giving preference to pupils close to alumni and donors

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is planning to spend $360 million demolishing a sprawling former furniture factory at San Quentin State Prison and replacing it with something reminiscent of a college campus

The bills make California the first state to ban PFAS in textiles

Pedestrians take note: A new law decriminalizes safe jaywalking in California.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — As Gov. Gavin Newsom decides the fate of the hundreds of bills still on his desk, a pattern has emerged with those he has declined to sign: veto messages emphasizing budgetary discipline.

California Democratic Assembly candidates and officeholders have spent $81.9 million during the 2022 election cycle. Among state representatives and candidates, Phil Ting has spent more than any other Democrat.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Assemblywoman Wendy Carrillo, D-Los Angeles, was leading a hearing in the California Legislature when a caller began speaking Spanish over the public comment phone line.

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For nearly a century, jaywalking has been illegal in most states and localities. But several recent reports have shown that police in some areas disproportionately ticket people of color. And critics say citing people for crossing at the wrong place just gives them another reason to drive instead of walk.