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California lawmakers, Gavin Newsom hammer out $311 billion budget — without major water project

California lawmakers and Gov. Gavin Newsom agreed on a $310.8 billion budget deal Monday, a compromise reached by dropping the governor’s proposal to move forward with a 45-mile Delta water tunnel that would pump water from the Sacramento River to other parts of the state.

Tribune News Service · Jun 27, 2023

'Against their will': A proposed law would make it easier to detain people with mental illness

LOS ANGELES — When lawmakers, mayors, psychiatrists and mental health advocates gathered last month to unveil a bill that would "enact major changes to California's behavioral health law," they put into motion an annual ritual in Sacramento.

Los Angeles Times · Apr 12, 2023

GOP lawmaker calls for tracking homeless spending, working with Democrats on mental health

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Republican lawmakers say that, before California spends even more money battling homelessness, the public deserves to know exactly how the tens of billions of dollars already put toward the epidemic are being spent and whether the state is getting results. Among the GOP lawmakers calling for greater…

Tribune News Service · Mar 30, 2023