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2024 year in review: How did California pay for everything?
2 days ago · To understand what happened with the state budget in 2024, you have to go back to 2023. That year Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democrats who control the Legislature decided against raiding the state’s roughly $37 billion rainy-day fund despite a shaky fiscal picture. Those dollars came in handy as lawmakers grappled to plug an estimated $56 billion shortfall this year and next.
Trump allies warn CA leaders of prosecution over sanctuary cities ...
1 day ago · The letter also suggests sanctuary city officials could be civilly liable under federal anti-racketeering laws. With Trump pledging to carry out the “largest mass deportation campaign in U.S. history,” San Diego’s board of supervisors enacted a policy on Dec. 12 prohibiting local law enforcement from communicating with immigration authorities about undocumented people in …
California housing 2024 year in review- CalMatters
1 day ago · At the ballot box, a push to expand cities’ ability to enact local rent control lost to a well-funded campaign by landlords and realtors, who said the measure would make it less profitable to build new multifamily housing. The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a non-profit that has been the major funder of several rent control ballot propositions in California, suffered a double whammy loss when ...
Year in California photos: 2024 protests, elections and floods
1 day ago · If you feel like so much happened in 2024 that it could fill several years, you’re not alone. Throughout the year, CalMatters covered the many big stories in California, and our photojournalists, illustrators and contributors documented them — often through the faces of those most directly affected.
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California cities banned from requiring voters to show ID
Dec 20, 2024 · Click to share on X (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) Two voters cast their ballots at a voting center in Huntington Beach on Sept. 14, 2021. Photo by Jae C. Hong, AP Photo California has become the latest ...
California election results: All 10 propositions - CalMatters
Nov 5, 2024 · Prop. 2, passed and Prop. 4, passed: The two bond measures, approved by voters, will allow the state to borrow $10 billion to repair K-12 schools and community colleges, and $10 billion to address climate change in a variety of areas including drinking water improvements and extreme heat and wildfire programs. Recent polling showing the climate bond likely to pass while the school repairs bond ...
2024 California ballot measures: What you need to know
Jul 4, 2024 · Assemblymember Evan Low speaks with fellow lawmaker Phillip Chen at the Capitol on March 27, 2023. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters. By Ben Christopher. By 2014, California voters were sick of ballots larded up with too many measures, many of them highly technical, specific to one industry or difficult to understand. So state lawmakers changed the rules.
What you need to know about California propositions - CalMatters
Oct 7, 2024 · To help you decide on the propositions, here are the recommendations from the state Republican Party and the California Democratic Party.. So far, public polls suggest the high-profile crime measure will pass overwhelmingly, but measures to raise the minimum wage, allow cities to impose rent control and to make it easier for …
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