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California's Unfinished Business | Helping lawmakers hold themselves accountable

CBS News California built a first-of-its-kind public accountability tool tracking state audit recommendations to lawmakers — detailing what lawmakers were told to fix, how audit-backed bills died, and what remains unresolved.

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Democrat Xavier Becerra wins California governor's race, defeating Republican Steve Hilton

The odds were in Becerra's favor as a Democrat running in a state that hasn't elected a Republican statewide in 20 years. Steve Hilton is attempting to become governor in a state that hasn’t elected a Republican to the top job in 20...

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California's fifth consecutive Catholic governor exemplifies the faith's deep roots

Xavier Becerra's recent election as California governor highlights the state's unique blend of Catholicism and progressive politics.

NewsweekCenter1 day ago

California’s Proposition 40 Fell Victim to the Billionaires Paradox

California’s failed wealth tax shows why the states with the most billionaires may find them the hardest to tax.

New York PostRight2 days ago

California’s put a hardcore socialist in charge of its broken insurance market. Now homeowners face a dangerous experiment

California voters decided to put a socialist in charge of the state’s insurance industry — not even two years after fires tore through the Pacific Palisades and Altadena. California homeowners are still opening non-renewal letters....

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California’s first Asian lieutenant governor has ties to esteemed Chinese military family

Amid a national Democratic wave in the midterm elections, a California Democrat has made history as the first Asian-American elected to the state’s second-highest executive office, with roots tracing back to a prominent military and...

TwitchyRight4 days ago

California's Got a New Mortgage Lending Program That Sounds Familiar (What Could POSSIBLY Go Wrong?)

Washington ExaminerRight6 days ago

California’s wealth tax fails — but the damage remains

California is a stronghold of the American Left. Yet even there, a wealth tax on billionaires appears to have been rejected by voters. The tax was supported, among others, by economists Gabriel Zucman and Emmanuel Saez, who have been...

New York PostRight6 days ago

California’s biggest election loser is Dave Regan, union boss who blew $47M on two failed ballot props

Labor boss Dave Regan tried unsuccessfully to tax billionaires this election season, earning a humiliating, if unofficial, title: California’s biggest election loser.

New York PostRight6 days ago

California’s cost of living crisis laid bare in new national ranking — as state wins crown of shame

California seems to be the land of the disappearing dollar.

The Seattle TimesNot rated6 days ago

California’s Proposition 40 billionaire tax act trailing

Proposition 40 would place a one-time, 5% levy on the net worth of the state’s more than 200 billionaires. Ninety percent of the money would go to health care.

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California's Bond Issues Aren't 'Free' Money. Voters Should Tread Carefully.

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California’s Bay Area debates data centres ahead of US midterm elections

At least seven Bay Area cities have passed data centre moratoriums, despite the region's reputation as an AI hub.

Washington ExaminerRight8 days ago

California’s Prop 40 is a wealth grab

When California voters head to the polls, they won’t just be considering a new tax — they’ll be deciding whether to allow the state to confiscate wealth. What else would you call it if a state suddenly and retroactively grabs 5% of...

ReasonTVLeans right11 days ago

California's Uber and Lyft Union May Just Be the Beginning

California Gig Workers Union

New York PostRight12 days ago

California’s left creates a sanctuary for predators — then rages at the consequences

California’s “sanctuary” policies are smug, arrogant — and petulant.

New York PostRight12 days ago

California’s doggone voting disaster reveals a loophole lawmakers can’t ignore

California doesn't check citizenship when people register to vote. That's how a dog was able to participate in two recent elections.

New York PostRight12 days ago

California’s Prop. 3 tax on top earners holds strong days before election, new poll shows

Opponents say the “temporary” school tax was never meant to last and would raise California’s cost of living.

The InterceptLeft7 days ago

In California’s Central Valley, ICE Might Swing a Red District Blue

As ICE rips through California during the election, progressive upstart Randy Villegas is trying to topple Republican Rep. David Valadao.

Hindustan TimesCenter12 days ago

In California’s Napa Valley, poet Jane Mead managed her family ranch for 15 years; after her 2019 death, her estate gave 1,318 acres to a land trust

After poet Jane Mead died in 2019, her estate gave her 1,318-acre Napa Valley ranch to a land trust, protecting rare plants and a wildlife corridor.

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Two economists studied California's billionaire tax. They reached wildly different conclusions

What happens in California could shape how America taxes the superrich. But will its billionaire tax fill state coffers — or drain them?

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Why did California's billionaire tax fail to surf the blue wave?

Two economists debate what California's vote on Prop 40 means for the wealth tax movement.

Washington ExaminerRight1 day ago

Measure to overhaul California’s bedrock environmental law fails

California voters have rejected an attempt to overhaul and roll back decades-old environmental rules to make it easier to build highways, housing, and clean energy projects. Known as Proposition 45, the proposed changes to California’s...

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A Major Reform of California's Environmental Regulations Looks Destined for Failure

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NewsweekCenter6 days ago

Map Shows Where California’s Largest New Reservoir in 50 Years To Be Built

The 1.5-million-acre-foot reservoir is designed to help California manage increasingly unpredictable water supplies.

New York PostRight7 days ago

We need to keep California’s public universities affordable

We need to keep California's public universities affordable

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What to know about California’s midterm elections

Redistricting in California, the most populous US state, could flip control of US House from Republican to Democrat.

New York PostRight12 days ago

SoCal saloon named California’s ‘best hole in the wall’ for comfort food

A different kind of San Diego experience.

TechinsiderNo political lean7 days ago

What the voter records of California's billionaires reveal

POLITICO matched 166 billionaires who live or have recently lived in California to the state's voter file.