04/17/2025
If you’ve experienced any trouble or hiccups receiving your Social Security recently, California Attorney General Rob Bonta unveiled a new complaint page on Tuesday for residents to report disruptions they faced when accessing their benefits.

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Environment Land Use & Development State of California

Justin Cummings Has Unanimous Support to Continue on Coastal Commission

04/16/2025
Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas has asked San Mateo, Monterey and Santa Cruz County supervisors to nominate a person to serve on the Coastal Commission seat when it opens for a four-year term on May 1, and all three chose Santa Cruz County Supervisor Justin Cummings.

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Business, Economy & Jobs Environment State of California

How Labor Killed a Bill to Let California Wildfire Victims Sue Big Oil for Climate Change

04/15/2025
The Senate Judiciary Committee spiked a bill to let wildfire victims sue oil companies over climate change. Labor unions, not Big Oil, led the opposition.

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Public Safety Land Use & Development Resilience State of California

California Sets Aside $170 Million to Thin Vegetation, Forests to Help Prevent Wildfires

04/14/2025
Six conservancies throughout the state will oversee work largely in Southern California and the Sierra Nevada.

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Public Safety Transportation State of California

License to Kill

04/13/2025
The California DMV routinely allows dangerous drivers with horrifying histories to continue to operate on our roadways. Too often they go on to kill. Many keep driving even after they kill. Some go on to kill again.