Newsom selects progressive assemblyman for attorney general
California Gov. Gavin Newsom selected Assemblyman Rob Bonta, a progressive Democrat, to be the state’s next attorney general. Read More …
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Newsom announces deal to return young students to campus by April 1
California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a deal Monday to encourage many elementary school to reopen their campuses within a month. Read More …
California to give hotel rooms to migrants seeking asylum
By JOSH FRIEDMAN California officials plan to allocate as much as $28 million in state funds toward providing hotel rooms and other services to migrants arriving from Mexico as they await Read More …
California to give $600 stimulus to low earners, immigrants
California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a deal with legislators on a plan to issue $600 stimulus checks to low-income state residents, including illegal immigrants. Read More …
Employees flee California unemployment agency
More than 1,500 staff and managers have departed California’s fraud-stricken unemployment agency since coronavirus measures took effect last March. Read More …
California admits to paying out at least $11 billion in fraudulent unemployment benefits
Over the course of the coronavirus pandemic, the state of California has paid out at least $11 billion in unemployment funds to fraudsters, and the total could be as high as $31 billion. Read More …
Newsom to lift stay-at-home orders across California, restaurant association says
The California Restaurant Association (CRA) has announced Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected to lift stay-at-home orders across the state on Monday. Read More …
California accused of keeping coronavirus data secret
The state of California is refusing to disclose how exactly it calculates whether or not to lift Gov. Gavin Newsom’s regional stay-at-home orders. Read More …
SLO County considering suing California over stay-at-home order
San Luis Obispo County is considering suing the state of California in an attempt to break away from the Southern California region and emerge from Gov. Gavin Newsom’s regional stay-at-home order, though the county’s top attorney is cautioning against doing so. Read More …
California extends stay at home order
The Southern California region, to which San Luis Obispo County belongs, will remain under a stay-at-home order indefinitely, state officials announced Tuesday. Read More …