California showed it was serious about regulating Big Tech in 2025 — and Big Tech showed it was serious about coming to the statehouse and fighting back. The upshot was a barrage of laws designed to curb tech harms but often in watered down form. Take San Francisco Democratic Sen. Scott Weiner’s legislation to keep […]
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State Farm begins first-of-its-kind insurance rate hearing today
From CalMatters economy reporter Levi Sumagaysay: State Farm will try to justify its need to raise property insurance rates — stat — at an unprecedented public rate hearing starting today. Rate hearings are rare and usually scheduled months in advance. This one’s different because California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara called it hastily about a month […]
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Anti-slavery measure Prop 6 fails, allowing forced labor to continue in California prisons
Other states, including Nevada, are deleting references to slavery in their constitutions and banning forced prison labor. California voters rejected that path when they turned down Proposition 6.
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California has just approved a new blueprint for offshore wind. The massive projects will cost billions
Harnessing clean energy is a venture of unprecedented scope in California, bringing big changes to Humboldt and the Central Coast, and requiring 26 ports along the coast.
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New California housing laws aimed to streamline building process take effect in 2024
A slew of housing bills from the 2023 legislative session going into effect in January promises to ease or eliminate some of the red tape involved in building new housing.