Senator Barbara Boxer’s levee bill, titled the “Water Resources Development Act,” passed the Senate on Wednesday with overwhelming bipartisan support. The bill would authorize the Natomas Levee Improvement Program and several projects headed by the Army Corp. of Engineers nationwide….
While Governor Brown and his administration have mostly been compliant with a federal court order to reduce California’s prison population, they also continue to fight the mandate when room for resistance presents itself. On Monday, California officials took the first step to appeal…
Further disputes over prison reduction efforts in California have been raised over the potential health risks tied to an airborne fungus. In a recent court filing, Governor Jerry Brown’s administration objected to moving forward with an order that would remove more than 3,000 inmates…
The California Supreme Court ruled on Monday that local governments can ban medical marijuana shops within their legal jurisdiction. The justices unanimously agreed that the voter-approved law legalizing medical marijuana and a similar measure approved by the state Legislature…
Despite opposition from major Internet companies like Facebook and Google, the state Senate passed a bill on Thursday that would require social networking sites to remove identifying information from a user’s profile…
Last week, Deputy National Resources Secretary Jerry Meral was quoted as saying the Bay Delta Conservation Plan has “never been about saving the Delta,” and that the Delta “cannot be saved.”
The state Senate Public Safety Committee passed SB 57 on Tuesday which, if signed into law, will send convicted sex offenders back to prison for repeatedly removing their GPS tracking devices.
