Legislature Approves Bill Requiring Court Order to Shut Down Cell Phone Service
The California legislature has passed a bill that would ban interruptions to cell phone or wireless service without a court order. The measure comes in response to a controversy last year involving...
View ArticleCalifornia Lawmakers, Nurses Take a Hard Look at Charity Care at Non-Profit...
California lawmakers and nurses are taking a hard look at charitable health care provided by hospitals with non-profit tax status.Different hospitals have different practices when it comes to care for...
View ArticleCalifornia Workers Comp Bill Blasted By Disabled and Attorneys
California disabled workers and their attorneys are angered by a new workers’ compensation bill circulating through the Capitol. As Amy Quinton reports from Sacramento, the groups argue it harms...
View ArticleLawmakers Tackle Bills on Dog Hunts, Guns, Voter Registration
Guns, dog hunting, Election Day voter registration are all issues the California legislature dealt with on Monday. California lawmakers kicked off their busiest week of the year by debating dozens of...
View ArticleWho's eligible? State, advocates grapple over which elderly qualify for ADHC...
They're poor. They're elderly. They're disabled. But are they eligible? Advocates and state officials are struggling to determine just who among hundreds will be allowed to continue in the program that...
View ArticleCalifornia Governor Signs Pension Overhaul Legislation
California Governor Jerry Brown has signed legislation that he called the biggest rollback to public pension benefits in the state’s history.Governor Brown says the changes in the state’s pension...
View ArticleAmazon "Tax" Begins Saturday
If you need to make a purchase on Amazon, now would be a good time to do it. As Amy Quinton reports from Sacramento, starting Saturday, Californians will have to pay sales taxes on purchases.The new...
View ArticleGovernor Brown Signs Workers' Compensation Overhaul Bill
California Governor Jerry Brown has signed a bill that makes changes to the state’s worker’s compensation system. The changes were part of a compromise between labor unions and businesses.The law is...
View ArticleTask Force Says California's Finances Unsustainable
A non-partisan State Budget Crisis Task Force is recommending that California develop a two-year spending plan. The report released today called the state’s current financial structure unsustainable.A...
View ArticleSoft Drink, Beer, Oil Industries Give Big to Prop 30
Supporters of California Governor Jerry Brown’s November tax initiative have raised more than $25 million since the start of the year. That includes large donations not just from traditional Democratic...
View ArticleGovernor Might Have Had Prop 30 In Mind When Vetoing Bills
California Governor Jerry Brown acted on almost 1000 bills this legislative session. As Amy Quinton reports from Sacramento, political analysts say the Governor likely had his tax initiative in mind...
View ArticleProposition 31: Changing the Budgeting Process
Our election 2012 coverage continues with a report on Proposition 31. The measure would change California’s budgeting process. But as Amy Quinton reports from Sacramento, it would do much more than...
View ArticleBrown Won't Rule Out Future Budget Cuts if Prop 30 Passes
From the moment he took office at the start of last year, Governor Jerry Brown has told California voters the state needs new revenue. But his November tax initiative, Proposition 30, faces strong...
View ArticleState Analyst: CA Budget Deficit Drops to $1.9 Billion
California’s once-enormous budget deficit has shrunk to just under $2 billion, and the state could soon have a surplus. But Mac Taylor, California’s non-partisan legislative analyst is urging caution...
View ArticleSpeaker Pérez Wary of Overplaying Democratic Supermajorities
California Democrats have gained a supermajority in both state legislative houses for the first time in 70 years. But as KPCC’s Julie Small reports, the Assembly Speaker says his party won’t exploit...
View ArticleCalifornia Workers Comp Bill Blasted By Disabled and Attorneys
California disabled workers and their attorneys are angered by a new workers’ compensation bill circulating through the Capitol. As Amy Quinton reports from Sacramento, the groups argue it harms...
View ArticleLawmakers Tackle Bills on Dog Hunts, Guns, Voter Registration
Guns, dog hunting, Election Day voter registration are all issues the California legislature dealt with on Monday. California lawmakers kicked off their busiest week of the year by debating dozens of...
View ArticleWho's eligible? State, advocates grapple over which elderly qualify for ADHC...
They're poor. They're elderly. They're disabled. But are they eligible? Advocates and state officials are struggling to determine just who among hundreds will be allowed to continue in the program that...
View ArticleCalifornia Governor Signs Pension Overhaul Legislation
California Governor Jerry Brown has signed legislation that he called the biggest rollback to public pension benefits in the state’s history.Governor Brown says the changes in the state’s pension...
View ArticleAmazon "Tax" Begins Saturday
If you need to make a purchase on Amazon, now would be a good time to do it. As Amy Quinton reports from Sacramento, starting Saturday, Californians will have to pay sales taxes on purchases.The new...
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