California

SACRAMENTO, July 22, 2019 – Continuing the implementation of Governor Gavin Newsom’s Executive Order to take on high prescription drugs costs, the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) announced today that it will soon begin accepting proposals to implement a significant component of the state’s prescription drug purchasing plan. Under the proposal, DHCS will […]

SACRAMENTO, July 22, 2019 – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today announced a nationwide settlement against Equifax resolving allegations that the credit reporting agency improperly exposed the personal information of 147 million consumers, including 15 million Californians, after a massive data breach in 2017. The breach occurred after Equifax failed to apply a critical software fix and implement security measures […]

SACRAMENTO, July 19, 2019 – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today, as part of an 14-state coalition, submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in Hawai’i Wildlife Fund, et al., v. County of Maui. In the brief, the coalition supports the environmental groups’ position that the indirect discharge of wastewater into the Pacific […]

SACRAMENTO, July 19, 2019 – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today, along with New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas, filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court supporting the Sierra Club and opposing the Trump Administration’s attempt to overturn an injunction issued by the district court pending appeal in Sierra Club v. Trump. The […]

Washington—Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today released the following statement on Chevron’s oil spill outside Bakersfield: “I’m extremely concerned by Chevron’s huge oil spill outside Bakersfield and that it remained unknown to the public for two months. “The company states that most of the spill has been recovered, but that still leaves oil and contaminated water […]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. July 18, 2019 – Today, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) urged people to avoid physical contact with the water at San Luis Reservoir in Merced County until further notice and avoid eating fish from the lake due to the presence of blue-green algae. DWR increased the advisory from warning to danger after […]

NEW YORK, July 17, 2019 – Congress and multiple cities are taking action to bring face recognition surveillance technology under democratic control. Last night, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bipartisan amendment to the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (H.R. 3494) requiring reporting by the Director of National Intelligence on government use of face recognition technology, […]

Washington July 17, 2019 – Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) released the following statement after the U.S. Forest Service agreed to delay implementing any changes to the California Fire Assistance Agreement until the end of the 2019 wildfire season: “I’m pleased the Forest Service has agreed to maintain the California Fire Assistance Agreement for the rest of […]

SACRAMENTO, July 16, 2019 – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra continued his defense of California’s restrictions on large-capacity ammunition magazines. Despite their proven effectiveness in preventing and mitigating the effects of gun violence, California’s large-capacity magazine restrictions were declared unconstitutional by a federal district court. In the filing, Attorney General Becerra defends the constitutionality of this […]

WASHINGTON, July 16, 2019—Increases in potentially lethal heat driven by climate change will affect every state in the contiguous U.S. in the decades ahead, according to a new report and accompanying peer-reviewed study in Environmental Research Communications, both by the Union of Concerned Scientists, released today. Few places would be unaffected by extreme heat conditions by […]

WASHINGTON July 15, 2019 – DNC Parks and Resorts at Yosemite, Inc. (Delaware North), the United States of America, and Yosemite Hospitality, LLC (Aramark) have settled the lawsuit filed by Delaware North related to Delaware North’s former concession contract at Yosemite with the National Park Service. The settlement involves the transfer of trademarks and service […]

Los Angeles, CA, July 12, 2019 – Consumer Watchdog today thanked Governor Gavin Newsom for firing the state’s top oil and gas supervisor and instituting an ethics review of the state’s well approval and inspection personnel in response to its recent request. Consumer Watchdog and the FracTracker Alliance called for action from the Governor Wednesday […]

SACRAMENTO, July 12, 2019 – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, leading a multistate coalition, today announced his support for the “Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act of 2019” (Reinstein Bill), H.R. 1603. The Reinstein Bill would prohibit the manufacture, importation, processing, and distribution in commerce of asbestos in any of its forms and reinstate an asbestos ban that the U.S. Environmental Protection […]

SACRAMENTO July 12, 2019 – Taking action to move our state toward a safer, affordable and reliable energy future, Governor Gavin Newsom signed wildfire safety and accountability legislation today in Sacramento. The Governor signed the following bills today: AB 110 by Assemblymember Philip Ting (D-San Francisco) – Budget Act of 2019. AB 111 by the […]

SACRAMENTO, July 11, 2019 – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today issued the following statement after President Trump’s announcement that his administration had failed in its attempt to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census: “That President Trump conceded there will not be a citizenship question on the 2020 census is a victory for […]

SACRAMENTO July 9, 2019 – Continuing to step up on climate as the federal administration steps out, California and Governor Gavin Newsom today joined a bipartisan coalition of 24 governors representing more than half the U.S. population in calling for a strong, national clean car standard and preserving state authority to protect their residents from […]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. July 9, 2019 – Covered California unveiled its preliminary rates for the upcoming 2020 coverage year, revealing how consumers will benefit from new state initiatives, and announced that a major carrier will be expanding into new areas and providing consumers with more choice. The preliminary average rate change for California’s individual market will […]