California

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Aug. 28, 2018 – Today, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), which regulates all national banks, announced efforts to alter the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) in a way that could threaten tens of billions of dollars invested in low- and moderate-income communities in California. The Advance Notice of Proposed […]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. Aug. 28, 2018 – Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced today that a bill he sponsored to protect California wildfire survivors has been signed into law by California Governor Jerry Brown. Assembly Bill 1797, authored by Assemblymember Marc Levine (D-San Rafael), strengthens consumer protections and aims to address critical issues facing wildfire survivors. “This […]

SACRAMENTO August 28, 2018 – Taking action to revamp California’s bail system, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today signed Senate Bill 10, the California Money Bail Reform Act, which preserves the rights of the accused, while prioritizing public safety. The new law – which will take effect on October 1, 2019 – establishes a new […]

LOS ANGELES, CA, Aug. 28, 2018 – California’s legislature passed a resolution on August 28, 2018 that supports the autonomy of intersex people and their right to decide about cosmetic surgical alteration, Human Rights Watch said today. Senate Concurrent Resolution 110 (SCR110), introduced by Senator Scott Wiener and co-sponsored by interACT Advocates for Intersex Youth […]

SACRAMENTO, Aug. 28, 2018 – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request seeking answers about the Trump-Pence Administration’s Title X proposal that restricts access to reproductive healthcare. The Title X program provides critical preventive and life-saving care, including birth control, to four million patients nationally, including one million patients in California. In […]

Aug. 28, 2018 – Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) earlier this month made an unusual trip to the United Kingdom that was reportedly to gather up dirt on Christopher Steele, the former MI6 agent who wrote the infamous “golden shower” dossier on President Donald Trump’s purported relationship with Russia. As The Atlantic’s Natasha Bertrand reports, Nunes […]

August 27, 2018 – With California battling some of the largest wildfires in the state’s history, Rep. Mimi Walters’ reelection bid is feeling the heat. The vulnerable CA-45 Republican with a failing 4% environmental voting record joined a letter acknowledging that the wildfires are “being fueled by climate change” — and asking how California plans […]

Aug. 27, 2018 – In a complaint filed today with the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE), Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer called on the OCE to conduct a preliminary inquiry into the conduct of Representative Duncan Hunter (R-CA). “Rep. Hunter and his wife were apparently ripping off their campaign donors by living off of their […]

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 27, 2018 – The Center for Biological Diversity, Turtle Island Restoration Network and Wishtoyo Foundation reached a settlement with the Trump administration to protect humpback whale habitat in the Pacific Ocean, where the animals face threats from fisheries, ship strikes and oil spills. Today’s agreement, filed in federal district court in San […]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. Aug. 27, 2018 – Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones commended the publication of California’s Fourth Climate Change Assessment (Fourth Assessment), which includes a large body of research on climate impacts and how to respond to them. The California Department of Insurance was a member of the interagency Task Force which led the Fourth Assessment. […]

SACRAMENTO August 27, 2018 – Warning that two-thirds of Southern California’s beaches could completely disappear and the average area burned by wildfires could nearly double by 2100, the State of California today released California’s Fourth Climate Change Assessment, which details new science on the devastating impacts of climate change and provides planning tools to support […]

SACRAMENTO, Aug. 27, 2018 – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, along with a Washington State-led coalition of 20 Attorneys General, today secured a preliminary injunction to continue blocking the Trump Administration’s reckless action to make available blueprints for untraceable so-called “ghost” guns that can be manufactured on a 3D printer. “When the Trump Administration inexplicably gave […]

Aug. 27, 2018 – Out of sight, out of mind. That’s the conclusion of a new UNLV study which found that real estate prices for homes in wildfire-prone areas fall relative to homes in low-risk areas immediately following a blaze. But the effect is only temporary: Sale prices in risky areas rebound within one to […]

MORENO VALLEY, Calif.Aug. 24, 2018 — An appeals court has dealt another major blow to a plan to build the largest warehouse complex in California. Environmental-justice and conservation groups yesterday won a California appellate court lawsuit against the Moreno Valley City Council’s approval of an initiative meant to shield the massive project from environmental challenge. […]

Aug. 24, 2018 –  Verizon, heavily criticized for “throttling” a Northern California fire agency’s communications equipment, said Friday it’s lifted data-speed restrictions on all first responders dealing with the state’s barrage of wildfires. The telecommunications giant said the decision also affects emergency agencies helping with Hurricane Lane, which brought severe flooding to Hawaii on Friday. […]

SACRAMENTO, Aug. 24, 2018 – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today led a multistate coalition in blasting the U.S. Department of Education for plans to rescind critical school discipline guidance put in place to protect students of color, those with disabilities, boys and LGBTQ youth. The Attorneys General condemned Secretary Betsy DeVos’ latest attempt to take away […]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. Aug. 24, 2018 – Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones approved a filing from Golden Bear Insurance Company amending its California Cannabis program product to lower rates, expand coverage options, and expand the classes of business they will cover. “Golden Bear continues to lead the industry by being the first to offer coverage for cannabis […]

SACRAMENTO, Aug. 24, 2018 – As students return to school, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) urges parents and guardians to ensure immunizations are on their back-to-school checklist. Many vaccine-preventable diseases, such as whooping cough and measles, can easily spread in child care and school settings. “Immunization can help keep our children healthy, in […]