This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Lawmakers on Thursday killed a controversial plan that could have allowed grizzly bears to one day return to California. The Assembly Appropriations Committee spiked Inglewood Democratic Sen. Laura Richardson’s Senate Bill 1305. The measure would have tasked the California Department of Fish and […]
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‘Don’t Flock Me’: California, U.S. Lawmakers Debate License Plate Reader Technology
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. In the past year alone, they’ve helped catch suspected murderers, bank robbers and hit-and-run drivers. They’ve located dozens of stolen cars and helped send a wildland arsonist to prison. They’re also distrusted and despised by privacy rights activists on the left and on the right. Just […]
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They’re on Our Flag, but Do Long-gone Grizzly Bears Belong in Modern California?
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The grizzly bear on California’s flag went extinct a century ago in the Golden State. Now, a group of tribes and environmentalists is urging the Legislature to study whether it’s possible to bring them back. Grizzlies once lived across most of California. As […]
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Trump Wants Data on California’s Gender-Affirming and Abortion Care. Can the State Stop Him?
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The latest clash between California and President Donald Trump over abortion and gender-affirming care could soon leave doctors caught between state and federal law. Under a bill that may soon pass the Legislature, California medical providers and affiliated businesses could face hefty state fines if they […]
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State Bill Aims to Address Cyberbullying Off Campus
In response to his daughter receiving a swastika on social media, a California Jewish lawmaker is pushing for a bill that would give school administrators authority to suspend or expel students if they cyberbully fellow students away from school and outside of school hours. But Long Beach Assemblymember Josh Lowenthal’s Assembly Bill 2351 is coming […]