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California budget deal cooks the books again to hide big ‘structural’ deficit
Were a private corporation to cook its books like the state government does, its executives could wind up in jail for fraud.
California budget breakdown: How it impacts your life, from Medi-Cal and education to fires
The state's fiscal year begins July 1. As California faces a shortfall in the billions, here's a look at what the budget ...
Last-minute California budget includes sweeping environmental law rollbacks
Major changes to the California Environmental Quality Act include an exemption for high-tech industrial plants and other ...
California approves most significant environmental law rollback in decades
Gov. Gavin Newsom, lagging far behind his campaign pledge to build millions more homes, signed Monday evening the most ...
California Enacts Sweeping Exemption to Development-Killing Environmental Law
Plus: Real rent decreases in New York City, the return of missing middle housing in Virginia, and how everyone's a socialist ...
Newsom agrees to ease budget cuts as California seeks more time to fix growing deficit
Budget deal limits immigrant health coverage, uses rainy day funds as the state grapples with $12 billion shortfall.
The truth about California’s budget woes
California is facing a $12 billion budget deficit this year. But rather than engage in real fiscal discipline or rank order ...
‘This tax could kill this industry.’ California cannabis operators brace for increase
A substantial tax hike for California’s faltering legal cannabis market is set to take effect despite an aggressive industry campaign to suspend the increase that won the support of Gov.