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Automaker Group Joins House Republicans In Attempt To Stop California’s 2035 Gas-Powered Car Mandate

April 29, 2025 1:14 pmApril 29, 2025 1:14 pm

The push to federally end California’s 2035 gas-powered car sales ban gained considerable traction this week as Congressional Republicans were joined by major trade groups to repeal an Biden Administration era Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) waiver that approved of California’s...

The 2032 RNC: California Bound?

April 26, 2025 2:45 amApril 26, 2025 2:46 am

The Republican Party resurgence in California in recent years has gotten the attention of the national party as well as Democrats. In 2024 alone, the CAGOP saw a six figure increase of registered Republicans in only a years time, managed to...

California’s First Steel Mill In 50 Years Breaks Ground In Kern County

April 25, 2025 2:43 amApril 25, 2025 2:44 am

California’s first steel mill in 50 years broke ground in the Kern County town of Mojave in March, with the plant set to open by 2027. The Mojave Micro Mill, to be located north of Lancaster and to the west...

UCLA Students Protest Lawsuit Alleging That UC Still Uses Race-Based Admission Decisions

April 24, 2025 9:00 amApril 24, 2025 9:01 am

Close to 100 students protested at UCLA over the weekend, rallying against a Students Against Racial Discrimination (SARD) lawsuit that says that the UC system still uses race-based decisions in admissions despite state and federal law already banning the practice....

California Reparations Bill Passed in Assembly Judiciary Committee

April 23, 2025 2:45 amApril 23, 2025 2:46 am

A reparations bill aimed at giving at least 10% of funds from California Housing Finance Agency’s home purchase assistance program to qualified individuals who are descendants of formerly enslaved people continued to move up in the Assembly Judiciary Committee on...

Bill to Halt Universities From Punishing Students Who Call 911 For Overdoses Awaits Vote In Assm.

April 22, 2025 6:07 pmApril 22, 2025 6:07 pm

A new bill that would stop colleges and universities from academically punishing students who call 911 for help with overdoses continued to await being heard by a committee this week following a massive rewrite last month. Assembly Bill 602, authored...

L.A. Mayor Karen Bass Proposes 1,647 City Employee Layoffs Amidst Huge $1 Billion Budget Gap

April 22, 2025 2:20 pmApril 22, 2025 2:20 pm

During her state of the city address on Monday, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced several cuts and rollbacks in the city budget to close the nearly $1 billion city budget deficit, including the layoffs of 1,600 employees and the...