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Facebook Is Under Investigation In California

November 8, 2019 2:04 amNovember 8, 2019 11:44 am

At a press conference in Sacramento on Wednesday, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra confirmed that Facebook has been under investigation by the state over privacy violations for over a year. According to Attorney General Becerra, the social media giant has...

Car Companies Join Trump Administration To Block California From Setting Their Own Emission Standards

October 29, 2019 2:52 pmOctober 30, 2019 10:34 am

Eleven car companies known as the “Coalition for Sustainable Automotive Regulation” filed with the U.S. Appeals Court of the District of Columbia Monday, joining the Trump Administration in trying to block California from setting their own emission and fuel efficiency...

California Files Lawsuit Against The U.S. Postal Service Over Mailed Cigarettes

October 23, 2019 8:35 pmOctober 24, 2019 11:27 am

California and New York City jointly filed a lawsuit in a Brooklyn federal court Tuesday against the U.S. Postal Service over tens of millions of dollars in lost tax revenue from cigarettes sent through the mail. The lawsuit claims that...

Governor Newsom To Launch Investigation Into High Gas Prices

October 22, 2019 10:18 pmOctober 23, 2019 11:23 am

Governor Gavin Newsom has called on the California Attorney General’s office to investigate big oil companies and the price of gas. The Governor’s call for an investigation comes after a recent California Energy Commission (CEC) report found that companies such...

BLM Plan to Open 800,000 Acres of Federal Land in California to Oil and Gas Leasing

October 6, 2019 10:36 amOctober 7, 2019 1:10 pm

The oil and gas industry in California currently provides 368,000 jobs and more than $24 billion in tax revenues to the state, making this industry vital to the entire California economy. The Trump administration Bureau of Land Management has finalized...

California AG Becerra Wants Fast-Track Deportations Overruled

September 24, 2019 10:01 amSeptember 25, 2019 8:18 am

The Trump Administration issued a new rule in July that expands the use of expedited removal of illegal aliens in the United States. “The Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security (“DOJ,” “DHS,” or collectively, “the Departments”) are...

California Appeals Court Strikes Down Gun Conviction of Kate Steinle Shooter

August 30, 2019 8:09 pmAugust 30, 2019 8:23 pm

California’s First District Court of Appeals has reversed the gun conviction of Jose Inez Garcia-Zarate, who was previously acquitted of murder in the July 1, 2015 shooting of Kate Steinle, 32, on a San Francisco pier. The court ruled that...