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California Isn’t Enforcing Its Strongest-in-the-Nation Oil Well Cleanup Law on Its Largest Oil Company

State regulators could have asked oil companies California Resources Corp. and Aera Energy for an estimated $2.4 billion to guarantee wells are plugged but decided they didn’t have the authority to do so.

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Will California’s Largest Oil Well Owner Get a Pass on Paying to Clean Up Its Mess?

A new state law mandates that oil companies put up money to plug wells before acquiring them. It could fail its first big test, putting taxpayers on the hook.

Capital & Main

California expands insurance access for teens seeking therapy on their own

A new California law will allow low-income teens on Medicaid to get therapy without parental approval. That's already allowed for teens on private insurance. But the change aroused opposition.

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California lawmaker Wendy Carrillo arrested on suspicion of drunken driving

Los Angeles police say a California legislator was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving

The Independent UK

Outrage as anti-LGBTQ+ protest at California school board turns violent

Congressman Adam Schiff condemns ‘acts of violence’ as punches thrown outside meeting about designating June as Pride month

The Guardian - US

Now a powerhouse, California's Latino lawmakers face pressure to broaden political priorities

When Martha Escutia was elected to the Assembly in 1992, she was one of seven Latinos in the 120-member California Legislature, part of the small but growing Latino Caucus that would eventually become a powerful force in the state Capitol.

Los Angeles Times

Newsom signs 13 abortion protection and reproductive health bills

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom signed 13 abortion protection and reproductive health bills Tuesday, codifying the final pieces of California’s campaign to counter the effects of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

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‘Uprooted’: California bill tackles prison-deportation pipeline

Moving non-US citizens for deportation after they finish their prison sentences is ‘double punishment’, activists say.

Al Jazeera

California has the most non-English speakers. Why do lawmakers have to translate at meetings?

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Assemblywoman Wendy Carrillo, D-Los Angeles, was leading a hearing in the California Legislature when a caller began speaking Spanish over the public comment phone line.

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