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LAist’s coverage of civic life and citizen issues in Southern California. We cover elections, examine who gets listened to and why, and provide a guide for anyone who wants to more fully participate in civic life.
Huerta faces a misdemeanor charge after showing up at an immigration raid in June.
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The Legislature passes a placeholder state budget, but must still negotiate with Gov. Newsom on the final deal. How the state spends taxpayer money is largely being decided out of public view.
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The governor’s office demoted the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board's chairperson and removed another member who criticized the administration.
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Judges at the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals distinguished between gun buyers’ First Amendment rights and the government’s authority to decide what kind of commerce takes place on public property.
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Three men falsely arrested based on face recognition technology have joined the fight against a California bill that aims to place guardrails around police use of the technology. They say it will still allow abuses and misguided arrests.
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The Police Commission extended the deadline to complete a community survey to June 14.
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At the CalMatters Ideas Festival, two political experts debate the impact of young Latino voters driven more by economic concerns than immigration.
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Since Gov. Newsom proposed a 28th Amendment one year ago, there has been far more progress on online petitions than in other state legislatures. His team says the effort will pick up speed in 2025.
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The language could cast the measure in a favorable light, according to a lawsuit filed against the city.
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Some cities like Orange are in the red, while others like Irvine are flush with cash.
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A new study from UCLA and Duke University found that local journalism helps voters show support at the polls for fixing crumbling infrastructure.
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Former Mexico City mayor Claudia Sheinbaum was elected Mexico’s first female president in the nation’s first electoral face-off between two female presidential candidates. But many local Mexican citizens who had hoped to cast a ballot at the local consulate couldn’t do so.
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California cities funnel $1 billion in online sales taxes back to wealthy corporations, but the state Senate killed a bill that would change the rules for those arrangements. The vote came down to whether senators represent a city with a major retailer in a tax-sharing agreement in their districts.
