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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control decided to list COVID-19 among the vaccines it recommends for children, but each state decides whether to adopt those guidelines. It’s unclear what California will do, given the past controversies over children’s vaccines and the COVID vaccine in particular.
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Here are the basics of the new windfall profit tax Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed, and how similar taxes have worked in the past.
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Unlike the U.S. Supreme Court, California’s highest court is more obscure and rarely issues polarizing opinions.
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Some prosecutors say that may change. They are partnering with the state on more wage cases or forming special units to pursue labor abuses as crimes. A new felony law could help, they say.
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Californians have questions about the state’s gas rebate payments, including whether it matters how many cars you have and why it’s based on 2020 tax returns. Here are some answers.
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Una ley aprobada en 2020 prohibió la venta de productos de tabaco con sabor en California. Las empresas tabacalera está pidiendo a los votantes que anulen la ley.
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Esta medida electoral de 2022 impondría un impuesto sobre los ingresos de cualquier individuo por encima de $2 millones para apoyar los vehículos de cero emisiones y la prevención de incendios forestales.
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Esta medida electoral de 2022 enmendaría la constitución estatal para garantizar el derecho al aborto y a los anticonceptivos.
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La Proposición 29, el tercer intento de tal medida, impondría nuevas reglas sobre las clínicas de diálisis renal, incluidos los requisitos de personal.
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Esta medida electoral de 2022 legalizaría las apuestas deportivas en los casinos tribales y en las cuatro pistas de carreras de caballos de California.
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Esta medida electoral de 2022 permitiría a las grandes empresas de juegos que se asocian con una tribu de nativos americanos ofrecer apuestas deportivas en línea.
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The state of emergency gave Newsom wide-ranging powers to issue mandates and enter into billions of dollars of emergency response contracts.