Nov 22, 2024 · “More than one out of three people who live in Los Angeles, including my own parents, are immigrants. One in ten [LA residents] are undocumented,” said Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martinez in a statement. “We refuse to stand by and let Donald Trump deport our neighbors, family, friends, and coworkers.”

Dec 30, 2024 · AB 3035 will improve access to affordable housing for agricultural workers and make it easier for farmworkers to build housing. The bill puts aside red tape by streamlining the approval process for farmworker housing in Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties in addition to raising the maximum number of housing units from 36 to 150.

Jan 2, 2025 · (The Center Square) – Republicans have released a new House rules package for the incoming 119th Congress that is packed with political wishlist items. It would also make ousting the House speaker more difficult. The new proposal would allow only members of the majority party to introduce ...

(The Center Square) – Homeless encampments were behind three wildfires that rocked San Diego earlier this month, sparking concerns that homelessness is a significant factor in Southern California’s recent blazes.

Sep 22, 2024 · (The Center Square) – The U.S. House passed a bill last week to deport and make inadmissible criminal foreign nationals convicted of domestic violence and sex-related offenses, including sex crimes against children. It passed with bipartisan support but with the majority of Democrats, 158, voting against it. The bill would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act “to provide that aliens ...

Jan 3, 2025 · (The Center Square) – California Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Biden-Harris Administration reached a long-awaited agreement on the updated rules for the State Water Project (SWP) and the Central Valley Project (CVP), which transfer water from Northern California to other parts of the state, supplying water to millions of Californians.

(The Center Square) – House Republicans in the Washington State Legislature offered up dozens of amendments Thursday during an executive session before the House Education Committee, but none were successful in slowing down a bill that critics say …

Dec 31, 2024 · The Supreme Court ruling could kill or encourage similar efforts in states around the country. Ghost Guns. In Garland v. VanDerStok, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives faces a legal challenge to its Biden-era rule attempting to block “ghost guns,” firearms without serial numbers that can be 3-D printed or put together by someone who acquires individual parts.

Dec 30, 2024 · (The Center Square) – President-elect Donald Trump has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to delay the enforcement of the federal law that would mandate the sale or shutdown of TikTok by Jan. 19, 2025, the day before his inauguration. In a brief filed on Dec. 27, 2025, Trump's legal team requested a postponement to allow his incoming administration to address the national security concerns ...

Dec 31, 2024 · Senate Bill 382, formally known as Disaster Relief-3/Budget/Various Law Changes, begins with 13 pages delivering $252 million to western North Carolina.In addition to some changes in authority for elected executive offices of the state, Section 3A.4.(g) requires county boards of elections to finish counting absentee ballots by 5 p.m. on the third business day after the election except those ...