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06.20.18

Bill Spurs Buzz on Banking Services to Marijuana Businesses

Federal efforts to reduce the restrictions placed on cannabis businesses that operate legally under state law are picking up, with new legislation proposed and indications from the administration that it will let states take the lead with regard to enforcement.


06.08.18

Governor Brown Releases His Final May Revision Budget

In mid-May, Governor Jerry Brown released his 16th and final “May Revision” to his initial January budget proposal; it included updated revenue information and relatively modest proposed changes.


06.06.18

Cybersecurity News: Vermont, Colorado and Maybe California

State legislatures are making their mark with new consumer protection legislation, most notably in Vermont, where the state enacted the first law regulating data brokers, and in Colorado, where lawmakers passed a new privacy and cybersecurity measure.


01.16.18

Four-Term Governor Jerry Brown: One Last Budget

This week, California Governor Jerry Brown, beginning the final year of his unprecedented four terms as governor, unveiled his 16th and last state budget proposal, which projects a $6.1 billion surplus, mostly a result of $4.7 billion in additional revenue.


05.11.17

Governor Brown’s May Revise 2017-18 Budget

This morning Governor Jerry Brown released his May Revision to his January budget proposal for the 2017-18 fiscal year.


03.06.17

California Supreme Court: Private Emails Potentially Subject to CPRA

The California Supreme Court unanimously held that government officials may be required to release communications made about official business on private devices and personal email accounts pursuant to California Public Record Act ("CPRA") requests.


12.08.16

California’s $20B Problem: Obamacare Repeal Threatens 4M Californians

The repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) could ultimately cost California as much as $20 billion in annual federal spending on the state’s Medicaid program, Medi-Cal.


11.10.16

California Election Results: The State Zigs While the Nation Zags

After watching the same long and painful presidential campaign and debating the same issues as the rest of the country, California voters came to far different conclusions than the nation as a whole on Election Day 2016.


11.07.16

2016 California Election Preview

A record number of Californians, more than 19.4 million, are registered and eligible to vote on Tuesday. That’s 1.2 million more eligible voters since the last presidential election in 2012, when 72.36% of the electorate cast ballots.