Three men have been incarcerated for a combined 90 years under California s felony-murder rule, which is based on an archaic legal doctrine that says engaging in certain illegal behaviors requires full responsibility if a death occurs.
A state court has scuttled a $16 billion revenue bond issue that would have financed a controversial plan to tunnel under the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to bring "surplus" water downstate.
The San Francisco Airport Commission voted in favor of naming its international terminal for U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who died in September at age 90.
The highest court in the land will soon decide how much leeway cities and counties have in offsetting new construction with fees to pay for infrastructure.
As evictions soar across California now that Covid-era moratoria have expired, advocates are pushing for more cities and counties to follow San Francisco s example of guaranteeing tenants access to an attorney in eviction proceedings.