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California
fromLos Angeles Times
1 week ago

Uber - a target of car crash lawsuits - pushes for law to limit California lawyer fees

Uber-backed initiative would cap attorney fees at 25% in vehicle collision cases, which lawyers say will reduce access to legal representation and income.
US politics
fromLos Angeles Times
1 week ago

L.A. firefighter union launches sales tax initiative to fund new stations and more

A proposed half-cent city sales tax increase would raise over $300 million annually to expand and equip the Los Angeles Fire Department, build stations, and hire firefighters.
California
fromLos Angeles Times
1 week ago

L.A. unions push new tax on companies with 'overpaid' CEOs

Los Angeles unions propose an 'Overpaid CEO Tax' on companies whose CEOs earn 50 times median employees to fund housing, repairs, and social programs.
SF politics
fromABC7 San Francisco
1 week ago

SF Supervisor Alan Wong's proposal to reopen Great Highway fails

San Francisco supervisors blocked placing a measure on the June ballot to reopen the Great Highway to cars, preserving the Sunset Dunes park for now.
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LGBT
fromLGBTQ Nation
2 weeks ago

Trans sports ban that could require genital exams will appear on the ballot in Washington - LGBTQ Nation

Ballot initiative IL26-638 would ban transgender girls from girls' school sports in Washington and require provider-verified physical examinations documenting biological sex.
fromPadailypost
3 weeks ago

Billionaire talks about leaving Palo Alto

Two council members, Greer Stone and Keith Rechdahl, have proposed regulations to stop assembling groups of neighboring homes to form a compound, as Zuckerberg has done. Neighbors have complained about construction noise, unmarked security vehicles and a loss of parking. Billionaires have done this previously in Palo Alto, such as when Google co-founder Larry Page bought up the properties of his neighbors on Bryant Street in the Old Palo Alto neighborhood.
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California
fromPadailypost
1 month ago

Menlo Park gets three proposals for housing on downtown parking lots

Three developers submitted plans to build hundreds of apartments on Menlo Park downtown parking lots despite a 2026 voter initiative that can reject the proposals.
California
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Kumar: The Assessor's Office needs an outsider as leader a changemaker

A county assessor candidate proposes a statewide ballot initiative to exempt Californians aged 60+ from property tax on primary residences and vows office modernization.
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California
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 months ago

New ballot measure push aims to overhaul California's landmark environmental law

The proposed Building an Affordable California Act would limit CEQA reviews to 365 days and require courts to decide CEQA lawsuits within 270 days to speed construction and energy projects.
California
fromwww.ocregister.com
2 months ago

Could California's Prop. 50 be scaled back? There's already an effort to ask voters to limit the new maps to 2026

A proposed initiative would limit Prop 50's congressional map changes to the 2026 election, reverting to commission-drawn maps for 2028 and 2030.
California
fromLos Angeles Times
3 months ago

California business leaders want voters to expedite state's environmental review process for housing, infrastructure

California Chamber proposes a ballot initiative imposing a 365-day limit on CEQA reviews for essential projects including housing, clean energy and wildfire resiliency.
California
fromwww.dailynews.com
4 months ago

California Republicans pushing to get voter ID initiative onto 2026 ballot

Republicans are pursuing a California Voter ID initiative for the 2026 ballot requiring government-issued ID or verified ID numbers and voter-roll citizenship checks.
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