California Leads Charge Against Parting Gut of Endangered Species Act by Trump
California launched its attack on President Donald Trump’s final attempt at gutting the Endangered Species Act on his way out the door.
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Biden Picks California AG Becerra to Lead HHS, Pandemic Response
President-elect Joe Biden has picked California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to be his health secretary, putting a defender of the Affordable Care Act in a leading role to oversee his administration’s coronavirus response.
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California Sues DeVos Over Failures of Student-Loan Forgiveness Program
Accusing the Trump administration of being stingy with student loan relief meant for teachers, police officers and other public servants, California sued the U.S. Department of Education and Secretary Betsy DeVos on Wednesday for botching a bipartisan federal debt relief program.
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California Leads Charge Against Fuel Economy Rollback
Led by California, 24 states and several cities on Wednesday challenged the Trump administration’s rollback of the Clean Car Standards, the 2010 rule that was supposed to guide fuel efficiency improvements and greenhouse gas emissions reduction through 2026.
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California Leads Suit Over Lax Energy-Conservation Standards
Leading a coalition of states and New York City, California sued the Trump administration Tuesday claiming the federal government has made alterations to energy conservation standards that hurt consumers and lead to more pollution.
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California AG Faces Tough Slog in Bid to Dodge Police Transparency Law
The California Department of Justice defended its withholding of police misconduct files before a panel of three state appellate justices Thursday, insisting that compliance with a landmark transparency law would place undue strain on agency resources.
Read moreCalifornia Turns the Heat on Facebook Over Privacy Practices
For more than a year, the California Department of Justice has been investigating Facebook’s privacy practices, trying to determine whether it violated California law in granting third parties broad access to user data against their wishes.
Read moreCalifornia AG Ordered to Release Police Misconduct Files
California’s Justice Department will begin releasing police misconduct records created before Jan. 1, 2019, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced Friday under a new police transparency law that garnered the ire of police unions across the state.
Read moreFeds Sued for Change to Health Worker Union Dues Rules
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra sued the Trump administration Monday over a federal rule that blocks more than half a million in-home health care workers in the Golden State from directly deducting union dues from their paychecks.
Read moreJudge Stays His Own Order to Allow High-Capacity Gun Magazines
California residents who have acquired high-capacity gun magazines in the week since a federal judge found the state’s voter-approved ban on the firearms unconstitutional will be allowed to keep their weapons, but will not be able to import more into the state starting Friday at 5 p.m., a federal judge ruled Thursday in staying his order.
Read moreCalifornia AG Slammed on Police Transparency Record
Press and free speech advocates blasted California Attorney General Xavier Becerra on Monday over his approach to government transparency and law enforcement accountability.
Read moreDemocrats’ Spanish Language Response Stokes Resistance to Trump Agenda
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said during the Democrats’ Spanish language response to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union that his office is prepared to take legal action if the president declares a national emergency over border wall funding.
Read moreCalifornia’s First Latino Attorney General Targets Trump Policies
Xavier Becerra became perhaps the nation’s most influential attorney general when he was named California’s top lawyer two years ago, and has used his post atop what some call the “Resistance State” to pummel President Donald Trump’s administration with dozens of legal actions.
Read moreCalifornians Charged in Statewide Apple Store Crime Spree
Apple stores across California have been targeted by groups of thieves in recent months, dashing into stores wearing hoodies and snatching products from the shelves in seconds. On Thursday, however, the Golden State’s top cop said the crime spree has been thwarted with the arrests of 17 people charged with stealing over $1 million in Apple product.
Read moreCalifornia Calls Out Sutter Health on Antitrust Claims
Accusing one of the state’s largest health care providers of price gouging and bullying insurers, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra on Friday announced an antitrust lawsuit against Sutter Health.
Read moreCalifornia AG Candidates Blast Absent Becerra at Debate
Three men seeking to replace current California Attorney General Xavier Becerra took advantage of his absence from the first and only scheduled debate Wednesday to paint him as a political pawn “obsessed” with President Donald Trump.
Read moreCalifornia Sues Feds to Re-Tighten Fracking Rules
California will fight to reinstate environmental protections recently nixed by the Trump administration at the behest of the oil industry, according to a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday.
Read moreCalifornia Fines Gatorade $300K for ‘Anti-Water’ Ad Campaign
Gatorade made misleading “anti-water statements” while pushing the benefits of its sports drinks in a video game marketed to teenagers, according to a settlement announced Thursday by California’s attorney general.
Read moreCalifornia Sues to Keep Border Wall Off Environmental Fast Track
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra – standing steps from the fence along the U.S.-Mexico border in San Diego – said Wednesday he and the California Coastal Commission have sued the federal government for circumventing state and federal environmental laws in order to speed up construction of the border wall.
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