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FILE - California Gov. Gavin Newsom answers a reporters question about his revised 2024-25 state budget during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, May 10, 2024. The California Teachers Association has criticized Newsom's budget proposal, saying it would wreak havoc on school funding. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Teachers criticize Newsom’s budget proposal, say it would ‘wreak havoc on funding for our schools’

California’s largest teachers union is turning up the pressure on Gov. Gavin Newsom. The California Teachers Association on Friday said it will work to block one of Newsom’s proposals for balancing the budget.
 
FILE - A ship moves through the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta near Bethel Island, Calif., March 12, 2008. California Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration now says it will cost more than $20 billion to build a giant tunnel so the state can catch more water when it rains and store it to better prepare for longer droughts caused by climate change. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

California’s water tunnel to cost $20 billion. State officials say the benefits are worth it

 
California Gov. Gavin Newsom makes an announcement on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, in San Mateo, Calif. Hammered by mounting pressure to address the growing homelessness crisis in California, Newsom announced that his administration will make $3.3 billion available ahead of schedule for counties and private developers to start building more behavioral health treatment centers as part of his efforts to fund housing and drug use programs. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)

California to make $3.3 billion available for mental health, substance use treatment centers

 
FILE - Farmworkers Cynthia Burgos, left and Teresa Maldonado, right, hug after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill aimed at making it easier for farmworkers to unionize in Sacramento, Calif., Sept. 28, 2022. One of California's most influential agricultural companies announced Monday, May 13, 2024, that it is suing the state to stop the contentious law to help farmworkers unionize. The legal action by the Wonderful Co. comes as it battles United Farm Workers over a newly formed union at one of its businesses. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Major agricultural firm sues California over farmworker unionization law

 
California Gov. Gavin Newsom answers a reporter's question about his revised 2024-25 state budget during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, May 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

California has a multibillion-dollar budget deficit. Here’s what you need to know

 

Police begin removing barricades at UCLA pro-Palestinian demonstrators’ encampment

Police have begun removing barricades at a pro-Palestinian demonstrators’ encampment on the UCLA campus. Thursday morning’s law enforcement effort comes after officers spent hours threatening arrests over loud speakers if people did not disperse.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom unveils his revised 2024-25 state budget during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, May 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Gov. Gavin Newsom proposes painful cuts to close California’s growing budget deficit

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed a series of painful budget cuts to close the state’s growing deficit. Newsom said Friday the state’s deficit is $27.6 billion.
 
FILE - California Gov. Gavin Newsom during a news conference, March 21, 2024, in Los Angeles. California announced Thursday, May 9, 2024, it is partnering with five companies to develop generative AI tools to help deliver public services. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

California is testing new generative AI tools. Here’s what to know

California is partnering with five companies to develop generative AI tools to help the state deliver public services.
 
FILE -California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks in Larkspur, Calif., Tuesday, April 16, 2024. California could soon deploy generative artificial intelligence tools to help reduce traffic jams, make roads safer and provide tax guidance, among other things, under new agreements announced Thursday, May 9, 2024, as part of Gov. Gavin Newsom's efforts to harness the power of new technologies for public services. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

California to tap generative AI tools to increase services access, reduce traffic jams

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California could soon deploy generative artificial intelligence tools to help reduce traffic jams, make roads safer and provide tax guidance, among other things, under new agreements announced Thursday as part of Gov.
 
FILE - California Gov. Gavin Newsom discusses his proposed state budget for the 2024-2025 fiscal year, during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Jan. 10, 2024. The California Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday, May 8, 2024, about whether to remove a measure from the November ballot that would make it harder for state and local governments to raise taxes. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

California Supreme Court weighs removing a measure making it harder to raise taxes from the ballot

The California Supreme Court is weighing whether to remove a measure from the November ballot that would make it harder for the state and local governments to raise taxes.
 
FILE – Visitors take part in the annual Donation Day Parade in Grass Valley, Calif., Dec. 21, 2023. On Tuesday, April 30, 2024, the California Department of Finance announced California’s population increased by just over 67,000 people in 2023. It was the first population increase since 2019. (Elias Funez/The Union via AP, File)

California’s population grew in 2023, halting 3 years of decline, state estimates

California’s population increased in 2023 for the first time in three years. The California Department of Finance released a population estimate on Tuesday showing the state gained just over 67,000 people in 2023 for a total population of more than 39.1 million.
 
Joined by the state Legislative Women's Caucus and advocates, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, center, speaks during a news conference, Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in Sacramento, Calif., to announce legislation that would help Arizona women access abortions. The proposal would circumvent a ban on nearly all abortions in Arizona by allowing Arizona doctors to give their patients abortions in California. (AP Photo/Sophie Austin)

Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to let Arizona doctors provide abortions in California

California Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers have announced legislation aimed at helping Arizonans access abortions after the Arizona Supreme Court allowed a near total-ban to move forward.
 
California Gov. Gavin Newsom breaks ground at a new state park in a decade on Monday April 22, 2024 at the Dos Rios property, in Modesto, Calif. The announcement comes as the state sets targets for cutting planet-warming emissions on natural lands. (AP Photo/Sophie Austin)

California announces first new state park in a decade and sets climate goals for natural lands

California will open its first new state park in a decade this summer. The Dos Rios tract in the state’s Central Valley is set to open in June. Gov.
 
FILE - California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a Clean California event in San Francisco, Nov. 9, 2023. On Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024, Nearly $200 million in grant money will go to California cities and counties to move homeless people from encampments into housing, Newsom announced Thursday, April 18, 2024, pledging increased oversight of efforts by local governments to reduce homelessness. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

California governor pledges state oversight for cities, counties lagging on solving homelessness

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has announced nearly $200 million in grant money to cities and counties to move homeless people from encampments into housing.
 
Assemblyman Jesse Gabriel, chair of the Assembly Budget committee, smiles as a measure to reduce the state deficit is approved the Assembly at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, April 11, 2024. Both houses approved the bill that takes a number of steps to reduce the state budget deficit by about $17 billion. Gov. Gavin Newsom has said the deficit is about $38 billion. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

California lawmakers vote to reduce deficit by $17 billion, but harder choices lie ahead

California lawmakers have voted to reduce the size of the state’s deficit. The state Legislature on Thursday approved legislation that takes a number of steps to reduce the deficit by about $17 billion.
 
FILE - California Gov. Gavin Newsom discusses his proposed state budget for the 2024-2025 fiscal year, during a news conference in Sacramento,Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024. Newsom and Democratic state leaders announced on Thursday, April 4, 2024, they had come to an agreement on a plan that would reduce the state's staggering multibillion-dollar shortfall by $17.3 billion through a combination of spending cuts, delays and deferrals. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli,File)

California Democrats agree on plan to reduce budget deficit by $17.3 billion

California Democratic leaders have announced they have agreed on a plan to reduce the state’s staggering budget deficit by $17.3 billion.
 
FILE - California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during an event in San Francisco, Nov. 9, 2023. Newsom announced Friday, March 29, 2024 that hundreds of new high-tech surveillance cameras are coming to the city of Oakland and state freeways in the East Bay to battle criminal activity and freeway violence. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

California governor to deploy 500 surveillance cameras to Oakland to fight crime

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says hundreds of high-tech surveillance cameras are coming to the city of Oakland and surrounding freeways to battle crime.
 
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, left, joins former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger during a news conference for the Campaign for a Safe and Healthy California campaign for Keep The Law (SB 1137) in Inglewood, Calif., on Friday, March. 22, 2024. The law, if upheld, would require all oil or gas production facilities or wells within a health protection zone to comply with new regulations. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

California governor, celebrities and activists launch campaign to protect law limiting oil wells

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jane Fonda are calling on voters to keep a law banning new oil and gas wells near homes, schools and hospitals as the oil industry fights to overturn it.
 
FILE - Police officers and emergency crews park outside the Louis Vuitton store in San Francisco's Union Square on Nov. 21, 2021, after looters ransacked businesses. Facing mounting pressure to crack down on a retail theft crisis, California lawmakers are split on how best to tackle the problem that some say had caused major store closures and products like deodorants to be locked behind plexiglass. (Danielle Echeverria/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, File)

California Democratic lawmakers seek ways to combat retail theft while keeping progressive policy

California lawmakers are split on how to best address the retail theft cases that have proliferated in the state.
 
California Gov. Gavin Newsom comments on the passing of Proposition 1, a $6.4 billion bond ballot measure, during a news conference at the Ronald Reagan State Building Thursday, March 21, 2024, in Los Angeles. California voters have passed the measure that will impose strict requirements on counties to spend on housing and drug treatment programs to tackle the state's homelessness crisis. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

California homelessness measure’s razor-thin win signals growing voter fatigue

A key measure to combat homelessness backed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom has barely passed despite his multimillion-dollar campaign supporting it.
 
Optometrist Hunter Morgan poses in his offices on Friday, March 1, 2024, in Encinitas, Calif. When Morgan bought an optometry practice in San Diego three years ago, one of the first things he did was start accepting patients who were enrolled in Medicaid — the government-funded health insurance program for the poor and the disabled. Just five months later, Morgan said, he had to stop treating Medicaid patients because of the paltry pay. He charges $175 for eye exams, but the most he could get from Medicaid was about $40. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

California wants to pay doctors more money to see Medicaid patients

California wants to pay doctors more money to persuade them to see more Medicaid patients. Medicaid is the government-funded health insurance program for people with low incomes or disabilities.
 
FILE - California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks in support of Proposition 1, a $6.38 billion bond ballot measure, during a news conference at the Los Angeles General Medical Center in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024. California voters have passed the measure that will impose strict requirements on counties to spend on housing and drug treatment programs to tackle the state’s homelessness crisis. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass listens at left. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

California voters pass measure pushed by governor to tackle homelessness crisis in razor-thin win

California voters have approved a measure that Gov. Gavin Newson says he needs to tackle the state’s homelessness crisis.
 
FILE -- The Stellantis sign appears outside the Chrysler Technology Center in Auburn Hills, Mich, on Jan. 19, 2021. Stellantis, one of the largest automakers in the world that owns Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and other brands, on Tuesday, March 19, 2024. agreed to follow California's rules to cut greenhouse gas emissions from cars in a move that will help the state advance its move away from gas-powered vehicles. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

Maker of Jeep, Dodge and Ram vehicles to follow California’s strict emissions standards

A major automaker made a deal with California to cut greenhouse gas emission from cars as the state transitions away from gas-powered vehicles. Gov.
 
FILE - The lights of the state Capitol glow into the night in Sacramento, Calif., Aug. 31, 2022. A new California law that takes effect April 2024 requires a $20 minimum wage for fast food workers. Negotiations over that law concluded last fall and reflect the reality of public policy making in the United States. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Confidentiality pact deepens mystery of how bakery clause got into California minimum wage law

Private organizations involved in negotiations over California’s minimum wage for fast food workers signed a confidentiality agreement.
 
FILE - California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs the fast food bill surrounded by fast food workers at the SEIU Local 721 in Los Angeles, on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023. Republican leaders in California are calling for an investigation into why a new state law requiring a $20 minimum wage for fast food workers includes an exemption for restaurants like Panera Bread. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s campaign donor says his Panera Bread restaurants will follow minimum wage law

A wealthy campaign donor of California Gov. Gavin Newsom said his Panera Bread restaurants will comply with a new minimum wage law.
 
California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks at a Proposition 1 campaign event at the Service Employees International Union office in San Francisco, Monday, March 4, 2024. Californians are set to vote Tuesday on a statewide ballot measure that is touted by Newsom as a major step to tackle homelessness and would be the first major update to the state’s mental health system in 20 years. (AP Photo/Terry Chea)

Californians split on ballot measure to tackle homelessness crisis

Californians are split in early returns over a statewide ballot measure that Gov. Gavin Newson says he needs to tackle the state’s homelessness crisis.
 
FILE - California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs the fast food bill surrounded by fast food workers at the SEIU Local 721 in Los Angeles, on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023. Republican leaders in California are calling for an investigation into why a new state law requiring a $20 minimum wage for fast food workers includes an exemption for restaurants like Panera Bread. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

California governor pushes back against criticism of fast food minimum wage law

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is denying a news report that he pushed for an exception to the state’s fast food minimum wage law that benefits a donor.
 
FILE - California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a Clean California event in San Francisco, Nov. 9, 2023. On Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024, Newsom announced an advertising campaign to combat proposals in several Republican-controlled states that he said are designed to prohibit out-of-state travel for abortions and other reproductive care. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

California governor launches ads to fight abortion travel bans

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has announced an ad campaign urging voters in several Republican-controlled states to speak up against laws designed to prohibit out-of-state travel for abortions.
 
Members of the Resiliency Empowerment Support Team (REST) Letha Croff, left, and Torie Baxter, second from left, talk to a homeless person sleeping under a bridge in Chico, Calif., Feb. 8, 2024. A measure aimed at transforming how California spends money on mental health will go before voters in March as the state continues to grapple an unabated homelessness crisis. The REST Program does daily visits to homeless encampments to get them into treatment or housing. Butte County officials fear the REST program would lose its funding if California voters approve Proposition 1 (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Things to know about California’s Proposition 1

California voters will decide on a statewide ballot measure that Gov. Gavin Newson says would address the state’s ongoing homelessness issue.
 
Tiffany McCarter, executive director of the African American Family and Cultural Center, hugs Josiah Banks before he leaves the center for the day in Oroville, Calif., Feb. 8, 2024. A measure aimed at transforming how California spends money on mental health will go before voters in March as the state continues to grapple an unabated homelessness crisis. McCarter fears the 14-year-old facility with a mission of breaking the cycle of trauma in the Black community, might have to close if it loses mental health funding from the Butte County.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Some worry California proposition to tackle homelessness would worsen the problem

Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom is urging voters to approve a ballot initiative that he says is needed to tackle the state’s homelessness crisis.
 
California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks at a news conference in Oakland, Calif., on July 26, 2021. Gov. Newsom said Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024, he is sending prosecutors to Oakland to help crackdown on rising crime in the San Francisco Bay Area city where brazen, broad daylight robberies have been getting national attention. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

California governor to send prosecutors to Oakland to help crack down on rising crime

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he is sending prosecutors to Oakland to help crack down on rising crime in the San Francisco Bay Area city where brazen robberies in broad daylight have been getting national attention.
 
FILE - A vendor bags psilocybin mushrooms at a cannabis marketplace on May 24, 2019, in Los Angeles. A pair of California lawmakers will introduce a bipartisan bill Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024, to allow people 21 and older to consume psychedelic mushrooms under professional supervision—an effort to address the state's mental health and substance use crises. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

California could legalize psychedelic therapy after rejecting ‘magic mushroom’ decriminalization

California could soon legalize psychedelic therapy under a bipartisan bill being introduced Tuesday. Democratic Sen.
 
California State Senator Scott Wiener speaks during a news conference in San Francisco, Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. Business and agricultural groups sued California Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024, over the most sweeping climate disclosure mandates in the nation, arguing they overstep on the federal government's authority to regulate emissions nationwide. Sen. Wiener authored a law requiring companies making more than $1 billion annually and do business in California to disclose their direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Business and agricultural groups sue California over new climate disclosure laws

Business and agricultural groups are suing California over new climate disclosure laws. The groups argue the policies overstep on the federal government’s authority to regulate emissions nationwide.
 
California Gov. Gavin Newsom holds fish trap while touring a salmon restoration project at Prairie Creek in Redwoods National Park, Calif., Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Terry Chea)

California Gov. Newsom backs dam removal projects to boost salmon. Critics say that’s not enough

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is pledging to fast-track more than half a dozen projects to remove or bypass dams that have blocked salmon.
 
FILE - A ship sails through the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta near Bethel Island, Calif., on March 12, 2008. Sacramento Superior Court Judge Kenneth C. Mennemeier ruled Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024, that the state does not have permission to borrow billions of dollars for a water project. The decision could threaten a key source of funding for a plan to build a tunnel to reroute the state's water supply from the Central Valley to the densely populated southern portion of the state. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

California court ruling could threaten key source of funding for disputed giant water tunnel project

A California judge has ruled that the state does not have permission to borrow billions of dollars for a water project.
 
FILE - Bruce Bertram, 7, listens as lawmakers discuss a proposed bill that would ban children under 12 from playing tackle football in California Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, in Sacramento, Calif. California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he would not sign the bill, saying he is concerned about the health and safety of young athletes but an outright ban is not the answer. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli,File)

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he won’t sign a proposed ban on tackle football for kids under 12

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he will not sign a proposed ban on tackle football for kids under 12.
 
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