October 18, 2019 | Chris Nichols
A proposed statewide ballot measure would create a court system to channel people who are homeless toward mental health treatment instead of jail for some minor crimes. But many homeless advocates say it could lead to mass institutionalization.
October 17, 2019 | Scott Rodd
Last week, more than 700,000 PG&E customers lost power during planned shutoffs, which the utility claimed were due to heightened risk of wildfires. But the company — by its own admission — fumbled the outage from the start.
October 17, 2019
Friday, the California Public Utilities Commission holds an emergency hearing on PG&E’s public safety power shutoffs. CapRadio’s Scott Rodd shares the view from one business, from PG&E and from a former administrative law judge at the CPUC.
October 16, 2019 | Chris Nichols
Most Americans have seen income go up, slowly.
October 16, 2019 | Ben Adler
After 25 years of broadcasting the California Legislature’s floor sessions and committee hearings, the state’s version of C-SPAN has gone dark.
October 15, 2019 | Sammy Caiola
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed several bills that seek to move California closer to universal health care. And, insurance could be cheaper when the state's health benefit exchange opens for enrollment, thanks to recent budget changes.
October 14, 2019
The California Public Utilities Commission ordered a series of corrective actions, including a goal of restoring power within 12 hours, not PG&E's current 48-hour goal.
October 14, 2019
Gov. Gavin Newsom's choices this year reflect his vision for California, and resist his predecessor and the president.
October 14, 2019
Some of the most high-profile — and contentious — measures of the year in California were health care-related.
October 13, 2019 | Ben Adler
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has cleared his desk for the year after acting on hundreds of bills over the weekend, signing several measures that failed in previous years while issuing more than 100 veto messages.
October 3, 2019
CapRadio’s Capital Bureau Chief Ben Adler talks about California presidential polls, how California’s top officials are maintaining the “State of Resistance” against the Trump administration and a round up of news from the State Capitol.
June 6, 2019
It’s budget crunch time in the State Capitol. That’s because the state budget has to finalized no later than midnight on June 15. We’ll have Capitol Bureau chief Ben Adler to tell us where things stand.
May 30, 2019
The California Assembly has struck a deal on a use of force bill, and Ben Adler is here to discuss. We'll also preview this weekend’s California Democratic Party Convention in San Francisco.
May 9, 2019
Every year in May, California’s governor releases a revised state budget. Will there be optimism or doom and gloom? The so-called “May Revise” is kind of a big event, and is greatly anticipated by those who follow the state budget process.
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