What Is the FBI Trying To Hide About Its Raid on Innocent Americans' Safe Deposit Boxes?
Federal prosecutors want to keep key details about the planning and execution of the March 2021 raid at U.S. Private Vaults out of the public's sight.
Federal prosecutors want to keep key details about the planning and execution of the March 2021 raid at U.S. Private Vaults out of the public's sight.
The mayor vetoed a controversial ordinance that would have legalized more types of housing on paper while making it harder to build in practice.
Both laws seek to evade judicial review by delegating enforcement exclusively to private parties.
Segregation-era racists tried to drive the Bruces away from their own beachfront property. When intimidation didn't work, they resorted to the power of the state.
Conservatives' guiding principle should always be less government control, not more.
The terrible consequences of A.B. 5 keep coming.
The state's Endangered Species Act doesn't protect insects, so environmentalists and government officials intent on helping bees had to get creative.
The bill makes little note of parents' ability to control their own children's social media access.
An earlier draft of the bill, favored by the Los Angeles Times, would have required the labels be huge, with 12-point font and yellow backgrounds.
Several states are retaining subjective criteria for carry permits or imposing new restrictions on gun possession.
The state's trucking industry fears drivers will quit or work out of state.
The law is an important step, but ending police harassment of sex workers requires decriminalizing the trade entirely.
Associate Editor Liz Wolfe discusses the political and economic fortunes of both Austin and Miami, plus potential reasons these pastures might not always be greener.
We need to clearcut the government regulations hampering efforts to effectively battle wildfires.
Some states promptly eliminated subjective standards, while others refused to recognize the decision's implications.
Unfortunately, so do more regulations and potential fines.
Federal and state agencies are busting unlicensed marijuana merchants, who face decades in prison.
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Miami and Austin lured people away from California. But the new tech hubs could end up repeating San Francisco’s mistakes.
Journalist Nancy Rommelmann reports from San Francisco on the ouster of a leading progressive district attorney.
Prosecutorial reform is one thing. Chesa Boudin’s incompetence is another.
Mayor London Breed, who has herself recently pivoted away from criminal justice reforms, will select Boudin's successor.
In Los Angeles and San Francisco, voters face candidates who promised criminal justice reforms but whose records have been disappointing.
Perhaps the government shouldn't be running golf courses in the first place?
The federal bailout of state and local governments padded the paychecks of many public employees.
The new law would require all state community college students to attend annual sexual harassment training.
Insects aren't a category protected by the California Endangered Species Act. So state officials classified four bumblebee species as fish to get them listed.
Officials in Marin County, California, argue a temporary moratorium on new short-term rentals in western portions of the county is necessary to preserve the area's limited housing stock.
Fifty percent of the state's water flows to the Pacific Ocean. Another 40 percent is used for agriculture. But it's average residents who are being forced to cut back.
The cultivation tax has driven up the cost of growing cannabis, fueling illegal operations and the state’s enormous black market.
The state’s unemployment rate is well above average, yet there’s a ballot initiative hoping to push the minimum wage to $18 an hour.
The settlement came after the Justice Department agreed to return more than $1 million in proceeds from state-licensed marijuana businesses in California.
Banning less harmful tobacco alternatives is not a way to improve public health.
Heavy regulation, high taxes, and local bans combined to cripple the legal cannabis industry, which accounts for just a third of the state's pot market.
Both Republicans and Democrats are abusing states' police powers to achieve performative political goals. They should stop.
There is some confusion over what the response should be, but there is broad agreement that the officer acted inappropriately.
Compliance is proving to be expensive and confusing.
Nearly two dozen towns that had said no to legal weed shops are reconsidering.
Jonathan Wall, whose federal trial begins on May 2, notes that many people openly engage in similar conduct with impunity.
San Francisco lost a whopping 6.7 percent of its population during the COVID-19 pandemic, the second-largest percentage drop after New York.