A public health advocacy group is calling on lawmakers to stop using cannabis tax revenue to expand law enforcement, citing two studies on racial bias in marijuana arrests.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, Burbank Congressman Adam Schiff, and California Assemblyperson Laura Friedman have all walked back endorsements for L.A.
Santa Barbara County says it is expecting $10.6 million in cannabis tax revenue for the fiscal year 2020-21, exceeding revenue from sales taxes for the first time.
As states and counties reopen their economies, the U.S. is seeing a spike in coronavirus cases.
A Kern County supervisor is nearing the completion of settlement terms in a conflict of interest case.
The decision leaves standing a lower court ruling that upheld the California Values Act (SB 54).
A deep financial dive conducted by the editors at Forbes has revealed over a quarter of a million employees making six-figure salaries in California. The total cost to taxpayers? $54 billion.
The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors rejected a proposal last week requiring conditional use permits (CUPs) for all commercial cultivation operations.
California has recorded a surge in hate crimes against Asian Americans over the past three months.
County News has written extensively about the resistance to face mask orders.
A new rift has been opened up between L.A. County leaders and Sheriff Alex Villanueva. This time, the disagreement is over the sheriff’s department’s budget.
