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One of Pacific Gas &amp; Electric's Diablo Canyon Power Plant's nuclear reactors in Avila Beach, Calif., is viewed Nov. 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Michael A. Mariant, File)

California legislators advance plan to extend nuke plant run

By Michael R. Blood and Adam Beam - Associated Press

California Legislature OK’s tax break for small businesses

By ADAM BEAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2020, file photo, state Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, speaks at a news conference in Sacramento, Calif. The California Senate approved a bill Thursday, April 22, 2021, that would allow opioid users a place to inject drugs in a supervised setting. &quot;Unlike the Trump administration, President Biden takes a science-based approach to addiction,&quot; said Wiener. &quot;We hope the administration will allow states to pilot evidence-based strategies like safe consumption sites.&quot; (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

California Senate OKs supervised sites for drug users

By ADAM BEAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 11, 2019, file photo, Assemblywoman Autumn Burke, D-Inglewood, calls on lawmakers to approve a wildfire measure she co-authored, with Assemblyman Chris Holden, D-Pasadena, and Assemblyman Chad Mayes, R-Yucca Valley, before the Assembly in Sacramento, Calif. A coronavirus outbreak in the California Legislature has indefinitely delayed the state Assembly's return to work from a scheduled summer recess. Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon's office confirmed five people who work in the Assembly have tested positive for the coronavirus. They include Burke, who is believed to have contracted the virus while on the Assembly floor last month. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Coronavirus disrupts California Legislature for second time

By ADAM BEAM - Associated Press

In this Friday, June 12, 2020, photo, Democratic state Sens. Mike McGuire, of Healdsburg, left, Jim Beal, of San Jose, center, and Nancy Skinner, of Oakland, members of the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee, huddle after a hearing on the state budget, in Sacramento, Calif. Lawmakers will meet Monday, June 15 to pass their version of the state budget. But the budget will likely change as negotiations continue with Gov. Gavin Newsom on how to cover a $54.3 billion deficit. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

California lawmakers take up budget in tense economic times

By ADAM BEAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 23, 2017, file photo Assemblywoman Shirley Weber, D-San Diego, speaks during a joint legislative hearing in Sacramento, Calif. A spokesman for the 71-year-old Weber, announced that she would miss Monday's Assembly session &quot;adhering to the recommendation set forth from for the governor. &quot; On Sunday Gov. Gavin Newsom urged the state's 5.3. million people 65 and older to stay at home. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

California Legislature suspends until April 13 amid outbreak

By ADAM BEAM - Associated Press

State Sen. Connie Leyva, D-Chino, gets high-fives from supporters of ACA14 who packed the hallway of the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, Sept. 13, 2019. ACA14 would place an amendment on the 2020 ballot requiring the University of California to give contract workers the same equal opportunity standards as employees. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

The Latest: Bill to block Trump environmental changes passes

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FILE - In this Monday, Aug. 15, 2016, file photo is Assemblyman Bill Brough, R-Dana Point, at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. Brough is the latest California lawmaker to face accusations of sexual misconduct. The Los Angeles Times reports on Wednesday, June 26, 2019, the Republican Assemblyman Brough has denied allegations that he made unwanted advances toward several women. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

California lawmaker denies allegations of sex misconduct

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FILE - In this May 14, 2019, file photo, Jim Holifield, second from right, who is semi-retired and runs his own part-time consulting firm, describes the problems of getting health insurance to California Gov. Gavin Newsom, second from left, during a discussion about health care with small business owners, in Sacramento, Calif. The California Legislature approved a bill, Monday, June 24, 2019, that taxes people who refuse to buy health insurance and uses the money to help small business owners and others pay for health insurance. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

California Legislature OKs health insurance mandate

By ADAM BEAM - Associated Press

FILE - This Jan. 23, 2018 file photo shows state Sen. Tony Mendoza, D-Artesia, at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. Investigators say Mendoza likely engaged in unwanted &quot;flirtatious or sexually suggestive&quot; behavior with six women. He resigned in February 2018 and is a Democrat. The California Legislature says it racked up more than $1.8 million in legal costs from sexual harassment investigations during 2018 and the first month of 2019. (AP Photo/Steve Yeater, File)

California harassment investigations cost taxpayers $1.8M

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE - Associated Press

Correction: Election 2018-California Legislature story

By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press

Senate Republican Leader Patricia Bates, of Laguna Niguel, left, talks with Sen. Janet Nguyen, R-Fountain, as the Senate empties for a break Friday, Aug. 31, 2018, in Sacramento, Calif. Friday is the final day for California lawmakers to consider gills before they adjourn until after the November elections. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

The Latest: Lawmakers vote to increase police transparency

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The Latest: California Assembly passes felony murder bill

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Assemblywoman Laura Friedman, D-Glendale, right, discusses the creation of a new investigative unit to focus on harassment complaints, while talking with reporters Friday, June 15, 2018, in Sacramento, Calif. Friedman and state Sen. Holly Mitchell, D-Los Angeles, left, co-chairs of a legislative subcommittee looking into sexual harassment at the Capitol, outlined a draft proposal on how to improve the legislature's sexual misconduct policies after several lawmakers were accused of groping and other inappropriate acts. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

California Legislature may create new harassment unit

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE - Associated Press

FILE--In this Feb. 24, 2018 file photo, former California State Senator Tony Mendoza (D-Artesia) speaks at a caucus held at the 2018 California Democrats State Convention in San Diego. A former California Senate staffer filed a lawsuit Tuesday, April 3, 2018, alleging she was fired in retaliation for complaining that Mendoza sexually harassed a young woman working in his office on a California State University fellowship. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy, file)

California governor orders misconduct reports to be tracked

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE AND JONATHAN J. COOPER - Associated Press

File-In this Aug. 31, 2016, file photo the dome of the state Capitol glows in the early evening in Sacramento, Calif. When lawmakers return from the President's Day weekend, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2018, they will learn whether an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct against state Sen. Tony Mendoza, D-Artesia, clears him or sets him up for a possible expulsion. While lawmakers seek to downplay the practical impact, all the attention on sexual misconduct is clearly taking time away from other issues.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

The Latest: Investigation of senator finds misconduct likely

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FILE - In this Jan. 3, 2018, file photo, California Sen. Tony Mendoza, D-Artesia, announces that he will take a month-long leave of absence while an investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against him are completed in Sacramento, Calif. He has sued the state Senate for suspending him amid a sexual misconduct investigation. Mendoza is seeking reinstatement in his lawsuit filed Thursday, Feb. 15, with one of his constituents as a co-plaintiff. (AP Photo/Steve Yeater, file)

The Latest: Misconduct probe of California senator concludes

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The Latest: Suspended California lawmaker sues state Senate

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The Latest: Lawmakers discuss changing Capitol culture

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State Sen. Holly Mitchell, D-Los Angeles, right, vice chairwoman of a joint legislative committee on sexual harassment prevention and response, discusses the committees objectives Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2018, in Sacramento, Calif. Lawmakers from both houses joined together to start the process to reform the Legislature's policies for handling sexual harassment allegations. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Capitol sexual harassment panel says change won’t be quick

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE - Associated Press