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California lawmakers tackled health care, wildfire costs

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE - Associated Press

This combination of photos provided by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shows inmates, from left: Doris Roldan, Adonis Muldrow, Marcus McJimpson, Bryant Salas and Crystal Jones. California Gov. Gavin Newsom is commuting the sentences of 21 current prison inmates, including seven convicted of murder who would never otherwise have had a chance at release. The freshman Democratic governor on Friday, Sept 13, 2019, cited the youth of several of the offenders when they committed their crimes. .(California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation via AP)

California governor commutes sentences for 21 inmates

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California governor says 21 inmates earned shorter sentences

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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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California state Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins, of San Diego, speaks on the floor of the Senate in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, Sept. 13, 2019. Atkins is backing a measure, that if approved, could blunt some of the Trump administration efforts to weaken federal environmental laws by making it easier for state regulators to issue emergency regulations to keep them in place in California. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

California governor plans to veto environmental rules bill

By ADAM BEAM and KATHLEEN RONAYNE - Associated Press

File - In this March 13, 2019, file photo, provided by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, a gurney is removed from the death penalty chamber at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif. California's Supreme Court has refused to block death penalty cases from continuing during Gov. Gavin Newsom's moratorium on executions. The justices on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019, rejected defense attorneys' arguments that jurors can't realistically gauge the seriousness of imposing a death sentence if they think it's never actually going to be carried out. Newsom halted executions in March for as long as he remains governor. (California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation via AP, File)

Court won’t block death penalty trials despite moratorium

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Opponents of recently passed legislation to tighten the rules on giving exemptions for vaccinations, demonstrate against a companion measure the state Senate gallery at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, Sept. 9, 2019. The state Assembly had approved the companion bill, Monday, with changes demanded by Gov Gavin Newsom as a condition of signing the controversial vaccine bill SB276 which was passed by the Legislature last week. The companion bill, SB714 still needs to be voted on by the Senate.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

The Latest: California governor signs vaccine bills

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California Highway Patrol officers take into custody an opponent of recently passed legislation to tighten the rules on giving exemptions for vaccinations, after she cabled herself to the doors of the state Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, Sept. 9, 2019. The state Assembly approved the companion bill, Monday, with changes demanded by Gov Gavin Newsom as a condition of signing the controversial vaccine bill SB276 which was passed by the Legislature last week.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

California governor signs vaccine bills he demanded

By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 16, 2015 file photo a solar panel is installed on the roof of the Old Governor's Mansion State Historic Park in Sacramento, Calif. California homeowners forced to rebuild because of a wildfire won't have to install solar panels under a new law signed Friday, Sept. 6, 2019, by Gov. Gavin Newsom. New rules taking effect Jan. 1, 2020, make California the first state in the county to require solar panels on new homes. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

California law exempts wildfire victims from solar rules

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In this Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019 photo, state Sen. Richard Pan, D-Sacramento, urges lawmakers to approve his measure, SB276, to tighten the rules on giving exemptions for vaccinations, in Sacramento, Calif. Pan announced, Friday, Sept. 6, 2019, that he is accepting additional changes to the bill requested by Gov. Gavin Newsom. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

California lawmaker, governor reach deal on vaccine bill

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California National Guard will lose $8M to border wall plan

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State Sen. Richard Pan, D-Sacramento, smiles as he and Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, D-San Diego, watch as the votes are posted for his measure to tighten the rules on giving exemptions for vaccinations was approved by the Assembly in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019. The Assembly approved the bill SB276, that would give state public health officials oversight of doctors who give more than five medical exemptions annually and schools with vaccination rates less than 95%. It still needs a final approval in the state Senate. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Newsom’s California vaccine bill changes surprise backers

By DON THOMPSON and KATHLEEN RONAYNE - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 29, 2019 file photo, Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, D-San Diego speaks during the Assembly session in Sacramento, Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Gonzalez' bill, AB273, that now makes it illegal to trap animals in California for recreation or to sell their fur, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

California bans fur trapping for recreation, commerce

By ADAM BEAM - Associated Press

State Sen. Richard Pan, D-Sacramento, smiles as he and Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, D-San Diego, watch as the votes are posted for his measure to tighten the rules on giving exemptions for vaccinations was approved by the Assembly in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019. The Assembly approved the bill SB276, that would give state public health officials oversight of doctors who give more than five medical exemptions annually and schools with vaccination rates less than 95%. It still needs a final approval in the state Senate. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

The Latest: California lawmakers OK doctors’ vaccine limits

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California law requires updating transgender grads’ records

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FILE - In this Aug. 21, 2019 file photo Gov. Gavin Newsom takes questions from second graders during his visit to the Paradise Ridge Elementary School in Paradise, Calif. California is poised to overhaul how it authorizes and judges charter schools in what the governor's office is calling the most significant update in decades.Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the agreement on Wednesday, Aug. 28. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, Pool, File)

California poised to overhaul charter schools

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Latest: Calif. governor signs law to limit police shooting

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In this July 1, 2019 file photo First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom, left, attends a big signing ceremony with her husband, Gov. Gavin Newsom, right, at Sacramento City College in Sacramento, Calif. Siebel Newsom has shunned the traditional title of &quot;first lady&quot; and is focusing on women's issues including equal pay and expanding family leave. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Jennifer Siebel Newsom, Gavin Newsom’s wife, takes on Silicon Valley, Hollywood

By Kathleen Ronayne - Associated Press

FILE -- In this April 1, 2019 file photo California first partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom, center, the wife of Gov. Gavin Newsom, joined others to to announce the #EqualPayCA campaign, in Sacramento, Calif. Siebel Newsom has shunned the traditional title of &quot;first lady&quot; and is focusing on women's issues including equal pay and expanding family leave. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

‘No timidity’ for California governor’s wife on key causes

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Newsom proposes $331 million for housing legal assistance

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