California

Arizona, Nevada and California announced an agreement on Colorado River water use reductions, possibly averting a more stringent federal solution.

Public sector employers are in a fierce competition with the private sector for workers and may be losing amid labor shortages and inflation.

The Biden Administration has partnered with five cities and the State of California in efforts to reduce homelessness.

The negative rating outlook comes less than a week after Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a budget shortfall of $31.5 billion.

Amid rising construction costs and supply chain shortfalls, some California school bond projects are being redesigned, accelerated or delayed.

The investor-driven committee created guidelines to help small- and medium-sized issuers provide more uniform disclosure.

Attorneys general from 16 states filed an amicus brief supporting Oakland and San Francisco's climate change lawsuit against oil companies.

The governor outlined what he called a balanced budget, though the revenue shortfall has grown by $9.3 billion to $31.5 billion since January.

Lawmakers passed a stopgap $150 million loan fund for hospitals in fiscal distress, and will discuss longer-term solutions as the session progresses.

Providing enough housing for middle class and homeless people has topped legislative agendas in three West Coast states and Hawaii this session.