Tag: California
California to end its use of private, for-profit prisons
DON THOMPSON and AMY TAXIN
Associated Press
SACRAMENTO (AP) — California will ban the use of for-profit, private detention facilities, including those under contract to the...
California outlines ways to comply with upcoming privacy law
RACHEL LERMAN
AP Technology Writer
Companies must notify California residents of their data privacy rights in plain language and must verify people's identities before releasing...
California voters may be asked to steer homeless to services
KATHLEEN RONAYNE
Associated Press
SACRAMENTO (AP) — California voters could decide next year whether to create new county courts to steer homeless people to mental...
As police and firefighter numbers fall, officials urge prep
By JAKE GOODRICK, BRIGETTE WALTERMIRE, NATALIE ANDERSON and CHRISTIAN GRAVIUS
CARSON (AP) — With natural disasters increasing in frequency and intensity, first responders are finding...
A win comes through for homeowners
In a big win for California homeowners, the state Supreme Court upheld lower court rulings that direct the state to return $331 million it...