Amador County will post its first June 2 primary tallies at 8 p.m.; initial results will reflect mail ballots only.

Woodland officials are weighing a one‑cent sales tax for the November ballot that staff say would raise about $16 million a year to fund roads and core services.

The state Senate unanimously passed SB 995, the Masuma Khan Justice Act, to give California agencies inspection and penalty powers over privately run immigration detention centers. The bill is part of a nine‑measure package now headed to the Assembly.

More than 90 vote centers opened across Sacramento County this weekend, offering early in-person voting, ballot drop-off and same-day registration.

Residents and a local watchdog told Grass Valley council members that Flock Safety’s license‑plate reader logs show millions of searches and thousands of blank justifications, prompting calls to end the contract.

A Senate budget subcommittee in Sacramento voted to reject Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan for carbon‑auction dollars after warnings that regulator changes could shave billions from the climate fund. Lawmakers say the move is meant to protect programs that serve disadvantaged communities.

AB 1921 would require publishers to offer offline-capable versions, patches or refunds when online game services shut down. The Assembly passed it Wednesday and sent it to the Senate.

SB 1364 would let judges bar custody or unsupervised visitation when a child was conceived in an alleged sexual assault; the bill passed the Senate and now moves to the Assembly. Survivors’ advocates say the change fills a gap where criminal convictions are rare.

Black lawmakers and hospital leaders are pushing for a $500M emergency fund to stabilize 17 public hospitals facing billions in federal and state cuts. Advocates say the money would stave off unit closures and layoffs.

At a May Day rally in East San Jose, Tom Steyer wore a "Workers Over Billionaires" shirt and pledged to tax fellow billionaires while pouring record money into his campaign.

Stanislaus County is proposing roughly a 2.3% increase to unincorporated garbage rates after the Crows Landing burner closed, with a public hearing set for June 23.

Yolo County supervisors chose an expedited public process to pick Jeff Reisig’s successor, directing staff to screen applicants with public interviews planned for late June.

A coalition urged California’s attorney general to probe whether OpenAI executives’ investments in Cerebras created undisclosed conflicts after a big compute deal.