San Francisco fire chief fed up with robotaxis that mess with her firetrucks(latimes.com)

105 points by tafda 3 years ago | 99 comments

Caltrans exec who protested a freeway expansion gets demoted(latimes.com)

84 points by oftenwrong 3 years ago | 39 comments

California moves to decriminalize use of magic mushrooms, other psychedelics(latimes.com)

164 points by voisin 3 years ago | 160 comments

In L.A., a new vision of incarceration proves rehabilitation works(latimes.com)

23 points by PaulHoule 2 years ago | 31 comments

Revenge Served Ice Cold?(latimes.com)

25 points by luu 3 years ago | 2 comments

Airbnb allowed rampant price gouging following L.A. fires, city attorney alleges(latimes.com)

54 points by miguelazo 1 year ago | 65 comments

FCC votes to limit prison telecom charges(worthrises.org)

944 points by Avshalom 2 years ago | 408 comments

Worth Rises press release on the FCC's unanimous vote to cap prison phone and video call rates and ban related fees, estimated to save families $500 million annually.

Suspects can refuse to provide phone passcodes to police, court rules(arstechnica.com)

496 points by thunderbong 2 years ago | 343 comments

Ars Technica article on a court ruling that suspects can refuse to give police their phone passcodes, noting conflicting case law that may reach the Supreme Court.

Police cannot seize property indefinitely after an arrest, federal court rules(reason.com)

773 points by throwup238 2 years ago | 385 comments

Reason article reporting that the D.C. Circuit ruled police cannot hold seized property indefinitely after an arrest, calling it unconstitutional.

2400 phone providers may be shut down by the FCC for failing to stop robocalls(docs.fcc.gov)

450 points by impish9208 1 year ago | 274 comments

FCC news release announcing that over 2,400 voice service providers face removal from the Robocall Mitigation Database for failing to meet filing requirements.

California law enforcement misused state databases more than 7k times in 2023(eff.org)

520 points by hn_acker 1 year ago | 261 comments

EFF Deeplinks article reporting that California law enforcement agencies misused state databases more than 7,000 times in 2023.

All foster kids in California can now attend any state college for free(themessenger.com)

661 points by pessimizer 3 years ago | 507 comments

News article reporting that California's budget under Gov. Newsom covers tuition, room and board for foster youth at any state university or community college.