-
Kristyna Wentz-Graff/OPBElections officials say it wouldn’t be difficult to transition back to a hard Election Day deadline, which was in place until 2022. -
Rahmat Gul/AP File PhotoThe Supreme Court cleared the way Monday for California schools to tell parents if their children identify as transgender without getting the student's approval, granting an emergency appeal from a conservative legal group.
-
The Supreme Court justices agreed to review whether oil companies have standing to try to overturn a federal waiver for a California clean-car rule that ramped up electric car sales. The standards are the cornerstone of California’s efforts to clean its air and combat climate change. -
More than two-dozen California cities passed, strengthened or are considering ordinances that penalize people for sleeping outside, after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed cities to crack down. -
The City of Roseburg is considering whether to punish some camping code violations with jail time. -
Wednesday night's City Council decision comes after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the city’s ban on camping in public places. -
Following U.S. Supreme Court ruling, the state’s most powerful Democrats have given little sign they want to alter state policies. -
California Governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order on Thursday requiring state agencies to adopt policies to humanely remove homeless encampments on their property. -
In three rulings the U.S. Supreme Court dealt a body blow to the federal bureaucracy. From healthcare to climate to workers’ rights, California’s rules often go farther. -
The issue could demand attention when lawmakers meet next year. -
The ruling drew swift rebuke from Democrats and praise from Republicans. -
On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the city’s ban against homeless people camping in public spaces.
-
The ruling won’t immediately allow Oregon cities to begin penalizing unhoused people for resting on public property, due to a state law that puts limits on sweeping public camping bans. -
The decision is a win for Western cities that wanted more powers to manage record homelessness. But advocates for the unhoused say the decision will do nothing to solve the larger problem
