Ryan Sabalow is a Digital Democracy reporter for CalMatters. A graduate of Chico State University, he began his career covering local news for the Auburn Journal in Placer County and The Record Searchlight in Redding. He spent three years in the Midwest at The Indianapolis Star where he was an investigative reporter. Before joining CalMatters, he primarily covered California water and environmental policy at The Sacramento Bee. A lifelong hunter and outdoorsman, Sabalow spends as much time as possible in Siskiyou County, where he grew up. He's married and has two daughters, two lunatic cats and a duck-retrieving chocolate lab named Spooner.
California’s rival gambling interests gave the 22 members of an obscure legislative committee more than $1 million in campaign donations. Did the cash infusion to this “juice committee” influence members’ votes?
Nearly every major environmental group in California opposed the bill, which would have modified the state’s signature environmental law to speed up upgrades to power lines. Supporters said it would have helped free the state from fossil fuels and make the grid more reliable, but opponents feared it would damage state parks.
Assemblymember Josh Lowenthal, who owns restaurants that serve drinks, has introduced several bills adding requirements for bar owners and drink servers to do more to prevent drink spiking.
El asambleísta Josh Lowenthal, propietario de restaurantes que sirven bebidas, ha presentado varios proyectos de ley que añaden requisitos para que los propietarios de bares y los empleados que sirven bebidas hagan más para evitar las bebidas adulteradas.
Después de su arresto por DUI, la asambleísta Wendy Carrillo ha estado hablando de su lucha con el alcohol. Ahora ha presentado una legislación para educar a los estudiantes de preparatoria sobre los daños del alcohol.
After her DUI arrest, Assemblymember Wendy Carrillo has been talking about her struggles with alcohol. Now she has introduced legislation to educate high school students about the harms of booze.
Sen. Scott Wiener is irked that he had to introduce a bill that would require health officials to ask LGBTQ people for demographic info on state health forms. He says they should have been doing it anyway.
A California bill would temporarily halt large transactions if a financial institution suspects elder fraud. Will the bill prevent seniors from accessing their bank accounts for legitimate expenses?
