Forecasted additional and continuing severe winter storms related to a series of atmospheric river systems threatening California prompted Gov. Newsom on Wednesday to proclaim a statewide state of emergency with…

Governor Newsom declared a state of emergency in Humboldt County on Dec. 20, 2022, due to the 6.8 magnitude earthquake that struck near the City of Ferndale. The earthquake resulted in…

At any given time over the past few years, California has been under some sort of governor-declared emergency — often several declarations at once — that have triggered the state’s…

Several governor-declared states of emergency that include limits on rent increases have either expired in recent days or are on the verge of lapsing. On Oct. 8, fire-related emergency proclamations…

Although a statewide heatwave emergency and some old fire emergencies expired at the end of September, about a dozen other emergency declarations remain in effect and continue to limit rent…

A weeklong heatwave prompted Gov. Newsom on Wednesday to declare a state of emergency with a related cap on rent increases. Newsom’s declaration triggered Penal Code Section 396, the state’s…

Unlike emergency declarations from the governor’s office issued due to wildfires, severe storms and the COVID-19 pandemic, the newly announced statewide monkeypox emergency has not triggered the state’s anti-price-gouging law…

Gov. Gavin Newsom this past weekend declared a wildfire emergency in Siskiyou County, activating protections against price gouging that include limits on rent increases. The declaration, made Saturday, July 30,…