SACRAMENTO — As the deadline approached last week for measures to qualify for California's November ballot, wealthy special interests pushed lawmakers to cut deals to avoid costly ballot measure campaigns in the latest display of money's power over policymaking. In a single day, beverage companies, a wealthy real estate developer...
Are These Fresno Apartments Safe? HUD Cites Lead Paint Violations.
(Editor's Note: This story has been updated to include a statment from an attorney representing Pleasant Village Apartments saying the complex doesn't have lead-based paint.) At the same time the Department of Housing and Urban Development faces scrutiny over enforcing lead paint standards, eight California apartment complexes face fines for...