10 entries in the ledger
A three-judge Ninth Circuit panel ruled Oct. 14 that the Trump administration is "certain to succeed" on its claim that California's "No Vigilantes Act" -- which requires on-duty law enforcement officers, including...
ICE reportedly launched an unannounced, roughly 45-day enforcement surge across California beginning in San Diego in early October 2026, according to the Washington Examiner, local news outlets and the California...
U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell issued a preliminary injunction on Sept. 2, 2026 barring the Environmental Protection Agency from sending four California vehicle emissions waivers to Congress for possible repeal. In...
The California Legislature passed a bill on Aug. 31 barring law enforcement from using electric-shock gloves through 2030, weeks after reporting that Immigration and Customs Enforcement planned to spend up to $20 million...
California Attorney General Rob Bonta and the California Energy Commission sued the Trump administration and Golden State Wind LLC on Aug. 28, 2026 over the Interior Department's buyout of the company's offshore wind...
The Department of Homeland Security bought the Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego County and the California City Detention Facility in Kern County outright from CoreCivic in a sale that closed July 2, 2026, paying...
On July 21, 2026, the Department of Health and Human Services deferred more than $1 billion in Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota, withholding roughly $867.5 million from California and about $199 million from...
Vice President JD Vance, acting in his role as the administration's fraud czar, announced that the federal government would defer $1.3 billion in Medicaid payments to California. CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz described...
On March 13, 2026, President Trump signed an executive order expanding the Energy Secretary's delegated authority under the Defense Production Act, and Energy Secretary Chris Wright then ordered Sable Offshore Corp. to...
On March 12, 2026, the Trump administration filed suit against California air regulators seeking to invalidate the state's vehicle greenhouse-gas and zero-emission vehicle requirements, arguing the state lacks authority...