Urban Government

*On June 13, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti signed into law an ordinance restricting the sale of menthol cigarettes and other flavored tobacco products. The...

*(CNN) -- Mississippi's capital has been without reliable tap water service since Monday, when rainwater flooding helped push an already-hobbled treatment plant to begin...

*(CNN) -- The Pentagon rejected a second request from the mayor of Washington, DC, to help deal with migrants arriving in the city by...

*As the monkeypox virus outbreak spreads across the globe, Gov. Gavin Newsom says California will need to galvanize “forces” across regions and relax some...

*LOS ANGELES, CA – On Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022, more than 300 Los Angeles County Deputy Probation and Detention Services Officers, Supervisors, and Managers...

*A lawsuit filed by the California-Hawaii NAACP Conference on Aug. 2 to remove an election ballot opposition statement to Proposition 26 attributed to a...

*The National Black Farmers Association is worried that the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 will roll back debt relief provided Black, indigenous, and other...

*After a 3-year hiatus, the 12-member California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC) held its “African American Leaders for Tomorrow Program” (AALT) on the campus of...

*The City of Sacramento has reached a settlement with the parents of Stephon Clark, the man that was shot and killed by police officers...

*The officer-involved shooting of 23-year-old Rob Marquise Adams in San Bernardino on July 16 has put the spotlight on a law that requires state...

*A little over a month after San Franciscans ousted uber liberal District Attorney Chesa Boudin in the June 7 primary, an effort to remove...

*New research reveals how costly car repairs are now ballooning into a new form of predatory lending. And just like other forms of financial...

*Last month, Gov. Gavin Newsom released his May Revise of the state budget. Included in the whopping $300.6 billion budget proposal are generous allocations...

*Non-profit organizations across California will be able to apply for funding from a pool of cash created with an initial investment of $15 million...

*Last week, the Bay Area Black Housing Advisory Task Force (BABHATF) -- a coalition of more than 40 groups with housing and community expertise...