At the end of August, Texas and Florida's attorneys general asked to join GOP attorneys general from Missouri, Idaho, and Kansas in a yearslong lawsuit targeting mifepristone - breathing new life into the litigation attacking the most widely used method of abortion in the United States.
In California, Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law a major bill that allows apartment buildings near major transit stops. This has been a major goal of the state's housing reformers. Yet the new law is a complex animal with lots of staggered implementation dates and local flexibility built in. It'll be years before we have a real fix on how well it's working.
Since Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022, California politicians have attempted to position the state as a haven for people seeking an abortion - especially when, just months later that same year, voters successfully enshrined the right to an abortion in the state constitution. However, recent federal action and the anti-abortion movement's aggressive tactics have made palpable impacts in the state.
