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City officials attribute the structural deficit to inflation-driven spending increases combined with revenues that have not kept pace.

California Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas, D-Hollister, at a Sacramento hearing in December 2023 Assembly Democratic Caucus

Los Angeles Port Executive director Gene Seroka is pictured during a port briefing with California Lt. Gov. Elenia Kounalakis earlier in the year.

California State Sen. Jerry McNerney, D-Pleasanton, (pictured) and Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan, D-Orinda, have introduced legislation that would place guardrails around artificial intelligence technologies.

Keely Bosler, former head of the California Department of Finance, and now a union consultant, opposes the proposed billionaire's tax.

Belifanti-Knight sees his new position "as a good opportunity to be part of leadership in a franchise that is in growth mode." Cabrera Capital

California's state controller and auditor did a victory lap recently after they announced, after several years of extremely late audited financial statements, the state has caught up.

"We cannot take our strength for granted. I'm launching a historic convening of top leaders from around Washington state to help guide the next chapter of economic prosperity," said Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson.

Nevada State Controller Andy Matthews said the release of the state's fiscal 2024 financials "represents a critical step in the right direction."

Smoke from fire that resulted in near total destruction of a 491,000-square-foot cold storage structure shrouded Los Angeles' east side for days.