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Your city may set a higher wage floor than the state. Find the rate that applies where you actually work.
Rent Increase Calculator
Work out the maximum lawful increase under AB 1482: 5% plus regional inflation, capped at 10%.
Court Records Finder
All 58 counties run their own court records system. Find the right one and what to have ready.
Security Deposit Deadline
Your landlord has 21 calendar days to return it. Get your date, and check the deposit was lawful.
Latest California Guides
Who Owns a Family Business After a Split? California’s Community Property Rules
Ethan Klein’s Oct. 23 pledge to give up his stakes in the businesses he built with Hila Klein raised a common question. Here is how California’s community property rules generally treat a business built during a marriage, and why an...
Legal Separation in California vs. Divorce: The 6-Month Wait and More
Separation can mean a moved-out spouse, a court case that keeps the marriage intact, or the start of a divorce. Here is...
Ethan and Hila Klein: From a 2007 Meeting in Israel to the H3 Hiatus of 2026
Ethan and Hila Klein met in Israel in 2007, started making YouTube videos together in 2011, married in 2012 and built a...
Is the H3 Podcast Cancelled? Not Officially. Here Is Its Status on Oct. 23
Is the H3 Podcast cancelled? No one has said so. Ethan Klein called it an indefinite hiatus, and the crew has broken...
H3 Crew Statement, Line by Line: What the Team Promised and Left Open
The H3 Podcast crew posted a short statement late on Oct. 22 refusing to keep working with Ethan Klein. Here is each...
Ethan Klein Says He Will Drop His Stakes in Podcasts, Teddy Fresh, Teddy Glow
On Friday, Oct. 23, Ethan Klein wrote that he and Hila Klein are working to strip his ownership and financial interest from...
Ethan Klein Timeline: Five Posts That Upended the H3 Podcast in Two Days
In roughly a day and a half, an H3 Podcast hiatus notice, Hila Klein’s affair allegation, the crew’s exit and two Friday...
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Los Angeles News
City Hall, LAUSD, the LAPD, Metro and the county board — what changed in LA and what it means for the people who live there.
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Sacramento, the Legislature, statewide propositions, local ordinances and recalls — with the bill or measure number attached.
View Politics & Elections →Silicon Valley & AI
The AI build-out and its bill: funding, layoffs, chips, data centres and the regulation catching up with all of it.
View Silicon Valley & AI →Hollywood & Entertainment
Studios, streaming, production permits, the tax credit and the union deals that decide who works in California.
View Hollywood & Entertainment →Real Estate & Market Reports
Prices, inventory, rents and mortgage rates by metro — the numbers, their source, and what actually moved.
View Real Estate & Market Reports →Guides: How California Actually Works
Evergreen explainers that cite the statute, ordinance or agency page the rule comes from — and say what is different in your county.
California Money & Benefits
EDD, CalFresh, Medi-Cal, Covered California and unclaimed property — who qualifies and how to apply in your county.
View California Money & Benefits →Housing & Renters
Rent caps, just-cause eviction, security deposits and habitability — the statewide rule and the city ordinance that may override it.
View Housing & Renters →Courts & Legal Records
All 58 superior courts: looking up a case, filing small claims, what records are public and what each one costs.
View Courts & Legal Records →Taxes & Property
Prop 13 and Prop 19, assessed value, reassessment and the exemptions people miss — county assessor by county assessor.
View Taxes & Property →Jobs & Wages
Minimum wage by city, overtime, paid sick leave, final paychecks and how to file a wage claim.
View Jobs & Wages →Utilities & Energy
PG&E, SCE and SDG&E bills explained: baseline allowances, time-of-use rates, CARE and FERA discounts, and shutoff rules.
View Utilities & Energy →Wildfire, Disaster & Insurance
Nonrenewals, the FAIR Plan, what a wrap-around policy covers, evacuation orders and filing a claim after a declared disaster.
View Wildfire, Disaster & Insurance →Ballot Measures & Local Law
Propositions and local measures explained in plain language, plus the municipal codes and ordinances behind them.
View Ballot Measures & Local Law →DMV & Everyday California
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- County by County
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California is 58 different answers. Click your county to see what applies there.