Latest line: A good week for gun rights groups, bad one for cities

Gun rights groups

A federal district judge in Southern California blocks a state law, passed by voters in 2016 under Proposition 63, that requires background checks for people buying ammunition in California.

Cities

California’s 482 cities will lose $6.7 billion due to the pandemic, a new California League of Cities survey finds, prompting potential budget deficits and layoffs for public workers.

Environmentalists

As Earth Day’s 50th anniversary passes, air and water pollution is down, many species are recovering and parks are expanding. But climate change poses a big challenge for decades to come.