A Sacramento shell-game comes to an end

The California Supreme Court has finally put an end to the five-year-long shell game played by the state government with $331 million intended to help distressed homeowners during the recession-era mortgage crisis.
The justices refused to hear an appeal from Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration, filed after the latest in a series of court decisions that went against the state. In April, an appeals court in Sacramento ruled in favor of consumer-advocacy groups that have been fighting for year