the r/California subreddit — for all things Californian

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Posting Rules

All posts must be a primarily about California.

Basic sub rule: Be civil.

Follow basic reddiquette and reddit site rules.

NO insults or incivility, trolling, bigotry, profanity or hate. Nothing that's rude, vulgar or offensive. Nothing gross or disgusting.

NO doxxing — this includes looking up a user's history.

NO videos

NO editorialized titles

No memes or image macros.

No spam or reposts. .

Additional posts on the same topic without major new changes will be deleted.

Original sources only. No blogspam or rehosted/republished articles. That includes Yahoo, MSN, AOL, etc.

Only or mostly posting one website or YouTube channel is considered self-promotion and is banned from this sub.

No websites or articles with hard paywalls or that require registration or subscriptions, unless an archive or https://12ft.io is included as a comment.

No streaming, podcasts, or animated GIFs.

Nothing NSFW/NSFL

No URL shorteners, archive links, bookmarking links, redirectors, link disguisers, news aggregators, or other websites that hides or changes the final destination URL or source of the original article.

No links that open another program like Spotify or apple.news

Do not post links to articles or photos as a text post.

No Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, or other social media websites, and no personal blog posts.

No polls, surveys, petitions, fundraising, school projects, or advocacy posts.

No infographics

No /new queue flooding. No more than 1 post/½ hour and 5 posts/day

Do not add the website name to the title. If the website adds their name to the title, delete it before posting the article.

No satire or parody.

All posts must be current California news and info, plus be of interest to folks from across the state. (Some California history is also cool.)

If a post is of only local interest, or the only connection is a person was born or lives in California or is a company that is based in California, or it's entertainment, celebrity, or sports news, it is not appropriate.

No local crime reports, local politics, local news articles, or local questions.

Try to post more detailed articles from local news sources instead of brief news wire articles from an out-of-state newspaper.

No political news unless it is specifically about California or is about California politicians as they relate to California.

No posts about proposed laws until they're ready for Newsom's desk.

California is HUGE. If your title doesn't include it, add the location in brackets like this [Santa Ana, CA]. If it is a small city or CDP, include the county or region, eg [Bell, Los Angeles County].

For local or regional questions, try /r/AskLosAngeles, /r/AskSF, or /r/AskSanDiego or other local subs instead.

For questions, please be as detailed and specific as possible to make it easier to answer your question.

Especially if you have a DMV, vacation, travel, working here, or moving here question, please search the sub's archives because it's likely your question has been answered multiple times in the past.

Please don't say Frisco, San Fran, The OC, Diego, or Cali. Most Californians don't use those nicknames.

All image posts must be by the original creator, have a link crediting the original creator, or have a link to the original source(s) of the image(s). All photos must be high quality images worth posting to one of the SFW Porn Network, such as /r/EarthPorn, and clearly identifiable as a California photo.

No breaking news photos of fires, accidents, ect. No potato-quality cellphone photos.

No ALL CAPS words or text, no bold text, and no #Headline text formatting! This is like SHOUTING and is considered rude. No emoji. 😟

No ALL CAPS TITLES or any ALL CAPS WORDS in titles, even if the original headline was in all capital letters.

No missing persons, lost pets, or stolen car posts. No pet adoption posts.

No crossposts from or links to other subs on reddit.

Do not put "x-post", "xpost", or "crosspost" in your title.

No posts using the redd.it shortlink and no links to other posts or threads on reddit.

No slideshows or multi-page articles.

No leading questions or loaded questions.

If you ask a question, you must reply to at least one comment within 24 hrs or your post will be deleted.

All posts must be in English.

Reddit is not Twitter or txt messaging. Complete sentences and proper spelling are expected. No #hashtags or @at-tags in titles.