Organizations and groups in CA working to persuade 150 city and county governments and 29 states to adopt some of "ban the box" change..
Business groups are threatening to wage a pricey campaign to stop California’s Republican officials from trying to repeal a new gas tax
Sacramento is full of termed-out or retired lawmakers who make second careers as lobbyists, strolling through a “revolving door”...
Is there something weird about California’s standardized test scores?
There’s sometimes a fine line between good governance and trolling.
The conservative event was canceled by the organizers before it started.
The governor has signed into law more than a dozen bills to address California's housing crisis, now its up to the cities and counties..
California leads the nation once again in a statistic no state wants to boast about.
Environmentalists are accustomed to notching wins in the California Legislature
The sun was already sinking below the horizon on the final night of the lawmaking year as nearly two dozen lobbyists stalked the Capitol..
As lawmakers in Sacramento approached the last night of their session, they had had three days to figure out how to vote.
A third of young California children at risk for lead poisoning are not being tested despite state and federal laws that require it
It’s hard to fix a housing crisis. Just ask the California Legislature.
The 2017 legislative session wrapping up began with a rhetorical punch in the face to Donald Trump.
California electric car buyers are getting a mixed bag of news this week.
First, state judges find a loophole. Then conservative legislators and anti-tax activists rush in to patch the hole with a new ballot prop.
“I come out of a legacy that says if you don’t keep kicking at the door you’ll never be able to wear it down or open it. So, I keep kicking"
Once again, counter protesters largely outnumbered right-wing supporters.
Daniel Kammen was a Science Envoy for the State Department.
They're calling on both sides to refrain from violence.
Against the sparkling backdrop of sailboats bobbing on the SF Bay, Gov. Brown last month signed a bill extending cap-and-trade program
California and San Francisco sue Trump administration over sanctuary funding cuts
A counter-protest is also scheduled. Security plans are in the works.
How Los Angeles wound up eating the Bay Area’s dust, at least in economic terms.
In June, the state took in $361 million less than lawmakers planned for in the state budget.
“The system is upside down,” CA Sen. Bob Hertzberg says. “It’s unconstitutional.
Between 1969 and 2015, while California’s population was doubling, Marin County’s grew by just 28.4 percent.
Many California communities could open centers inviting addicts to shoot up hard drugs. The goal: reduce deaths
Gov. Brown: This is an insurance policy. I think the business community, to a great extent, sees that and agrees with where we’re going.
A mutant octopus? A psychedelic Rorschach test? The world’s most elaborate Chinese finger trap? No, this CALmatters creation of CA's Budget
The demonstrators were against Berkeley participation in Urban Shield.
The recall campaign aimed at forcing Democrat Josh Newman out of the state Senate has become a hot mess that mirrors D.C.'s toxic politics
Environmentalists who push for the bans lost a big fight last month when the Legislature voted down a bill that would have banned foam.
The day after CA Senate Democrats passed proposal for a universal health care system, RoseAnn DeMoro took to Twitter to call out NO voters
The time change will allow for Council to better strategize to manage the duration of meetings.
Gov. Jerry Brown proposed a super-sized payment on the state’s public pension obligations by borrowing from a little-known govt. account.
Benjamin Reyes was appointed to Contra Costa County Superior Court.
Everybody loves a winner, especially when you are a lobbyist and the winner is a legislator. So what happens if you bet on the wrong horse?
What legal rules must colleges and universities follow when it comes to speech on campus?
The U.S. Coast Guard 11th District Pacific Southwest joined federal and state explosive-detection K-9 teams in maritime training activities.