Facing mounting pressure to crack down on a retail theft crisis, California lawmakers are split on how best to tackle the problem.
While California's Medicaid now covers some 15 million people, the rates it pays to doctors have not kept up.
The Sacramento Police Department said it happened around 9 p.m. but a dozen people remained in the chambers.
U.S. Rep. Katie Porter became a social media celebrity by brandishing a white board at congressional hearings to dissect CEOs.
Conservative critics of California’s governor announce another attempt to recall him from office.
New report by watchdog
The largest dam-removal project in U.S. history is underway along the Klamath River near the California-Oregon border.
As the FAIR Plan writes more fire-insurance policies, homeowners complain about poor service, rising costs, threats of getting kicked off.
State lawmakers reconvene with a lot of problems to fix, including a projected $68 billion budget deficit.
California politicians face two pressing crises this year: a massive state budget deficit and the decline of the homeowner insurance market.
In the worst-case scenario, the state’s three-year revenue shortfall would place California on perilous financial footing.
The high-stakes Newsom-DeSantis debate devolved into name-calling and arguing over facts — with the backdrop of the presidential campaign.
The measure received almost 50 percent more signatures than required to get on the ballot.
Here’s Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new approach to help them.
Lawmakers passed legislation that will allow people to prevent data brokers from selling their information with a single click.
He signed ambitious laws to raise worker wages and to force companies to disclose a wide range of climate emissions.
The governor vetoed roughly 30 percent of the bills he took action on over the weekend. Here are some of the of the most notable rejections.
The bill received widespread support in the state legislature but was vetoed, according to the bill's author.
When it takes effect on April 1, fast food workers in California will have among the highest minimum wages in the country.
Emulating previous CA politicians, Gov. Gavin Newsom is singling out the oil industry as he tries to build his national political image.
Legislators weren't able to reach a compromise that helps insurers with wildfire risk while also protecting homeowners.
The pensions will be funded through ticket sales, sports paraphernalia, and souvenirs, not California taxes.
If approved, California would join at least 18 other states that have a similar office or process to resolve public records disputes.
"Nonprofit partners have provided important, stable funding to California's state parks that allows them to remain open."
Important business remains unfinished.
If approved, the law would go into effect Jan. 1, 2025.
These bills would expand the classification of “gravely disabled” individuals who could be compelled into state-mandated treatment.
American Medical Response has poured more than $3 million into a November 2024 initiative to raise requirements for levying taxes and fees.
Gov. Gavin Newsom is embracing an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, adding gun control provisions emulating those in California.
As California's budget faces years of operating deficits, politicians may be tempted to borrow money to cover them.
Two out of three California students now fail to meet basic state math standards set in 2013.
Currently two significant bills face the California legislature to spur further housing development.
"We must...allow our constituents to adequately pay for necessary health care including medical, dental, vision, and prescription expenses.”
On Monday, the Assembly finished its votes on Newsom’s series of infrastructure streamlining bills, although not without reservations.
Climate activists and some lawmakers want the pension funds to shed $15 billion of fossil fuel holdings. Opponents say it will hurt retirees
A deal on the budget was expected over the weekend, but one never materialized. Here's where things stand.
Planned changes could raise the monthly salary of goat herders from about $3,730 to $14,000, according to the California Farm Bureau.
Gov. Newsom rolled out a plan to speed construction of major public infrastructure and demanded quick votes from lawmakers.
A revised spending plan unveiled this week anticipates a much larger deficit and calls for $306 billion in spending.
It didn't take long — all of 2 hours — for Gov. Gavin Newsom to reject the latest tax hike from Democratic lawmakers.