Sacramento taxpayers on the hook for $4,600
California slams new proposal allowing predatory lenders to set own interest rates, ignore state law. 18 states join the fight back
GUEST COMMENTARY: Mike Madrid is a Sacramento-based Republican political consultant and adviser to The Lincoln Project.
COMMENTARY: A feisty Republican senator from Southern CA named Hubert L. Richardson ended the era of California's bipartisan politics.
The $222.2 billion budget for the 2020-21 fiscal year that Newsom proposed last Friday is studded with enhanced entitlements.
A bill to restrict clean car rebates to vehicles from companies that signed on to CA's greenhouse gas deal stalled in state Legislature.
Attorney General files complaint re latest Federal attack on asylum rights. Coalition of 20 other state AGs sign on in support.
GUEST COMMENTARY: Jessica Millan Patterson is chairwoman of the California Republican Party.
A non-partisan report says California's renewable energy mandate is the star of the state's greenhouse gas goals.
State Auditor Howle found 1.4 million toddlers, most from Sacramento, enrolled in Medi-Cal had gone untested for lead exposure.
COMMENTARY: Winnowing weighty grains of policy wheat from lightweight legislative chaff is not always easy.
COMMENTARY: While hundreds of new measures will be dropped into the legislative mill, there are a few that should top the Capitol's agenda.
GUEST COMMENTARY: Liz Bergeron is executive director of the Sacramento based Pacific Crest Trail Association.
California files brief; seeks to hold Shell, Chevron, ExxonMobil, BP et al accountable for actions contributing to the climate crisis
Attorney General issues emergency order for Magnolia House; cites financial concerns threatening "significant losses to patrons and players"
COMMENTARY: As we begin a new year and a new decade, CA contradictions seem destined to become even more confounding.
Attorney General files brief supporting 'Temporary Protected Status' holders. Humanitarian program under attack from DHS
California joins court action supporting Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive mandate, challenging Trump Admin's refusal to defend it
COMMENTARY: California’s state government has an unfortunate habit of starting programs and projects that are never fully implemented.
Attorney General joins multi-state suit against federal attempts to rollback waterway protections and pollution controls.
California leads multi-state coalition seeking to challenge new rules the Trump Admin imposed that weaken asylum-seeker rights.
COMMENTARY: Newsom wants PG&E to become a “radically restructured and transformed utility that is responsible and accountable." But how?
GUEST COMMENTARY: Marcie Frost is chief executive officer of the Sacramento based California Public Employees’ Retirement System.
40 years ago, a year-long political power struggle erupted in the CA General Assembly that fundamentally altered the Capitol’s culture.
Sacramento's Legislative Analyst's Office says local governments are reacting too slowly to threatening predictions of rising sea levels.
GUEST COMMENTARY: Jan Smutny-Jones is chief executive officer of the Sloughhouse based Independent Energy Producers Association.
After a promising start, California’s junior senator is out of the running.
GUEST COMMENTARY: Jason Peltier is former executive director of Coalition for a Sustainable Delta.
A principle of shared responsibility — government and citizens in partnership against fire — is the underpinning of the Aussies' approach.
GUEST COMMENTARY: Jerry Wallace is president of California Pool & Spa Association, Sacramento.
Actions of an increasingly reckless government make state unrecognizable to former resident
GUEST COMMENTARY: Wade Crowfoot is CA Secretary for Natural Resources. Jared Blumenfeld is CA Secretary for Environmental Protection.
GUEST COMMENTARY: Kiley represents the 6th Assembly District, which includes parts of El Dorado, Placer, and Sacramento counties.
GUEST COMMENTARY: Kathryn Phillips is director of Sierra Club California and Evan Gillespie is the Western Region Director for Sierra Club.
COMMENTARY: For nearly 60 years the Westlands Water District operated on temporary federal contracts with Central Valley Project.
Under new climate policies by Gov. Gavin Newsom, California has stopped purchasing gas-powered sedans for state agencies.
GUEST COMMENTARY: Kim Delfino is California program director for Defenders of Wildlife.
GUEST COMMENTARY: Andrew Do is an Orange County Supervisor who represents Santa Ana, Garden Grove, Westminster, Fountain Valley, and Midway.
The state of California is taking an aggressive approach to collecting taxes from online vendors.
COMMENTARY: Assembly Bill 5, signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, was easily one of the most controversial of the 2019 legislative session.