The governor has 30 days to act in 2026. In the first year of the Legislature's two-year cycles, the governor is limited to ...

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Of the dozens of wildfire-related bills that legislators were quick to introduce in the wake of the wildfires that ravaged greater Los Angeles in January, roughly half of the ones tracked by Southern ...

The California Legislature not only habitually passes legislation without considering downside risks, it also only rarely examines whether those new laws deliver the promised results. The latter is ...

California Republicans are firming up their opposition to the proposed redistricting measure that Democrats are fast-tracking through the state Legislature SACRAMENTO — California’s push to redraw the ...

While the federal Department of Government Efficiency is taking a wrecking ball to our democracy at the national level, a bill is sailing through the Legislature that would eliminate basic ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom discusses his revised 2024-25 state budget during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, May 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File) SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) ...