Reparations activists urge reintroduction of shelved California bills to establish an agency and fund during Newsom’s special ...

New California laws go into effect on Jan. 1, 2025, including one on overdraft fees and several to combat retail theft.

Few bills fail in the Legislature because lawmakers publicly vote “no.” Instead, most bills die when they are shelved, ...

The new laws would protect access to the medication abortion drugs and penalize those who interfere with reproductive rights, ...

The California Legislature kicked off a special session Monday with two bills aimed at preparing the state for future ...

Before the new California Legislature had even been sworn in, Attorney General Rob Bonta announced two bills aimed at ...

Cut the state sales tax from 7.5% to 5.5%. California has the highest state sales tax in the nation, and local governments ...

Democratic state Sen. Josh Newman lost reelection to the state Senate as a labor union spent big to oppose him and helped ...

Attorney General Rob Bonta seeks to protect medical abortion and the ability for abortion facilities to operate in all ...

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California, home to some of the largest technology companies in the world, would be the first U.S. state to require mental ...