Swift is a longtime advocate for foster youth and domestic violence victims and said she wants to represent her community in ...

Legislative Analyst Gabriel Petek said lawmakers will have to “be creative” when it comes to filling the gaps left by federal ...

It's been 176 years since the representatives in California's first state Legislature met in San Jose, the Golden State's ...

Rivas wants to ensure review of legislation is a regular practice starting next year, but he ignores the ‘turkey’ bills ...

Key point: The California Legislature is considering a bill that would impose comprehensive requirements on the development, deployment, and use of artificial intelligence (AI) systems, with a focus ...

Several new California laws that will take effect in 2026 are aimed at protecting pets, including banning cat declawing and ...

California's Democratic legislative leaders are not ready to talk publicly about Gov. Gavin Newsom's push to have lawmakers redraw the state's congressional maps to try to send more Democrats to the U ...

The Center for Effective Lawmaking assigns scores based on the quality of legislation and how far they advance in the ...

Seyfarth Synopsis: The California Legislature concluded its 2024-2025 session in the wee hours of September 13, 2025, and sent the last of its approved bills to Governor Newsom for consideration. The ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law a set of bills to allow voters to decide whether to overturn the preexisting congressional maps and the state’s independent redistricting commission, ...

This fall, a federal court in California granted summary judgment in favor of a website operator for alleged violations of ...

At a California State Senate committee hearing this year, the director of CalTrans, Tony Tavares, showed a simple chart that ...