Already, announced gubernatorial candidate Antonio Villaraigosa (D), the former L.A. mayor, has very publicly taken Harris to ...

If enacted, the climate superfund would almost certainly trigger a wave of legal challenges. Donald Sobelman, a San Francisco environmental attorney, told CalMatters that the bill is legally ambitious ...

Republicans such as Assembly Minority Leader James Gallagher argue the state can afford to help the counties meet the voters’ mandate and should do so. They note Proposition 36 costs are a small ...

As next week’s California budget debates approach, leaders of the Republican minority in the Legislature are calling for the ...

California gubernatorial candidates give their views on minimum wage increases during a CalChamber debate in Sacramento on ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom said there's nearly a $20 billion hole in the budget, but if lawmakers restore his Medi-Cal cuts the hole ...

We keep trying to give people more in wages rather than bringing down some of the core costs,” one Democrat said at the ...

Even one of the most anti-oil environmental justice advocates said California needs to do more to ensure an equitable ...

CalMatters found dozens of examples of previously vetoed legislation returning in subsequent years. A twice-killed bill about ...

The Justice Department gave California high schools one week to confirm that they will comply with the Trump administration’s stance on transgender athletes as the government takes aim at the ...

L.A. County voters approved governance reforms last year, including creating a county executive, second in real-world power to governor.