Today, the new Senate president pro tem — Democrat Monique Limón of Goleta in Santa Barbara County — is the upper house’s ...

Amid concerns that there might be as large as an $18 billion budget deficit in the coming year, California lawmakers started ...

After an hours-long tour of the California City Detention Center -- the state's newest and largest -- U.S. Sens. Alex Padilla ...

California Republicans asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to intervene in a bid to prevent the state from using a new ...

Limón is two weeks into her new leadership role and has said she's in the process of figuring out where the state's other ...

The bill is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defense, and nine other states have similar legislation in place already.

Senate President Pro Tem Monique Limón strives for consensus. Managing California’s budget shortfall will put her skills to ...

California lawmakers are trying to ensure that Trump — already constitutionally blocked from doing so — cannot seek a third ...

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 12 days. Once the governor signs the measure, it is sent to the secretary of ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom delivered his final State of the State address to lawmakers in Sacramento, declaring his state a ...

Rep. Doug LaMalfa was a fourth-generation rice farmer. He served in the California State Assembly and State Senate before ...

If Assembly Speaker, AKA Mr. Affordability, Robert Rivas can’t show up, what hope do working class Californians have, asks ...