December 3, 2018 | Nadine Sebai
Legislators gathered for the first official day of the new two-year session on Monday. They took the oath of office and welcomed newly-elected members.
September 17, 2018 | Ben Adler
Gov. Jerry Brown also signed bills on Monday to allow Caltrans properties in several cities and counties to be leased for homeless services at $1 per month, end criminal penalties for sidewalk vendors, and help Californians who vote by mail.
August 31, 2018 | Ben Adler
California lawmakers have voted to shift billions of dollars of wildfire-recovery costs from electric utility shareholders to ratepayers.
August 31, 2018 | Ben Adler | Ben Bradford | Nadine Sebai
On Friday, California lawmakers have sent state net neutrality rules to Gov. Jerry Brown and approved a bill delaying school start times, but didn't vote on bills providing clean drinking water or banning gay conversation therapy.
August 28, 2018 | Ben Bradford
It would be the fourth major augmentation to California’s climate change policies in four years.
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August 28, 2018
California is creating an office of elections cybersecurity to combat cyber threats and false information online.
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August 28, 2018
The Assembly Rules Committee told Dababneh in a letter dated Friday that his appeal was reviewed and rejected.
August 27, 2018 | Ben Bradford
The measure would require that county election officials notify a voter if their signature on the mail-in ballot does not match the one on file. Voters would have two days before the election results are certified to return a valid signature.
August 23, 2018 | Ben Bradford
The California Legislature has passed what would be a major change to the state’s initiative process. A measure on its way to Governor Jerry Brown would ban paying initiative signature-gatherers for each voter signature they collect.
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August 22, 2018 | Ben Bradford
An effort in California to impose net neutrality through state legislation passed a key vote Wednesday, two days after the Santa Clara County Fire Department complained of Verizon throttling its data.
