Governor Newsom and Democratic allies announced Thursday that they will propose a constitutional amendment — The Election ...

OPINION - AB 564 strengthens the legal market, protects consumers, supports local economies, and helps California realize the ...

With the final weeks of Session upon us, several procedural items that regularly occur on the Floors of the California Legislature may be in order.

OPINION - Making a correction the commercial potential of cellulosic biofuels is hard, but not making one all but ensures a ...

While redistricting has taken center stage for the moment, when lawmakers return next week they will also have a full package ...

In the months after California voters removed Gray Davis from office, I would roll out of bed at 5:30 a.m. and log on to find a document waiting for me. It was from Scott Lay. The document was the ...

In a significant policy shift spanning nearly two decades, 30 counties in California – including all of the larger counties, with an estimated 80 percent of the state’s population – have now adopted a ...

In practice, he added, “I generally use their first names.” Established in 1998, four years after he created a similar drug treatment court, Manley’s behavioral health court was the first such court ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom's new podcast has sent shockwaves through California's political world. But is there more to Newsom's efforts than meets the eye?

Editor’s Note: Mental health courts in California are designed to stem the increasing tide of offenders whose mental illness underlies their crimes, landing them, often repeatedly, in overcrowded ...