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Several state bills from local legislators signed into law

Oct 9, 2018

Innocence Project has won freedom for 6 of 12 people it says were wrongly convicted of murder and other crimes

Oct 9, 2018

'Incredibly grim' prognosis on global warming also carries clarion call for global action

Oct 8, 2018

Our recommendations for the California Supreme Court and Second District Court of Appeal elections: Just say 'yes'

Oct 4, 2018

Gov. Jerry Brown got better with calming age and invaluable experience — and so did his signing and veto messages

Oct 4, 2018

Gov. Jerry Brown vetoes quake safety bill that aimed to create a tougher construction code

Oct 3, 2018

California lawmakers wrote 1,016 new laws this year. Here's some of what did and didn't make it

Oct 2, 2018

Jerry Brown launched the era of police secrecy. Forty years later, he is partially correcting that mistake

Oct 2, 2018

Gov. Jerry Brown vetoes bill that would have expanded civil suit window for childhood sex abuse victims

Oct 1, 2018

Essential California: A big net neutrality fight looms

Oct 1, 2018

Today: The New NAFTA

Xavier Becerra for attorney general

Oct 1, 2018

Essential Politics: Just as soon as California enacted a net neutrality law, Trump sued

Oct 1, 2018

California sets new limits on who can be charged with felony murder

Sep 30, 2018

California enacts strongest net neutrality protections in the nation — and the Trump administration sues

Sep 30, 2018

Gov. Jerry Brown signs landmark laws that unwind decades of secrecy surrounding police misconduct, use of force

Sep 30, 2018

Read Gov. Brown's letter on signing SB 826, requiring corporate boards to include women

Sep 30, 2018

California high-speed rail: A train to nowhere without a conductor

Sep 29, 2018

Gov. Jerry Brown vetoes bill that would create list of quake-vulnerable buildings

Sep 29, 2018

Gov. Jerry Brown extends National Guard border effort

Sep 28, 2018

Gov. Brown just signed a stack of new gun control laws. Here's what they do

Sep 28, 2018

Gov. Brown signs bill that allows state to take over troubled Compton water district

Sep 28, 2018

Gov. Brown signs bill cracking down on L.A. 'veto' for homeless housing

Sep 27, 2018

Bill would extend statute of limitations for childhood sex abuse victims to file suit

Sep 26, 2018

Long Beach schools have had great success requiring the SAT. Sacramento should extend similar opportunities statewide

Sep 25, 2018

Under a new law, retailers share liability for misclassified truck drivers at California ports

Sep 25, 2018

Gas-tax repeal backers to launch new campaign to halt California's bullet train

Sep 25, 2018

California can be the leader in sexual harassment protection — if Jerry Brown signs these five bills

Sep 24, 2018

Essential Politics: Washington's wrenching week, California's vast challenges

Sep 24, 2018

Once an electoral juggernaut, California's prison-guard union steps back into the spotlight

Sep 23, 2018

It’s hard to overstate how destructive Proposition 6 would be for California. Vote no

Sep 22, 2018

Gov. Jerry Brown orders audit of DMV over hours-long wait times

Sep 21, 2018

As climate change worsens wildfires, California will spend $1 billion and give utilities new ways to shrink their fire expenses

Sep 21, 2018

Essential California: A smoggy summer

Sep 21, 2018

Today: A Week and a Lifetime

Gov. Jerry Brown signs first-in-nation restrictions on plastic straws at restaurants

Sep 20, 2018

Jerry Brown is right: California should build a 'damn satellite' to track climate change

Sep 20, 2018

In 'The Browns of California,' Miriam Pawel shows how Pat and Jerry Brown shaped a state and a nation

Sep 19, 2018

Essential California: A landmark 2016 gun control law remains scarcely used

Sep 19, 2018

Anger in California's carpool lanes as more than 200,000 drivers are set to lose decals

Sep 17, 2018

Trump's FCC chief takes aim at California's net neutrality bill, reviving threadbare arguments

Sep 17, 2018

Essential Politics: Serious questions for Brett Kavanaugh; a bold promise by Jerry Brown

Sep 17, 2018

Taking money meant for financially pressed homeowners and using it to balance California's budget is plain wrong

Sep 17, 2018

For climate change crusaders who trekked to California, the hottest ticket was a private audience with Gov. Jerry Brown

Sep 16, 2018

Essential California: Gov. Brown's cosmic boom

Sep 15, 2018

The board members who gave Compton residents brown water are fighting to keep their jobs

Sep 15, 2018

Pope Francis has a big problem. Keeping quiet isn't helping

Sep 15, 2018

By announcing California's first satellite launch, Gov. Jerry Brown ends climate summit with a cosmic boom

Sep 14, 2018

Essential California: Businesses vow to take the lead on fighting climate change

Sep 14, 2018

At Jerry Brown's climate summit, a lot of drama and a measure of momentum

Sep 13, 2018

Trump can't stand criticism; his intolerance generates more of it

Sep 13, 2018

Confusión deja a niños de bajos ingresos en un limbo de atención de salud

Sep 13, 2018

Today: The Teen E-Cig 'Epidemic'

Jerry Brown may not be the ultimate climate crusader, but he's a lot closer than most politicians

Sep 13, 2018

Fearing massive earthquake, California considers requiring lists of buildings most likely to collapse

Sep 13, 2018

Essential California: At Gov. Brown's climate summit, one deadline will overshadow all the others

Sep 12, 2018

Even without the Trump administration, the U.S. is upholding its commitment to the Paris climate agreement

Sep 12, 2018

California needs to take another look at its Catholic Church sexual abuse cases

Sep 12, 2018

Gov. Brown, don't let the feds scare you into vetoing safe injection site

Sep 12, 2018

How far can California push the nation — and the world? Jerry Brown's climate summit may provide the answer

Sep 12, 2018

Essential California: Clean power to the people

Sep 11, 2018

At Jerry Brown's climate summit, one deadline will overshadow all the others

Sep 11, 2018

California is sitting on hundreds of millions of dollars for mental health programs. Let's put it to use

Sep 10, 2018

Jerry Brown welcomes the world's climate change experts to California

Sep 10, 2018

How California and China are collaborating to fight climate change

Sep 9, 2018

Jerry Brown's second governorship unmasked the irreverent iconoclast's inner traditionalist

Sep 9, 2018

California has ended money bail. Who will bail out the industry?

Sep 9, 2018

Gov. Brown signs bills to block Trump's offshore oil drilling plan

Sep 8, 2018

Gov. Brown needs to speed up the review process for death row inmate Kevin Cooper

Sep 6, 2018

Advice for Gov. Jerry Brown as he decides which bills to sign

Sep 6, 2018

Essential California: New scooter rules for L.A.

Sep 5, 2018

Stunned by a surge in mass shootings, California lawmakers send nine gun-control bills to the governor

Sep 5, 2018

As the legislative year ends, the #MeToo movement shows its influence

Sep 3, 2018

After feeling the burn from constituents, California lawmakers decide to change how the state addresses wildfires

Sep 3, 2018

Even if they lose, backers of California's bail industry may help themselves by going to the ballot in 2020

Sep 2, 2018

California Legislature passes major police transparency measures on internal investigations and body cameras

Sep 1, 2018

California lawmakers ratify new efforts at wildfire prevention and assessing who's responsible

Sep 1, 2018

California's Legislature weighed the momentous and minuscule as it wrapped up work for 2018

Sep 1, 2018

Fast break for Clippers arena: Bill putting time limit on environmental challenges sails through

Sep 1, 2018

California legislator shelves bill to ban paid 'gay conversion therapy' for adults

Aug 31, 2018

California wildfires fuel a new push to ban smoking at state parks and beaches

Aug 30, 2018

Essential California: L.A. Mayor Garcetti spreads the political wealth

Aug 30, 2018

Essential California: A bail system fair to 'rich and poor alike'?

Aug 29, 2018

California Assembly advances 100% clean energy bill

Aug 28, 2018

California Gov. Jerry Brown signs overhaul of bail system, saying now 'rich and poor alike are treated fairly'

Aug 28, 2018

Four Democratic candidates are turning against their own party over California's gas tax

Aug 27, 2018

Essential California: Would a new city solve Southern California's housing crunch?

Aug 27, 2018

'There was an authenticity' in John McCain

Aug 27, 2018

California lawmakers are finally starting to see the light through the soot

Aug 27, 2018

Why is it taking so long for Gov. Brown to fill a vacancy on the California Supreme Court?

Aug 26, 2018

California lawmakers find critics on both sides as they unveil effort to help utilities pay wildfire costs

Aug 24, 2018

Sweating out a close race, GOP Rep. Mimi Walters ties wildfires to climate change

Aug 24, 2018

California is seriously limiting the renewable energy its military bases can produce

Aug 24, 2018

California lawmakers vote to restrict use of plastic straws, keeping state in national spotlight on environment

Aug 23, 2018

California's bail reform bill isn't perfect, but half a loaf is better than none

Aug 23, 2018

Even as California gets hotter and drier, lawmakers continue to punt on wildfire liability

Aug 21, 2018

If Gov. Jerry Brown doesn't fix the DMV before he leaves office, it's a black mark on his legacy

Aug 20, 2018

A quiet and important fight is brewing over how much must be spent on California's schools

Aug 19, 2018

Bid to open California's secret police misconduct files takes major step forward

Aug 16, 2018

California voters could — and should — retaliate in November if legislators don't address wildfire prevention

Aug 16, 2018

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