Patrick McGreevy covers the California Legislature out of the Sacramento bureau. Since joining the Los Angeles Times in 1998, he has worked in the City Hall and San Fernando Valley bureaus, writing about subjects including Valley secession, LAPD reform and city government during the administrations of Mayors Richard Riordan, James Hahn and Antonio Villaraigosa. He is a native of San Diego and a graduate of San Jose State University.
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Auditor Elaine Howle says delays in the rent relief program and uncertainty over federal rules raise concern that California won’t distribute $1.8 billion by Sept. 30.
Tuesday’s election will decide the fate of Gov. Gavin Newsom — for now. But with the 2022 vote on the horizon, both Democrats and Republicans are unlikely to ease off the politicking anytime soon.
On the final weekend of campaigning before Tuesday’s recall election, California gubernatorial candidates leaned into their efforts, making multiple stops in a last-minute effort to get out the vote.
Hundreds of bills passed by the Democrat-controlled Legislature during the past week are headed to Newsom, who is in a final push to stay in office while facing a Republican-led recall election Tuesday.
The action comes five years after a California law allowed doctors to prescribe lethal doses of drugs to terminally ill people who want to ingest them on their own to end their lives.
Legislation passed Thursday would require the California Employment Development Department to enact far-reaching changes recommended by state audits.
The national bail industry that spent $10 million to defeat a ‘zero bail’ measure in November is lobbying hard against new proposed legislation.
The bill gives new powers to the state’s 17-member Commission on Peace Officers Standards and Training to suspend or revoke officers’ certification.
The Newsom administration has announced that $600 stimulus payments are being delivered to millions of Californians as ballots are being cast on whether to recall the governor from office.
Legislation to speed up an overhaul of California’s unemployment benefits system fizzled Thursday when it was sidelined by lawmakers.