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 ...

Heath Flora, an Assemblyman from Ripon, is stepping into a new role this year as the California Assembly's Republican leader.

California Republican lawmakers remained miffed after a handful of them were abruptly kicked off pivotal legislative committees by Democratic Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas. Assembly Minority Leader ...

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

Requiring voter ID. Cutting healthcare for immigrants. Ending early-release for prisoners with good behavior and setting up a DOGE-like entity to drive waste, fraud and abuse out of California ...

California’s Legislature, full of freshly minted Senators and Assembly members, returned to the state Capitol chambers Monday for the first organization session. Members, often joined by their ...

The California Assembly on Thursday approved harsher penalties for soliciting sex from 16- and 17-year-olds, with an exception for cases where there is an age difference of three years or less between ...

Since President Trump's immigration raids began sweeping through California's cities and farm fields, state Senate President ...

California Assembly Bill 942 would end net metering for homes with solar panels upon sale of the property. The bill aims to address the cost shift from solar users to non-solar users, estimated at ...