At a California State Senate committee hearing this year, the director of CalTrans, Tony Tavares, showed a simple chart that might have caused the assembled lawmakers some alarm. It was a series of ...

Assembly Bill (AB) 1415 and Senate Bill (SB) 351 continue to evolve as they progress through the California State Legislature. On August 21, 2025, the California State Senate amended AB 1415 by ...

ZAVALA JOINS US NOW WITH WHAT SHE’S LEARNING. WELL, GULSTAN CALIFORNIA LAWMAKERS FACE THE FIRST MAJOR BILL DEADLINE ON FRIDAY, AND THAT’S BRINGING FRESH SCRUTINY TO THIS WHOLE SITUATION. AGAIN.

Correction: The original version of this article incorrectly stated that the state budget deferred a funding cut to the UC until July 2026. In fact, the budget deferred a payment to the UC until then.

Legislative Analyst Gabriel Petek said lawmakers will have to "be creative" when it comes to filling the gaps left by federal ...

The Center for Effective Lawmaking assigns scores based on the quality of legislation and how far they advance in the ...

Assembly Bill 253, also called the California Residential Private Permitting Review Act, has passed the California State Legislature and is expected to be approved by Gov. Gavin Newsom. The bill, ...

The California State Assembly on Friday voted in concurrence of Senate amendments added to AB 831, which bans online casino sweepstakes operators in the Golden State. There was no debate on the floor ...

SAFETY. GIVING YOU A LIVE LOOK NOW FROM THE STATE CAPITOL AND THE REDISTRICTING BATTLE BETWEEN CALIFORNIA AND TEXAS. IT’S STILL GOING ON, AND MANY ARE NOW QUESTIONING IF A VOTE AT THE STATE CAPITOL ...

The California State Legislature rejected Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed cuts to the UC system and recommended increased funding for the Middle Class Scholarship in its 2025-26 budget proposal. In ...

Key point: The California Legislature is considering a bill that would impose comprehensive requirements on the development, deployment, and use of artificial intelligence (AI) systems, with a focus ...

Over the weekend, lawmakers in Sacramento passed a suite of energy-related bills pushed by Gov. Gavin Newsom that came forward in the final days of the California legislative session. The measures ...