February 4, 2019

In the past five years, the number of people in California deemed incompetent to stand trial and referred by a judge to state hospitals for treatment has soared—but there are nowhere near enough psychiatric beds to accommodate them.

Sen. Bill Dodd wants to establish a California wildfire warning center that would allow officials to turn off power and better position firefighting crews during extreme heat and high winds.

An all-Democratic contingent of California assemblymembers announced plans to introduce a raft of new gun laws this morning.

James Ferguson, San Diego Guest commentator Tom Dalzell illustrates well the acute conditions we confront with climate change and the need for state and utility company action. However, speaking as past co-chair of public policy for a Southern California climate group, I found International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers hard to get for meaningful support. IBEW is […]

California’s payday lending regulatory structure is feeble. This state's law ranks as one of the nation’s weakest, and significant ambiguities in the statute’s language and legislative history have been interpreted to favor industry and harm consumers’ interests. Consumers increasingly are vulnerable to myriad dangers.

Mental health care in California, Capitol influence spending, Cal asks if elders with guest rooms can solve student housing and a justice opines.

California's prisons are supposed to be rehabilitating inmates, not merely warehousing them, but a new report from the state auditor says it's not effectively reducing recidivism among those released from the system.