Politics

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra joined New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas in filing a lawsuit this week against the U.S. Department of the Interior for delaying the implementation of a rule intended to ensure that the taxpayers —and states— receive appropriate royalties from mining and energy companies leasing federal lands.

A Senate panel this week approved legislation that would give Californians the option to buy a pro-choice license plate—a direct response to Trump efforts to strip federal funding from any medical provider who performs an abortion.

The right-leaning Democrat, Sen. Steve Glazer, and the left-leaning Republican, Assemblywoman Catharine Baker, represent overlapping suburban districts some 40 miles east of San Francisco. Once opponents who ran for the same seat (she won), the pair have forged an unusual bipartisan alliance driven by their centrist approach to politics.

As Congress nears a Friday deadline to avoid a federal government shutdown, an important provision protecting California's medical marijuana operations hangs in the balance.

The state has issued its first round of bonds to finance the construction of the state-crossing, GOP-enraging infrastructure project.

A federal judge just blocked President Trump’s executive order that would have kept federal funds from flowing to municipalities that consider themselves sanctuary cities.

Following through on a pledge to undermine so-called sanctuary jurisdictions, the Trump administration has asked California to prove it's cooperating with immigration enforcement—or risk losing some federal grants.

Most Californians in a new poll say they are concerned about the Trump administration's immigration crackdown, and two-thirds want public schools to become "sanctuary safe zones."

Californians have overwhelmingly rejected private school voucher initiatives twice in the last 25 years, but a new poll shows this deep blue state has renewed interest in a policy championed by the Trump administration.

As California lawmakers consider beefing up regulations for immigration detention facilities within the state, the Trump administration appears to be heading in the opposite direction.