Politics

A cattle-ranching billionaire headed into Gov. Jerry Brown’s office last week with redemption on his mind. Redemption for prisoners who wind up behind bars because their own tortured childhoods lead them to lives of crime. Redemption for veterans who bring home wartime scars that cause addiction and violence. And redemption, perhaps, even for himself—born into […]

If the estate tax meets is untimely end in Washington D.C., state Sen. Scott Wiener is pushing a bill that would have California enact a state substitute—with the money going to Sacramento.

In a party-line vote, the Senate voted 27-12 on Senate Bill 54, a law that would ban state and local law enforcement agencies from using public resources to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement.

California Democrats are expected to face a key test of their unity this week, with Gov. Jerry Brown leaning on state lawmakers to pass a landmark tax increase to fix what he calls a massive backlog of repairs to the state’s rutted roads and weakened bridges. The $52 billion plan will only pass if two-thirds […]

Trump administration officials defended immigration agents making arrests at state courthouses today in a letter sent to California’s chief justice in response to her request that federal officers stop “stalking” courts.

The Department of Homeland Security released its latest tally of cities, counties, and states that it considers to be sanctuary jurisdictions. California made the cut.

This afternoon, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra filed a “friend-of-the-court” brief in U.S. District Court, siding with San Francisco in its lawsuit against President Trump’s executive order to defund sanctuary cities.

Protesters repeatedly interrupted a community forum in Sacramento today, shouting at the visiting head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Thomas Homan, who was there to speak about how the agency operates. Homan was invited by Sacramento Sheriff Scott Jones, who ordered some of the protesters be removed about halfway through the event.

While uncertainty mounts over how the Trump administration will handle legal marijuana in California, a group of Democratic state lawmakers are pushing a bill that would prohibit local law enforcement from cooperating with federal authorities in investigating state-licensed pot growers and sellers.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that any states and cities receiving federal Justice Department grants will have to certify that they aren't acting as "sanctuaries" for immigrants in the country illegally.