Politics

The California Supreme Court ruled Sheriff Chad Bianco violated the state's election law when his office seized ballots from the Riverside County registrar. The ruling comes six weeks before the November midterm election that will determine who controls Congress in President Trump’s final two years in office.

California voters will soon decide whether to tax billionaires — but even if a majority says yes, the measure could still lose to either of two billionaire-funded measures designed to cancel it out.  The billionaire-backed group Building a Better California designed two countermeasures to undermine the wealth tax and create multiple ways to defeat it. […]

A California election official said ballots looked, smelled and felt funny after he lost in this MAGA stronghold. Then the FBI visited Shasta County.

Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have required more polluting facilities built near homes and schools to undergo environmental review — a decision that keeps in place looser rules he championed to speed up development in California. The bill authored by Sen. Catherine Blakespear, a Democrat from Encinitas, responded to fears raised by […]

Since 2009, California has increased its incentives for companies to film in the state. One Hollywood-area lawmaker says there’s still more to do to beat the competition from other states.

Gov. Gavin Newsom rejected a bill to lower the retirement age and sweeten pension perks for police and firefighters despite overwhelming support in the Legislature.

Many California public employees want more flexibility to work from home than Gov. Gavin Newsom's return-to-office policy allows. He vetoed a bill that would have encouraged departments to set their own policies.

California’s bid for $1.4 billion in broadband funding has been five years in the making. Now the Trump administration says it must give up net neutrality and other state internet rules.

Both Democrat Xavier Becerra and Republican Steve Hilton agree AI safety is important. What they will do to ensure it is less clear.

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday ordered state agencies to develop safety regulations for artificial intelligence after vetoing tougher rules two years ago.