Tina McKinnor

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.

California police and firefighters will be able to retire earlier and earn more generous pensions under a bill lawmakers sent to Gov. Gavin Newsom. It’s potentially expensive and government agencies are urging him to veto it.

California police and fire unions are backing bills that would create new retirement benefits or raise pay. Lawmakers approved them overwhelmingly.

AB 311 would change California insurance law by allowing drivers to opt in to being tracked through telematics, which transmits data to insurance companies.

Hundreds of politicians, staffers and lobbyists attended the annual "back to session bash" Thursday, funded by tribal groups, sports betting companies and other special interests aiming to influence them.

A new law backed by California unions gives a state board the right to regulate working conditions and labor rights as the federal labor board’s fate is in limbo.

Fridge-less apartments dotting the pricey California rental market will soon be a head-scratching relic. Beginning Jan. 1, landlords will be required to provide all apartments with a working stove and refrigerator thanks to a new state law. It marks the end of an unusual, decades-long phenomenon mostly in the Los Angeles area where some tenants […]

California lawmakers only spent just a few minutes discussing in public the hundreds of bills they introduce. But these 10 measures had hours of intense debate in 2025.

A low-tax advocacy group seems intent on making the Los Angeles “mansion tax” the face of their statewide tax-capping ballot measure campaign.

California firefighters say their retirement age puts them at risk of injury and illness. They're asking to lower that date, a move that former Gov. Jerry Brown warns would add risk to pension plans.