Betty Yee

Good morning, California. It’s Monday, November 23. Padilla vs. Yee Remember the controversial $35 million contract that Secretary of State Alex Padilla’s office awarded to a public affairs firm tied to Joe Biden’s presidential campaign? The firm, SKDKnickerbocker, was tasked with leading a statewide campaign explaining new pandemic voting procedures. But California hasn’t paid the […]

Here is a short list of capable and tested Asian American Pacific Islander leaders who deserve the governor’s consideration to replace Sen. Kamala Harris.

For local governments still sporting the budgetary scars of the last “once in a generation” recession, this downturn is at once familiar — forcing elected leaders to cut, furlough and delay — and entirely new. Never before in state history has so much economic activity ground to a halt so quickly.

Striking clinicians — spotlighting complaints that patients with serious mental illness face long waits and inadequate care — lay blame at the doorstep of the state Department of Managed Health Care.

Gig companies begin campaign to reverse employee law. NCAA follows California's lead on athlete compensation. Kamala Harris' California primary dream fades.

Effort grows to abolish state tax board, legislature weighs new tax proposals, no-preference voters on the rise

The 2018 midterm election in California was a highwater mark for women seeking elected office—as well as a reminder of just how male-dominated our politics still are.

The state's requiring equal prize money for men and women to hold the Mavericks surf contest on a public beach. Will it set a precedent for other sports?

Legislation to scrap California’s money bail system and give judges more say on whether to free defendants went to the governor and Gov. Jerry Brown all but promised to sign it.

California Controller Betty Yee, injured in a car crash suspected to have been caused by a driver under the influence of marijuana, says the state’s nascent cannabis industry needs to stop "grousing" about state regulations and “step up” to address pot-related traffic accidents.