California Legislature

Records show Anamarie Ávila Farías attempted to have her mother placed under conservatorship in the midst of a family real estate dispute.

Democrats are advancing a bill over objections from rural residents, ranchers and Republicans that would study whether California should bring back grizzly bears.

Most immigrant detention centers are privately run and shrouded in secrecy. A bill would make records of 911 calls from the centers public.

In California’s Legislature, voting against your party is exceedingly rare, but there are a few mavericks who do it anyway.

A laudable bill seeking to reduce building costs for affordable housing would reduce access to EV chargers for those who need them most.

Giving agencies more time to fill records requests would likely delay families getting details on how their loved ones died in custody.

Californians may soon have another way to sue big companies. That makes some Democrats nervous, but several didn’t vote.

Lawmakers in Sacramento introduced a flurry of bills this year targeting e-bike safety. Thankfully, the ones that risked undermining their adoption have been tossed out.

Sen. Roger Niello's proposal to give businesses more time to fix ADA violations before facing lawsuits won overwhelming Senate support. But it died without an Assembly hearing after judiciary chair Ash Kalra rejected the bill in favor of a competing approach.

Devices that record vehicle operational data for state air quality regulators could also violate privacy and be used to tax drivers by the mile.