California Legislature

Alicia Villanueva started making 100 tamales at night and sold them door-to-door before finally realizing her dream of opening her own restaurant. Eventually, she was selling tens of thousands of her tamales, serving the likes of Google and Facebook, and expected 2020 to be her most profitable year.  Then the pandemic hit, she lost 95% […]

Download and read this 53-page overview of all the major issues facing California policymakers.

His strategy seems to echo the mantra of former Gov. Jerry Brown — paddling a little on the left, a little on the right.

See whether lawmakers in the state Senate and Assembly reflect your demographics with this interactive tool.

Vea si los legisladores en el Senado y la Asamblea estatales reflejan su demografía con esta herramienta interactiva.

 Lea este artículo en español.  More than last year’s budget. More than the year before. More than any California budget ever. Despite — or maybe because of — the last 10 months of arrested economic activity and unchecked viral contagion, Gov. Gavin Newsom introduced a record-breaking $227 billion spending plan for the coming fiscal year. It […]

‌Legislators‌ ‌and‌ ‌constituents‌ ‌deserve‌ ‌a‌ ‌full‌ ‌accounting‌ ‌of‌ ‌where‌ ‌taxpayer‌ ‌money‌ ‌has‌ ‌gone in Employment Development Department scandal.

The focus on COVID-19 has left many issues either overlooked or ignored; our duty is to make the changes needed to get California moving again.

California needs to acknowledge the systematic sterilizations of immigrant women and rectify the wrongdoing.

The governor proposes a $600 stimulus for low-income Californians on top of the recent federal stimulus aid. He also wants to extend California's eviction moratorium, which is currently set to expire Jan. 31.