California Legislature

During police stops, drivers with disabilities would use blue envelopes to signal the officer to slow down and be patient with them.

Six conservancies throughout the state will oversee work largely in Southern California and the Sierra Nevada.

More than 100 California bills moved to the “suspense file” last week, the start of a process where consequential decisions are made out of public view.

Several decades of fighting over how to "equalize" education funding have landed California back where it started, with an inequitable, taxpayer-funded public education system that can't close achievement gaps.

The new chief executive for California's high-speed rail project has a plan to accelerate construction and attract private investment. It'll require a stronger commitment from the state Capitol.

Elected leaders in San Diego County and other parts of Southern California uniformly use public safety rhetoric to attack the state's sanctuary law protecting immigrants from overzealous federal enforcement.

Five different measures to ban claw declawing surgery have died in the Legislature since 2018. Lawmakers are trying again this year, despite lobbying by state veterinarians.

A new bill would require teens up to 16 years old to ride in the back seat if they’re not tall enough. Middle schoolers up to age 13 would need to use booster seats if they’re tiny.

Some reparations advocates are pulling their support of California's Legislative Black Caucus agenda. It signals a growing rift in the movement, and allowed one of the Capitol's most controversial figures to pounce.

The dynamics of California's Capitol haven't changed much in the last 50 years. In fact, many conflicts from 1975 can still be found in bills this year.