California Legislature

California prisons sometimes cancel visitation periods at the last minute, creating hardships for people making rare trips or long journeys. A bill would rightly protect those visits.

Pacheco’s legislation would allow public agencies to delay records requests it deems “improperly” filed, sue for “malicious” requests and charge up to $66 an hour to produce government records. One good governance advocate calls it a “virtual horror show of governmental non-transparency.”

As Gavin Newsom tries to wrap up his governorship, his differences with legislative leaders are on display as they clash over the budget.

State lawmakers’ budget plan would reject or delay many of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s social service cuts. Now, the budget negotiations begin in earnest.

California lawmakers are finalizing a budget that would cut aid for local newsrooms, walking away from a nascent effort to restore local reporting and build a more sustainable industry.

Current state lawmakers dominated fundraising in races for California's little-known Board of Equalization, drawing heavily from interests with business before the Legislature.

Gov. Gavin Newsom endorsed new carbon market rules that could drastically shrink the state’s funding for climate projects, threatening the spending deal he struck with legislators last year. Senate Democrats aren’t having it.

An anti-tax backlash resulted in a November ballot measure that could hamstring the finances of every jurisdiction in California. Capitol leaders must strike a deal with proponents to pull it from the ballot.

Lawmakers proposed a suite of bills in response to a series of CalMatters investigative stories.

Tuesday’s election results may offer an early clue about how vulnerable legislative California Republicans will fare in November