California Legislature

Berkeley’s experience shows change is possible when local and state reforms align, and when communities let go of their fears about growth.

A state regulator is requiring California’s last nuclear power plant to conserve 4,000 acres of surrounding land to keep operating until 2030.

Federal cuts imperil government and private water partnerships and hobble disaster planning. The state must maintain its water expertise.

Speaker Robert Rivas says real legislative oversight of the effects of new laws will become regular practice starting next year.

A new law allows a state board to intercede in labor disputes involving private employers. But is the law legal, since it usurps a federal role?

California parents of chronically absent students could be arrested, charged with a misdemeanor, fined up to $2,000 and face a year in jail. A new law will end the practice.

California’s independent legislative analyst is warning that the state faces a nearly $18 billion deficit. It is “critical” for lawmakers to rein in spending and increase revenues long term, he said.

Polly Klaas' sister regrets that politicians used Polly's death to justify "tough on crime" laws such as California's Three Strikes law. A study will collect survivors' thoughts.

New housing starts were around 100,000 a year when Newsom took office in 2019; they still hover around that number today.

California's newly signed law regulates recruiters of foreign workers to cut down on human trafficking, a form of modern slavery.