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By setting a 36% annual rate cap on such loans, Assembly Bill 539 by Assembly Banking and Finance Committee Chairwoman Monique Limon, a Santa Barbara Democrat, would provide Californians with protections against high-cost loans similar to safeguards now enjoyed by an estimated 232 million Americans. AB 539's fate is in the state Senate's hands.

California gets more grim homelessness news. Casinos fight to keep tax break. Higher education is no longer the bargain it once was.

Some of the most controversial ideas California lawmakers were considering this year were set aside as the Legislature culled hundreds of bills in a fast-and-furious annual procedural ritual.

Bill aims to expand rights of those injured in e-scooter accidents, Assembly enacts rule to thwart legislation, first partner lobbies for First 5

Supreme Court justices and voters weigh in on death penalty, Wells Fargo gets a second chance for state bond deals, Newsom warns PG&E on board appointments

There are (still) more white men named James or Jim in the California Legislature than African-American and Asian-American women combined. Throw in some white Robs, Bobs and Roberts, and you have a pretty sizable “JimBob” caucus with a membership larger than the number of Republican women, openly gay or lesbian legislators, or women from any party under the age of 40. A data dive into diversity, or lack thereof.

U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein and state Sen. Kevin de León sat down for their first (and only) debate this afternoon. TKTK

Perhaps nothing Kevin de León has done is more polarizing than his challenge to 26-year incumbent Dianne Feinstein in the 2018 California Senate race.

The Legislature's response to a former employee's lawsuit is the latest example in its history of arguing that lawmakers don’t have to follow the laws they pass.

Running to unseat fellow Democrat Sen. Dianne Feinstein, state Sen. Kevin de León continued to criticize her response to a constituent’s accusation of sexual assault by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.