California Supreme Court

An El Dorado County property owner for years has fought a $23,400 traffic mitigation fee that he was charged for building a single home.

California made it easier for young people convicted of serious crimes to get a second chance, except for those sentenced to life without parole. New legislation could change that.

A shortage of court reporters is leaving many Californians with no way to appeal their cases in the justice system. Will a new union-backed bill solve the problem or make it worse?

A CalMatters investigation found that courts didn’t report hundreds of vehicular manslaughter convictions to the DMV, prompting officials to belatedly take many drivers’ licenses.

California Democrats set aside millions of dollars for immigrant legal services. They're tightening that aid in a way that would deny it to people convicted of felonies.

If you’re accused of a crime, will someone investigate your side of the story? In California, there’s no guarantee.

If you’re accused of a crime, will someone investigate your side of the story? In California, there’s no guarantee.

Environmental groups want to revive higher payments to panel owners. But the subsidies were unfair to non-solar ratepayers, regulators say.

A recent California law raises the standard for when prosecutors can charge accomplices to killings with felony murder. A case testing that law recently reached the state supreme court.

California's experiment with increasing pay for jury duty would come to an early end under the new budget Gov. Gavin Newsom is asking lawmakers to approve.