Immigration

Gary E. Mead, former associate director of the U.S. Marshal Service: If private prisons are not meeting the needs of the state, steps should be taken to address those needs. But a ban on much needed private prisons is not the answer, at least not if Gov. Newsom’s goal is to improve the conditions for state inmates, and the treatment of immigrants in custody.

California sues Trump administration over tailpipe emissions laws. State looks to combat Amazon deforestation. 'Public charge' rule sows fear.

a looming change in what is known as the "public charge" rule is sowing confusion and fear within the immigrant community, causing many people to abandon programs they need for fear of retaliation from immigration authorities

In the last days of California's 2019 legislative session, hundreds of bills landed on the governor's desk. We're tracking the most consequential.

Newsom signs vaccination bill. Becerra skips Google antitrust investigation. Bill on police use of facial-recognition technology is watered down.

The bill would expand Medi-Cal to low-income undocumented immigrants age 65 and older starting next July — and would inch California closer to covering all immigrants in the state illegally.

Newsom embraces a Trump tax cut. Secretive food banks serve immigrants. Trump's environmental rollbacks aid prospects for California bill.

Farmworker families worried about immigration raids get food and household goods from a clandestine food bank.

Assemblyman Tyler Diep doesn’t carry many bills and rarely gives floor speeches. But he felt he had no choice but to stand-up to the Twitter president when the Trump administration proposed limiting immigrants ability to get green cards if they need public benefits.

California's economy keeps rolling. State faces a doctor shortage. Groups switch gears on initiative to rewrite Proposition 13.