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Sen. Bob Hertzberg tells the "California State of Mind" podcast he's in a renewed push to end cash bail for nonviolent crimes.

A CalMatters investigation found that at least 1,300 people have been locked in county jails for longer than three years awaiting a trial or sentencing. The findings are “surprising and embarrassing,” said State Sen. Tom Umberg, chair of the Judiciary Committee.

The state’s highest court now says judges must consider a defendant’s ability to pay, but mass inmate release unlikely.

El tribunal más alto del estado ahora dice que los jueces deben considerar la capacidad de pago del acusado, pero la liberación masiva de los presos es poco probable.

In sports, when you change the rules, you affect outcomes. That's also true in politics as two new California proposals demonstrate.

Alice Huffman was paid millions by corporate ballot measure campaigns that her historic civil rights organization endorsed, while many Black leaders took opposing positions.

Good morning, California. It’s Friday, November 13. Some fights aren’t over California still has 1.2 million votes left to count from last week’s election, but the 2022 ballot is already taking shape — and some potential measures may fight 2020 battles all over again. When voters approved Proposition 22 — exempting Uber and Lyft from […]

California should create a citizens’ initiative review process to weigh in independently for the public interest when special interests are battling it out.

In California and elsewhere, the winners in last week's election are celebrating and the losers are engaging in rationalizations and fingerpointing.

Good morning, California. It’s Friday, November 6. Industry vs. Legislature The fate of four ballot measures — including what would be the largest change to California’s property tax structure in more than 40 years — hangs in the balance of 4.5 million uncounted votes, according to an estimate released Thursday evening by Secretary of State […]