Tani Cantil-sakauye

A former California Republican leader left the party this week, the latest GOP defection in what’s become a trend among Trump-era moderates.  Assemblyman Chad Mayes re-registered without party preference, becoming the second California lawmaker this year to leave the Republican party. Assemblyman Brian Maienschein became a Democrat in January, and California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye […]

Justices question state's attempt to force Trump to disclose taxes. Number of women in legislature grows. Trump appoints more judges to 9th Circuit.

Ceremony honors fallen police officers as debate heats up over use of force bill, legislators push bills to address cost of higher education

California's top judge leaves her party, the Brock Turner judge asks for money, a memory of the late Judge Newsom, and fingerpointing at the COP.

Joshua Groban's appointment will complete a circle for Gov. Jerry Brown, who will have appointed a majority of the justices to the California Supreme Court, as he did when he was governor the first time.

Thanks to legislation, the soda industry averted new local taxes, but it could face an initiative that would impose a new statewide tax.

Good morning, California. U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions in Arizona and San Diego Monday announced a new border enforcement policy in which parents who cross illegally could be separated from their kids: “If you don’t like that, then don’t smuggle children over our border.” California Attorney General Xavier Becerra: “As a father, the last thing […]