Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the largest state budget in California history, $214.8 billion, on Thursday evening, hours before the midnight deadline. The plan increases spending on public education, expands health care, and addresses the state’s homelessness crisis. Almost half of the state budget, the...

California Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled plans Friday to create a $10.5 billion wildfire recovery fund along with other provisions to address the crisis caused by large devastating wildfires over the past two years. “Climate change has created a new reality in the state of California. It’s not a...

By Nathan Solis LOS ANGELES (CN) – A report released Tuesday by the American Civil Liberties Union blasted Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey, finding she has only secured death penalty convictions against people of color since taking office in 2012. The ACLU says LA’s top prosecutor...

OAKLAND – Just days after Bay Area counties released their homeless point-in-time figures showing significant increases in their homeless populations, California Governor Gavin Newsom on Tuesday announced the formation of the Homeless and Supportive Housing Advisory Task Force and its co-chairs, Los...

By Martin Macias Jr. The Trump administration said Thursday it would pull nearly a billion dollars in federal funding for California’s much-maligned high-speed rail project, terminating an agreement that previously awarded the Golden State another $2.5 billion for the plan. The move is a major setback...

By Nick Cahill SACRAMENTO – In another setback for groups fighting to stem California’s housing crisis, a proposal meant to spur new apartments near popular transit centers died silently in committee Thursday. Minutes before a scheduled vote, the chair of the state Senate Appropriations Committee...

By Maria Dinzeo Years of lobbying for new judgeships have yielded results with California Gov. Gavin Newsom, whose revised May budget released Thursday offers $30 million for 25 new judges. California has had a severe shortage of judges for years and the Judicial Council says a detailed analysis of statewide...

SACRAMENTO – California Assembly Public Safety Committee Vice Chair Tom Lackey (R-Palmdale) called on U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California Robert S. Brewer Jr. on Monday to file federal hate crimes charges and pursue the death penalty against John T. Earnest, the suspect in the...

By Nick Cahill With a goal of lowering prescription drug costs, Los Angeles County officials said Wednesday they will join a new state program that allows the county to bargain directly with drug companies. Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn said the move will permit the county to leverage its...

By Matthew Renda The California High-Speed Rail Authority indicated Tuesday it is likely to recommend approval of interim rail service connecting Central Valley cities before expanding the service to Los Angeles and San Francisco as funding becomes available. “Our early train operator has indicated...