In a long-expected move, Dana Williamson stepped down on Monday as Gov. Gavin Newson’s chief of staff. Newsom named longtime ...

PODCAST: Ranked Choice Voting had a bit of a "moment" in 2022, helping send Democrat Mary Peltola to congress in Alaska, and ...

Both legislative leaders have said their primary goal this year is to advance legislation to make California more affordable.

California has over 200 State agencies, departments, boards, and commissions that make public policy through their authority ...

A “special” session is one convened pursuant to a proclamation issued by the Governor. Article IV, Section 3(b) of the state Constitution specifies, in part: “on extraordinary occasions the Governor ...

There are two areas of confusion regarding properly addressing the presiding officer of a legislative committee or on the floor. In committees, the presiding officer may be addressed by fellow ...

Two years after California voters rejected online sports betting following an epic and costly ballot box fight, the two major forces at odds over the issue – California’s powerful gaming tribes and ...

OPINION – California faces a dual crisis of escalating climate impacts and an acute housing affordability challenge. Seventy nine percent of renters in our state spend more than half their income on ...

OPINION – For Californians living with the nation’s dirtiest air and ongoing threats of wildfires, heat waves, drought, flooding and sea level rise, the election delivered mixed results. On the plus ...

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In recent years, Capitol observers have witnessed vacancies occur in state legislative offices and even constitutional offices in California. What is the process for filling vacancies in the ...

As a practicing rheumatologist, I was pleased by the legislative push to pass SB 966, which would have increased oversight and reporting requirements for Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs), the drug ...