With the Republicans back from their convention, the Assembly meets at noon and the Senate at 2 p.m., when Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg will take to the floor to introduce a former Democratic presidential candidate: Michael Dukakis. The f... »
Will former Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamane join the race for a competitive Central Valley congressional seat? Bustamante, who lives in Elk Grove but represented the Fresno area in the Assembly during the 1990s, told The Fresno Bee that he is considering a bid... »
Assemblywoman Shannon Grove's proposal to ask voters to cut the Legislature to part time hasn't gotten much love from her colleagues under the dome. The Bakersfield Republican characterized the reactions and talked about how her own experiences since b... »
Backers of a proposed constitutional amendment to reduce the Legislature to part time say they hope to raise $2.6 million for the effort, but records show that contributions have been few and relatively small in the campaign's first few weeks. Assembly... »
Taking the gloves off, opponents of a proposal to convert the Legislature to part time took a personal shot today at the measure's sponsor - urging Assemblywoman Shannon Grove to voluntarily reduce her own salary and per diem payments. "I'd respectfull... »
Making a personal pitch for donations and help, Assemblywoman Shannon Grove has posted an online video designed to bolster her campaign to switch California's Legislature to a part-time body. "Help me take back this great state," the Bakersfield Republ... »
With less than six months to go until the June primary, viable Republican challengers to Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein aren't exactly rushing to file nomination papers. Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the No. 3 ranking House Republican, suggested Monday that f... »
Well, what an exciting week that was. Assemblyman Tim Donnelly's loaded gun. Gov. Jerry Brown's surprise budget. Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi's no contest plea. What's next for California lawmakers? Both the Senate and the Assembly have scheduled session... »
Gov. Jerry Brown has appointed Mark Nechodom, a senior adviser to the undersecretary for the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the husband of Secretary of State Debra Bowen, to be director of the California Department of Conservation, Brown's office a... »
State Sen. Michael Rubio announced today that he will not run for Congress next year after all. The 34-year-old East Bakersfield Democrat had been eying a bid for the newly drawn 21st Congressional District in which Democrats hold a 10 percentage point... »
State Finance Director Ana Matosantos did not enter a plea Monday during initial court proceedings in her drunken driving case. Sacramento Superior Court Judge Curtis M. Fiorini continued the case until Feb. 29 for arraignment. Matosantos did not perso... »
Gov. Jerry Brown has fired Derek Chernow, acting director of the California Department of Conservation, and Elena Miller, the chief overseer of oil drilling operations in California, amid conflict between the agency and oil producers on regulatory matt... »
Yesterday, it was public pensions. Today's theme -- judging by what legislators are talking up -- is business. Assemblymen Felipe Fuentes, D-Sylmar, and Cameron Smyth, R-Santa Clarita, will tell pancake-eating members of the Los Angeles Chamber of Comm... »
California generally - and the Los Angeles and San Francisco Bay Area specifically - have higher levels of household income inequality than the nation as a whole, according to a new Census Bureau statistical analysis. California is one of seven states,... »
Timothy Hodson, a leading expert on California politics who spent more than three decades working in and around the Capitol, has died. He was 61. Hodson, who had previously battled prostate cancer, had revealed to friends in August 2010 that he had bee... »
