Industry opposes a legislative bill to enact protections, but could support less stringent proposed Cal/OSHA safety requirements.
Safe staffing laws have worked in California — and can’t pass anywhere else.
Lake Mead, a key water source for California and six other states, is close to drying up. Water policy expert Felicia Marcus says dramatic action is needed on conservation, recycling and efficiency.
Undersheriff April Tardy says her ankle imprint shows allegiance to her former station. Deputies say it represents a deputy gang.
It takes a constitutional amendment followed by a statewide vote to legalize balloting behind bars. Will it happen?
Foregone revenues add up to more than double the amount of the expected deficit.
Organizers say door-knocking by domestic workers inspires key voters.
As advocates and academics question the impact of flights over neighborhoods, police departments lack persuasive evidence of crime-fighting effectiveness.
Inside the latest, smallest group in the California Legislature.
To do so he must transcend an office bound to the status quo, say his predecessors.
Kenneth Mejia won with a progressive mandate, but Laura Chick says the controller’s office has been weakened by factors beyond its power.
Like the Tea Party before them, Freedom Caucus House members have been loud and divisive. Why haven’t they paid the same price?
Measure ULA would fund affordable housing through a tax on real estate sales of more than $5 million.
Councilmembers blocked by the trio now see opportunity for housing reforms.
Democratic activists say they must flip state houses to block rogue actors.
A new California initiative may make a real difference in reducing the mountain of plastic refuse.
Like its founder, the Capitol Hill Citizen pulls no punches exposing a body politic feeding off corporate donors.
Has Martin’s Potato Roll Become the MAGA Burger Bun?
In Chinatown, renters champion use of eminent domain to rekindle the fight for truly public housing.
Divisions deepen as America waits for the official Supreme Court ruling.