Sen. Scott Wiener's bill failed after construction trade unions — major Democratic donors — convinced lawmakers to kill the ...

The fund is similar in spirit to California's two-decade-old, taxpayer-supported mechanism centered on funding stem cell ...

Shortly after deadly wildfires ignited in Los Angeles County in January, California lawmakers introduced bills to stiffen penalties for arson and other related crimes. One contentious measure — which ...

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California is no stranger to bold legislative proposals, but Senator Scott Wiener’s latest bill, targeting fossil fuel ...

A bill assigning oil companies with legal responsibility for big fires lost in its first legislative test in Sacramento, for ...

A bill in the California Legislature that would have made oil and gas companies liable for damage to homes caused by natural ...

Lawmakers in California are expected to consider a bill that would allow cities to designate so-called "hospitality zones" ...

State Sen. Tony Strickland, R-Huntington Beach, proposed an allocation of $400 million for Proposition 36, the tough on crime ...