Irvine Takes Step To Repeal Living Wage Law
The City Council voted Tuesday to repeal a 2007 ordinance requiring some companies with city contracts to pay their workers the same amount as the lowest-paid city employees - currently $10.82 per hour.
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The City Council voted Tuesday to repeal a 2007 ordinance requiring some companies with city contracts to pay their workers the same amount as the lowest-paid city employees - currently $10.82 per hour.
A Santa Barbara-based group has sparked a firestorm after some say a video posted last year singled out immigrants as responsible for lower water supplies.
The California Assembly on Tuesday approved legislation making it harder for citizens to propose extreme ballot initiatives following the outrage over a measure advocating the slayings of gay and lesbian people.
California lawmakers are advancing what proponents call the nation's strongest law designed to make sure that women are paid equally for the work they perform.
Richard Martinez thinks of his son every day, and with those thoughts come the constant reminder of a young life cut tragically short by a troubled man with a gun.
Gov. Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency Wednesday a day after a ruptured pipeline spilled thousands of gallons of oil off the California coast.
The U.S. government will invest nearly $50 million in water conservation and reuse projects in 12 drought-stricken Western states, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell announced Wednesday.
The city of Los Angeles will have its first Korean American councilman when health center public affairs director David Ryu is sworn in to succeed Councilman Tom LaBonge.
The surprise announcement comes after the White House suggested it would maintain programs that provide the type of military-style equipment used to respond to demonstrators last summer in Ferguson, Missouri.
Speaking to delegates at a state Democratic convention Sunday, the 10-term congresswoman said she said something offensive "and for that I sincerely apologize."
A special election Tuesday for state Senate is being pitched as a decision about who represents real Democratic values: the state lawmaker and former teacher endorsed by the California Democratic Party, or the Orinda mayor and longtime adviser to Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown.
The Massachusetts senator and favorite of the party's left wing criticized Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker for proposing a double-digit cut in state aid for higher education, while ridiculing Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul's economic ideas.
The groups, which include the American Civil Liberties Union and chapters of Asian Americans Advancing Justice, say the so-called "civil rights principles" would help ensure that the cameras provide accountability and transparency to the public.
As California lawmakers begin drilling into Gov. Jerry Brown's revised budget for next year, Democrats and social welfare advocates say they already see many areas that need even more funding.
It's official: Garden Grove Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez will run for the seat set to be vacated by U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer.
