Lawmakers Introduce Constitutional Amendment To End California Death Penalty
Lawmakers want to put an end to the death penalty in California.
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Lawmakers want to put an end to the death penalty in California.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has had a rough year. The next one might be even tougher as a recall effort appears to be gaining momentum, fueled partly by outrage over the first-term Democrat dining with friends at an opulent restaurant while telling state residents to spurn social gatherings and stay home.
Rallies between two groups in downtown Sacramento turned violent Saturday and resulted in at least six arrests and five injured officers, the Sacramento Police Department said.
"Google's anticompetitive behavior has unlawfully maintained the company's monopoly on internet search and search-based advertising at the expense of consumers," said California Attorney General Xavier Becerra.
Companies affiliated with Gov. Gavin Newsom received nearly $3 million in federal loans created to help small businesses survive the pandemic, more than eight times the amount originally reported, according to newly released information from the U.S. government.
Steinberg says the key will be taking away the power of NIMBY activists.
It's a question that comes up every four years, and especially after the contentious 2020 election: can we get rid of the Electoral College?
As coronavirus deaths begin to increase, there's a new push for job-protected bereavement leave after a loved one dies.
Bank of America said Monday it is likely California paid at least $2 billion in fraudulent unemployment benefits, offering a glimpse of the potential size of the problem that has plagued states across the country during the pandemic.
A new proposal introduced Monday would require anyone who wants to be a police officer in California to get a bachelor's degree or turn 25 before starting their career.
California lawmakers gathered indoors on Monday to carry out what they call their "essential" constitutional duty on the same day the government ordered more than 33 million people to stay home because of a surge of new coronavirus cases.
"They threw eggs. They threw glass bottles. They threw Molotov cocktails, explosives."
President-elect Joe Biden has chosen California Attorney General Xavier Becerra as his nominee for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.
Politicians across the state congratulated California Attorney General Xavier Becerra after news broke that President-elect Joe Biden selected the Sacramento native as his nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services amid a surging coronavirus pandemic.
Cars were vandalized, objects were thrown and over 150 Sacramento police officers stood between President Donald Trump supporters and protesters at the Capitol in downtown Sacramento on Saturday.
