Bill Protects Community College Faculty On Leave
The Assembly has passed a bill that allows community college faculty members to take maternity or paternity leave without jeopardizing their tenure process.
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The Assembly has passed a bill that allows community college faculty members to take maternity or paternity leave without jeopardizing their tenure process.
The state Senate is targeting a Southern California battery recycling facility that has operated for 32 years without a final permit.
Majority Democrats chose Assemblywoman Toni Atkins of San Diego on Wednesday to take over as Assembly speaker later this year, making it likely that the incoming leaders of both legislative chambers will come from the same half of California for the first time in nearly two decades.
Gov. Jerry Brown delivered the annual State of the State address on the morning of Jan. 22, 2014.
Gov. Jerry Brown delivered a dual message in his annual address to the Legislature — that a California resurgence is well under way but also is threatened by economic and environmental uncertainties.
In just a few years, Gov. Jerry Brown has helped turn California's budget deficits into surpluses, persuaded Californians to raise taxes and quieted the complaints of many political opponents.
Boehner will be joined Rep. David Valadao of Hanford, as well as by Rep. Devin Nunes of Tulare and Rep. Kevin McCarthy of Bakersfield.
Documents show Neel Kashkari missed several elections over the last two decades, including the 2012 Republican primary election and the 2005 special election called by then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Neel Kashkari, a former U.S. Treasury official who was the architect of the nation's bank bailout at the height of the recession, said Tuesday he is running for governor of California with a campaign that will focus on boosting jobs and improving public schools.
Hundreds of bills that failed to pass the Legislature last year face an end-of-the-month deadline to gain initial support, including measures affecting gun owners, the oil industry and farm laborers.
Hundreds of bills that failed to pass the Legislature last year face an end-of-the-month deadline to gain initial support, including measures affecting gun owners, the oil industry and farm laborers.
A Superior Court judge threw out the case against Nadia Lockyer at the request of prosecutors, because "she did a lot of rehabilitation."
With a record-dry year, reservoir levels under strain and no rain in the forecast, California Gov. Jerry Brown formally proclaimed the state in a drought Friday, confirming what many already knew.
Former Lt. Gov. Abel Maldonado has abandoned his long-shot GOP bid for governor of California, as he floundered for support and campaign cash.
California officials sought Wednesday to reassure congressional Republicans that the state will be able to match billions of dollars in federal funding for the state's high-speed rail project, including a $180 million payment due in April.
