Bill Limits Calif. Workers' Comp For Pro Athletes
Professional athletes who spent most of their careers with teams in other states would no longer be able to file workers' compensation claims in California under a bill headed to the state Senate.
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Professional athletes who spent most of their careers with teams in other states would no longer be able to file workers' compensation claims in California under a bill headed to the state Senate.
California would seek to reduce inmates' sentences while increasing its use of private prisons to meet a court-ordered population cap by the end of the year, under a plan Gov. Jerry Brown filed late Thursday.
The state Senate has approved a bill that would allow county prosecutors to charge lower-level, non-violent drug offenses as misdemeanors instead of felonies.
Peace officers and members of the military seeking to resell handguns not approved by the California Department of Justice could sell them only to other authorized individuals under a bill headed to the state Senate.
The state Senate has passed a bill that would allow parents to remove their children's personal information from social networking sites.
Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation intended to eliminate a two-month delay in processing business paperwork in California.
Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation expanding the ability of state agents to seize firearms from nearly 20,000 Californians who are not allowed to have them.
The combined debt of California's state and local governments is at least $848 billion and could escalate past $1.1 trillion, according to a new report.
Senate Bill 299 would require every person whose gun was stolen or lost to report it to law enforcement within 48 hours, or be in violation of the law.
State lawmakers sent Gov. Jerry Brown a pair of consumer protection bills Monday that prevent health insurance companies from discriminating against people with pre-existing conditions and limit how much more insurers can charge older residents.
California lawmakers are attempting to address privacy concerns as pilotless aircraft are being considered for a wide range of uses.
State lawmakers want to make it legal to loiter, panhandle and sleep on the streets of California. One Citrus Heights City Council member calls the legislation offensive.
Three California lawmakers are proposing legislation to reopen a memorial scholarship program for the relatives of Californians who were killed in the terrorist attacks but did not know they were eligible for the scholarships.
The state Senate has approved a bill intended to end a two-month backlog in processing business filings in California.
Gov. Jerry Brown is calling his education funding plan a "cause for the children of California" as he tries to persuade reluctant members of his own party to include his proposal in the upcoming state budget.
