Phil Matier: Topics Up For Debate Before California Lawmakers Leave for Recess
California lawmakers will be on recess in a matter of days which means that there will be a flurry of activity the next few days in Sacramento.
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California lawmakers will be on recess in a matter of days which means that there will be a flurry of activity the next few days in Sacramento.
Citing a labor shortage on California farms, Sen. Dianne Feinstein has asked the Department of Homeland Security to focus immigration enforcement efforts on violent criminals instead.
The state Senate has approved a bill to prevent professional athletes who spent most of their careers with teams in other states from filing workers' compensation claims in California.
President Barack Obama hasn't said what he would do if Congress doesn't authorize his request for a military strike against Syria; but if Bay Area politicians are any indication, the White House may not have the support it wants and needs.
Atherton taxpayers are on the hook for costs associated with President Barack Obama's private fundraisers held at two homes in April after the city decided to drop its efforts to collect.
One proposal would assist the Golden State Warriors in their plan to move the team from Oakland to a possible waterfront arena in San Francisco, a move that has drawn the ire of East Bay lawmakers upset at jobs moving away.
Democrats in the state Senate on Wednesday backed a plan to spend $200 million this year on rehabilitation programs instead of renting thousands of cells in private prisons and county jails to meet a federal court demand that California reduce its inmate population.
California education officials proposed Wednesday to immediately do away with the standardized reading, math and social science tests used to measure student learning and school performance since the late 1990s.
The state Assembly has approved a bill that gives county prosecutors the option of charging lower-level, non-violent drug offenses as misdemeanors instead of felonies.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi spoke to reporters in San Francisco on Wednesday to strongly endorse a military strike on Syria and to clarify what that would entail.
A far Northern California county where residents have complained they lack representation at the state capitol wants to separate from California.
The San Jose City Council Tuesday approved a funding strategy that backers claim would add 141 new police officer positions and restore other city services but would require tens of millions in revenue the city does not yet have.
An immigrant who graduated law school and passed the state's notoriously tough test for lawyers is asking the state Supreme Court to certify him over the objections of the Obama administration.
State officials could set up a pilot program to test digital license plates under a bill advancing through the Legislature.
California prison officials have confirmed that inmates can get married to someone of the same sex under certain conditions.
