California lawmakers and finance officials on Wednesday talked over how best to resolve a budget deficit totaling billions of ...

Today, the new Senate president pro tem — Democrat Monique Limón of Goleta in Santa Barbara County — is the upper house’s ...

New Senate President Pro Tem Monique Limón is the first Latina, first mother and only second woman to lead California’s upper legislative chamber. A tough budget year will test her ability to keep the ...

New California Senate Leader Monique Limón speaks about the year ahead she didn't expect. This interview is from California ...

UCLA community members said a new California housing bill has the potential to increase affordable housing, but may bring little change to Westwood. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed California Assembly Bill ...

On January 1, 2026, Assembly Bill (AB) 692 will take effect in California, amending the Labor Code and Business and Professions Code to prohibit certain “stay-or-pay” provisions in employment ...

California Senate leadership has appointed Sen. John Laird chair of the influential Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee for the remainder of the 2025-26 legislative session, according to a media ...

Amid concerns that there might be as large as an $18 billion budget deficit in the coming year, California lawmakers started ...

On November 18, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit granted a motion for injunction pending appeal that temporarily pauses enforcement of California Senate Bill 261 (SB 261) while ...

The California Senate passed a bill to create a single-payor health system, less than a week after a special election in Massachusetts cost Senate Democrats’ the 60-vote majority they needed to pass ...