Legislature & Policy

Current state law says a ‘swatting’ threat must be directed at a specific person. New bills would expand that to schools, churches, and other locations.

The lawmakers will remain active on other platforms, according to the state Assembly speaker.

The bill would require the state to build separate prison facilities for transgender inmates at its two women’s prisons.

The budget gap could grow if federal funds are halted, project leaders say. The rail line’s cost, originally set at $33 billion, has ballooned to $128 billion.

California’s attorney general praised the decision.

A new state law could violate federal law, officials say. A parental rights group says hundreds of U.S. districts are noncompliant.

‘We did it before. We can do it again,’ Stockton’s mayor said. But Collinsville in nearby Solano County has also been proposed.

The city’s request includes more than $600 million for improving streets and to make up for lost revenue after the Palisades Fire.

The Republican assemblyman’s resolution follows state’s borrowing to shore up the program after extending coverage to illegal immigrants.

County Counsel Joseph Larmour had requested a preliminary injunction, arguing the initiative would break state and federal laws.

The bill would have furthered President Donald Trump’s education agenda in California.

The $330 million in tax credits will go to five major films and 46 independents. Gov. Newsom said the money will create jobs and boost local economies.

‘I don’t want another Laken Riley to happen,’ Amador County Sheriff Gary Redman told The Epoch Times.

The governor pointed to rising medical costs as the state’s health care program balloons.

The author of Assembly Bill 1333 alleges misinformation fueled confusion about the measure.

The conservative influencer and California governor expressed similar viewpoints on a variety of issues, though their opinions differed on the details.

State senator says Republican lawmakers will demand a full hearing to find how the money will be spent.

Administrator Lee Zeldin says EPA will reconsider 31 regulations in what he calls the most consequential day of deregulation in American history.

The legislation states homicide is not justifiable when using ‘more force than was reasonably necessary.’