In the fifth installment of our ongoing look at candidates to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom when he terms out next year, we look ...

OPINION - A state entity like the California Education Learning Lab is essential for keeping California at the forefront of ...

Both the Legislature and the Governor in California play critical roles in the development and adoption of the state budget.

In just a few months, Capitol Weekly will unveil its 16th annual Top 100 list recognizing the most influential members of the Capitol community. As we began researching this year’s list, however, we ...

A record of court proceedings is an essential component of our justice system. Without an audio or video recording or word-for-word transcript, the facts of what happened in court may be disputed, ...

It is not hyperbole to call the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act of 1967 one of the most impactful pieces of California legislation of the last 60 years. The law, named for its three primary authors, ...

Editor’s Note: Mental health courts in California are designed to stem the increasing tide of offenders whose mental illness underlies their crimes, often landing them in overcrowded jails and prisons ...

In January 2020, Californians thought they were getting out of the private prison business. They are, but under a new law, AB 32, which went into effect at the first of that year, the state remains ...

There’s only two weeks before the completion of the 2024 March Primary and early numbers are suggesting an historically low turnout. Last year we looked at turnout patterns in presidential primary ...

The principle that the specific statute prevails over the general statute will not be applied when it appears that the Legislature intended that the prosecution under the general statute remains ...

California recently approved three sweeping environmental laws: SB 54, SB 343, and AB 1201. Hopefully, this game-changing legislation will shape national policy about recycling, composting, plastic ...

This is the second of a two-part series analyzing the impact of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s podcast, “This is Gavin Newsom.” Part one can be accessed here. In last week’s article we reviewed polling on ...