OPINION - Despite a $12 billion budget deficit, Governor Gavin Newsom still proposes to spend more on the state’s public ...

Entrepreneur/philanthropist Stephen Cloobeck sports a little bit of the star quality some Californians seem to expect from ...

There have been many court decisions over the past century interpreting key provisions of the Government Code. The following cases highlight some of the key decisions interpreting these statutory ...

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 ...

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 ...