The bill for single-payer health care in California didn’t even get a vote in the state Assembly after its author, Rep. Ash Kalra of San Jose, couldn’t round up enough support before a Jan. 31 deadline.

Five years after Prop. 64 legalized cannabis, farmers, dispensary owners and other advocates are calling on the governor to rescue a legal market they say has been pushed to the brink of collapse.

The governor’s California Blueprint bolsters the state’s ongoing work to address COVID-19, climate change, homelessness, inequality and fighting crime.

Assembly Democrats want to use $10 billion out of a projected $30 billion surplus to repair and expand K-12 school facilities to accommodate new transitional kindergarten and community schools approved in 2021.

In San Jose, Latinos earn 46 cents for every dollar earned by white workers, according to a new study.

The Legislature's super-majority of Democrats sent Gov. Gavin Newsom hundreds of bills that he signed into law, including several with major consequences for Californians.

The federal appeals court overturned the decision of a lower court judge who had invalidated California's ban on possession of large-capacity magazines, like the ones used in the killings at the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, as well as the recent fatal shootings at a Michigan high school.

Nations addressing climate change took on gasoline and diesel vehicles in pledges that mirror California’s mandates and plans — and in some cases, go even further.

The governor cited a possible surge in COVID cases and short-staffed hospitals, as some pockets of resistance to mandates grow.

The guidelines outlined by the state's top public health official are looser for booster shots than those set by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

An FAQ for voters on California redistricting as the state’s independent commission works toward releasing preliminary congressional and legislative maps on Nov. 10.

California’s unemployment department is making progress on key reforms, but some of the most transformational changes are still years away.

Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed the largest expansion of California’s college financial aid system in a generation in the week's most obscure moment — during the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants’ first playoff game Friday night.

In announcing the Tesla headquarters move at the company’s annual shareholder meeting at the site of a new Tesla building near Austin, CEO Elon Musk said he will expand Tesla production at the Fremont factory.

California's new $47.1 billion higher education package is the highest level of state funding in history.

The California Department of Public Health blames problems at nursing homes on staffing shortages, turnover, training and pandemic pressures at hearing at the Capitol.