Jenavieve Hatch

It’s lobbying season and the California Capitol.

Xavier Becerra, a Sacramento native, also became the first Latino secretary for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in 2021.

A package of 22 bills would address the “bureaucratic delay and legal loopholes” that lawmakers say slow down housing development

Supporters of the bill say that forced labor meant missing out on important rehabilitation programs and educational opportunities while they were in prison.

Plus, a key figure of the California parents’ rights movement is running for CA state Superintendent.

Rep. Kevin Kiley’s telephone town hall was inaccessible to many people, but the congressman stayed on the line and answered questions.

Culture wars took center stage at the CAGOP convention with a speech from women’s sports activist Riley Gaines.

“Eight years ago we were all over the place, and just getting started,” said one Democratic organizer. “Now, we’re much more organized.”

A top Trump aide said the California Coastal Commission is just “an unelected group of people who are crazy woke left.”

About 100 organizers with Indivisible El Dorado demanded an audience with the congressman’s staff.

“The President is attempting to eliminate trans people’s very existence in the eyes of the law,” Democratic state Sen. Scott Wiener said.

The driver who allegedly ran the red light suffered fatal injuries.

Assemblymembers Bill Essayli and Leticia Castillo, both Riverside County Republicans, unveiled the bills on Friday morning.

The executive order will establish a task force to be led by Attorney General Pam Bondi.

Between 600-700 people flocked to the Capitol to protest cuts and freezes in spending made by the Trump Administration.

Trump signed the order the day after he moved to ban transgender Americans from serving in the military.

Trump signed the executive order on Monday after his inauguration.

“If you knew my whole story,” she told The Sacramento Bee in an exclusive interview, “I think it’d be hard for you not to give me a little bit of respect.”

Campaign mega-donor Elon Musk and former Republican candidate Vivek Ramaswamy will lead the new department, nicknamed “DOGE.”

“California is committed to supporting our veterans,” the governor said.