When California became the 31st state in 1850, the Legislature quickly created 27 counties to provide basic local services, such as roads, sheriffs and courts, to...
SACRAMENTO — A bill to keep 14- and 15-year-olds out of adult criminal courts is headed to Gov. Jerry Brown. State senators passed the measure 22-15...
SACRAMENTO — California lawmakers on Tuesday revived a long-stalled proposal to set a goal of generating 100 percent of the state’s energy from carbon-free sources. With...
After five years as a Fresno County Supervisor, Andreas Borgeas is setting his sights on higher political office. He is campaigning for the state Senate seat...
California lawmakers finally relented last week and released records of investigations into sexual harassment involving Capitol members and employees. But CALmatters columnist Dan Walters opines in...
In his Feb. 1 column, CALmatters columnist Dan Walters points out that the audit of California’s over-budget, behind-schedule high-speed rail project commissioned by state lawmakers this...
At long last, Assemblyman Jim Patterson (R-Fresno) is getting his High-Speed Rail audit. The Joint Committee on Legislative Audit voted unanimously to move ahead with an...
Gov. Jerry Brown likes trains. And, as he said Thursday in his final State of the State address, he likes “high-speed trains even better.” Fine. I like...
In his Jan. 22 CALmatters column, Dan Walters points out that it was the young Gov. Jerry Brown who more than four decades ago “decreed that...
