California lawmakers and finance officials on Wednesday talked over how best to resolve a budget deficit totaling billions of ...

Earlier this month, Democratic state Sen. Scott Wiener, whose district includes San Francisco, introduced legislation that would make it easier for individuals to adopt all-electric, super-efficient ...

Today, the new Senate president pro tem — Democrat Monique Limón of Goleta in Santa Barbara County — is the upper house’s ...

New Senate President Pro Tem Monique Limón is the first Latina, first mother and only second woman to lead California’s upper legislative chamber. A tough budget year will test her ability to keep the ...

New California Senate Leader Monique Limón speaks about the year ahead she didn't expect. This interview is from California ...

Effective January 1, 2026, California’s Senate Bill 41 (SB 41) fundamentally reforms pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) practices. It prohibits spread pricing, mandates a passthrough pricing model, and ...

The California Senate passed a bill to create a single-payor health system, less than a week after a special election in Massachusetts cost Senate Democrats’ the 60-vote majority they needed to pass ...

California continues to lead the nation in artificial intelligence (“AI”) regulation with the recent enactment of Senate Bill (“SB”) 53—the Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act (“TFAIA ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Senate Republicans on Wednesday laid out their budget priorities for the 2026–27 fiscal year, signaling the start of what is expected to be months of negotiations as ...