California will freeze Medi-Cal enrollment for undocumented adults and introduce new premiums, affecting millions of ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom sidestepped a lengthy political battle when he signed sweeping changes recently to the California ...

California’s Primaries Bring Changes to Its Political Landscape The presidential contest was a foregone conclusion. But local races will shake up the makeup of both Congress and politics within ...

California's healthcare landscape is shifting dramatically, especially for undocumented immigrants relying on Medi-Cal. With ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers scaled back a law that was vilified for its role in California’s housing shortage and ...

Read up on the propositions that will be on California voters’ ballots this November. Direct democracy is in California’s political DNA. How to be informed this election ...

A California committee is recommending an end to the state's controversial 'three strikes' law and changes to lifetime prison sentences without the possibility of parole.

Government reform activists, business groups and political activists all joined in to help draft and line up support for SB1253. That may have made Brown's decision relatively easy, an endorsement ...

California has upheld several criminal justice changes, endorsing recent efforts to ease mass incarceration by reducing penalties and allowing for earlier releases. Voters also appeared likely to ...

Welcome to Essential Politics, our in-the-moment look at California political and government news. You’ll find coverage of the 13 congressional races key to the midterm elections, the race to be ...

The authors point to California as a model for America’s political future. They explain how a once-bitterly divided state transformed into a state dominated by one party in a very short period ...