California Legislature

Gov. Gavin Newsom and other state leaders Wednesday were set to announce new efforts to advance gun safety legislation. Raj Mathai speaks with California Attorney General Rob Bonta on this.

Gov. Gavin Newsom and other state leaders Wednesday were set to announce new efforts to advance gun safety legislation.

Prices at the gas pump are dropping but will they spike again like they did earlier this year? It’s an issue that California Gov. Gavin Newsom is tackling Monday during a special legislative session on gas prices. Bob Redell reports.

NBC Bay Area political analyst Larry Gerston breaks down the changes in California’s legislature.

California lawmakers on Tuesday sent Gov. Gavin Newsom two groundbreaking bills intended to limit the downside of social media, as they faulted Congress for failing to act on the problem.

Gov. Gavin Newsom is set to sign a slew of bills as the California Legislative session comes to a close.

California lawmakers on Monday approved a nation-leading measure that would give more than a half-million fast food workers more power and protections, over the objections of restaurant owners who warn it would drive up consumers’ costs.

Facing a housing shortage in the nation’s most populous state, California’s legislative leaders on Thursday backed a pair of bills that would open up much of the state’s commercial land for residential development, bypassing some local zoning laws to replace shuttered shops with affordable apartments.

Victims who receive unsolicited sexually graphic material by text, email, app or other electronic means could sue the sender under a bill that California lawmakers sent to Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday.

Time is running out on a California bill that legalizes overdose prevention programs, or safe consumption sites, with Monday as the deadline for Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature. Ginger Conejero Saab reports.

Time is running out on a California bill that legalizes overdose prevention programs, or safe consumption sites, with Monday as the deadline for Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature.

A California bill that legalizes overdose prevention programs, or safe consumption sites, is one step away from becoming law. Ginger Conejero Saab reports.

A California bill that legalizes overdose prevention programs, or safe consumption sites, is one step away from becoming law.

California lawmakers on Wednesday approved a nearly $308 billion spending plan that includes money to cover abortions for women who can’t afford them and cash payments to most taxpayers to help offset record-high gas prices. Kris Sanchez reports.

California lawmakers on Wednesday approved a nearly $308 billion spending plan that includes money to cover abortions for women who can’t afford them and the health care costs for low-income adults living in the country illegally while sending cash payments to most taxpayers to help offset record-high gas prices.

Fearing the U.S. Supreme Court will soon overturn Roe v. Wade, California Democrats on Tuesday moved quickly to ensure the state’s progressive voters have a chance this fall to make abortion a constitutional right in the nation’s most populous state. Bob Redell reports.

Fearing the U.S. Supreme Court will soon overturn Roe v. Wade, California Democrats on Tuesday moved quickly to ensure the state’s progressive voters have a chance this fall to make abortion a constitutional right in the nation’s most populous state.

A state lawmaker from the South Bay is proposing a guaranteed income for recent high school graduates who are homeless. Bob Redell reports.

California lawmakers vowed Wednesday to pursue emergency gun control to prevent another mass shooting, bills Gov. Gavin Newsom said he would quickly sign. Bob Redell reports.

State lawmakers on Monday voted to stop courts in Texas and other states from penalizing abortion providers and volunteers in California, part of Democrats’ plan to make the state a sanctuary for women seeking reproductive care should the U.S. Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Wade.