Capitol Alert

The Bee Capitol Bureau reports on the people and politics of California government.

09/20/2024

To reach the state’s most ambitious climate goal, annual emissions cuts need to nearly double. Regulators are confident it can happen.

09/20/2024

The backdrop of the special session is yet another increase in California’s gas prices.

09/19/2024

The Rocklin man was convicted of one felony count of obstructing an official proceeding after he scaled the walls of the U.S. Capitol.

09/19/2024

“I fear I can’t do everything. I’ve got, trying to get Kamala Harris elected President of the United States, trying to get through these 900 bills,” Gavin Newsom said Thursday.

09/19/2024

You can use the mobile driver’s license at select businesses and TSA checkpoints.

09/19/2024

The committee was the passion project of former Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon.

09/19/2024

This legal challenge to a controversial project supported by Governor Gavin Newsom comes at a crossroads for hydrogen development in California.

09/19/2024

Nearly three-quarters of likely voters said that they will vote “yes” on the ballot measure to reimpose felony charges for certain drug- and theft-related offenses.

09/18/2024

Opponents call it a “revenge initiative.”

09/18/2024

“It’s cynical and wrong that some of these Republicans try to pretend that they’re pro-choice because they’re pro-states rights,” the Democrat said.

09/18/2024

Fed Chairman Jerome Powell has suggested further cuts are coming.

09/18/2024

It’s open enrollment season at CalPERS. Are there more affordable health insurance options available?

09/18/2024

As movies push the envelope with AI-generated digital voices and likenesses of actors, California now has laws in place to protect those performers.

09/17/2024

“It is too easy to pull a trigger from behind an office desk.”

09/17/2024

On its face, Prop. 33 is about rent control in California. Some argue it would limit new housing production across the state.

09/16/2024

The proposition would authorize $10 billion in state debt to spend on environmental and climate projects.

09/16/2024

Supervisor: “Placer County, we believe, is the top county in the state for non-renewals.”

09/16/2024

Assembly Republicans unveiled a collection of bills they say will actually make gas cheaper in California.

09/15/2024

Read up on the propositions that will be on California voters’ ballots this November.

09/14/2024

The findings involve ratings of vice presidents since 1933.

09/14/2024

The Bee spoke with the candidates and nonpartisan analysts about this potentially close 2024 race.

09/13/2024

Proposition 36, which voters will decide in November, would roll back many of Prop. 47’s reforms.

09/13/2024

The utility said this temporary rate increase is needed to recover costs from recent storms and wildfire mitigation.

09/12/2024

California’s Democratic leaders say it’s meant to target organized criminals who raid retail and designer stores.

09/12/2024

Chino Valley Unified School District abandoned the most controversial parts of its parental notification policy last March. A judge still shut it down.

09/11/2024

Delayed spending and a lack of oversight threaten to disrupt a $100 million grant program run by the Department of Cannabis Control intended to help businesses secure state licenses.

09/11/2024

Leaders of the Energy Commission say the new building standards will help the state reach building decarbonization goals.

09/11/2024

The cost of living in June 2022 jumped 9.1% year over year. Is that the American record?

09/10/2024

The 21 new projects cover areas in 18 national forests across 14 states as part of the Forest Service’s Collaborative Wildfire Risk Reduction Program.

09/10/2024

“Trump has a flair for appealing to emotions,” one expert says

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A little hail at the Capitol.

The dome was dusted in white.

Mendoza portrait removed

Just like that, a state senator is removed.

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