California Government News

In this file photo taken Saturday April 25, 2009, Attorney General Jerry Brown is seen speaking at the California Democratic Party convention in Sacramento , Calif.

The race for the 14th District California Senate seat will be wide open in 2010, as Senator Dave Cogdill has announced that he will not seek re-election. Cogdill has issued a statement reading, "Representing the citizens of the Central Valley and the Sierra Nevada for almost a decade has truly been an honor and a blessing.

SEMA, working on behalf of California enthusiasts of specialty vehicles and in cooperation with the Department of Motor Vehicles, Bureau of Automotive Repair, Air Resources Board and Attorney General's office has resolved a complex and threatening issue to this market segment and the industry it serves.

A report by California Attorney General Jerry Brown's office says a spokesman secretly recorded phone calls with five reporters, even though he was explicitly warned not to do so.

Californians may still be in love with President Barack Obama but this year's gubernatorial candidates don't have what it takes to save a sinking ship, according to a new poll.

An $11.1 billion water bond approved this week by California lawmakers is filled with special interest earmarks that reward legislative districts in nearly every corner of the state, from $20 million for economic development in a rural northern county to $10 million to a University of California climate change institute.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed a far-reaching water bond passed last week by the California Legislature intended to restore the ailing estuary at the heart of the state's water system.

Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner said Monday he's rejecting a second consecutive request by the Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau to significantly increase California's workers' compensation benchmark rate, this time by nearly 23 percent.

Last June, the Public Policy Institute of California released a highly critical report on California's "enterprise zone" program that provides big tax breaks to businesses for supposedly hiring workers in areas of high unemployment.

A trucker died Monday after his big-rig plummeted 200 feet from a new section of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge that has seen more than 42 crashes since it opened, authorities said.

Authorities are reporting a staggering jump in the number of plants seized in California's annual anti-marijuana eradication effort.

California Attorney General Jerry Brown is by far the most popular candidate for governor in next year's election, but most voters in his party are unhappy that he is the only major Democrat running, according to a new poll on Sunday.

A bill that could bring millions of dollars for conservation work in the Sierra Nevada cleared the state assembly Wednesday, lining it up to go to voters in 2010.

Kirk Douglas was stunned to be presented with a top movie award by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday night - because he coached the muscleman on his first ever film.

California lawmakers on Wednesday approved a series of bills that would vastly overhaul the state's troubled water system.

The choices seem endless as Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger ponders his pick to fill the now-vacant lieutenant governor's job.

CHILL winds and blustery showers may be ushering in the British winter, but James Robinson and fellow members of alternative funky soul popsters Two Spot Gobi have their memories of a glorious Californian summer to keep them warm.

A small majority of California voters supports the right of gay couples to marry, but a much larger portion of voters opposes efforts to place the issue back on the ballot next year, a new Los Angeles Times/USC poll has found.

California prison officials have submitted a construction plan intended to expand medical and mental health treatment for inmates.

Up to one-fourth of the 110,000 jobs reported as saved by federal stimulus money in California probably never were in danger, according to a review of the statistics by the Sacramento Bee.