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Lawmakers pass ethics reform following scandals

Fenit Nirappil · August 30, 2014 10:31 am

Lawmakers pass California groundwater regulations

Fenit Nirappil · August 30, 2014 3:37 am

Assembly approves statewide ban on plastic bags

Fenit Nirappil · August 28, 2014 9:28 pm

Bright-colored air gun bill passes state Assembly

Fenit Nirappil · August 27, 2014 4:15 am

In this photo taken Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014, plastic single-use bags are carried past the State Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. The state Assembly rejected legislation that would make California the first in the U.S. to impose a statewide ban on single-use plastic bags. SB270, by state Sen. Alex Padilla, failed Monday on a 37-33 vote after an hour-long debate. It can be heard again this week. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Assembly rejects statewide plastic bag ban bill

Fenit Nirappil · August 26, 2014 1:57 am

Assembly passes campus sexual-assault bill

Fenit Nirappil · August 26, 2014 12:34 am

Bond funds conservancies with unclear water role

Fenit Nirappil · August 23, 2014 4:05 pm

Assemblyman Isadore Hall, Compton, left, and Senate Minority Leader Bob Huff, R-Diamond Bar, smile as Hall's measure prohibiting California state government departments from selling or displaying items with an image of the Confederate flag was approved by the Senate Monday, Aug. 18, 2014, in Sacramento, Calif. The bill, AB2444, which excludes non government employees and businesses from the ban, to avoid violating constitutional free speech protections now goes to the governor. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Lawmakers target immigrant driver’s license scams

Fenit Nirappil · August 19, 2014 10:48 pm

Assembly passes bill expanding franchisee rights

Fenit Nirappil · August 15, 2014 1:15 am

Senate Minority Leader Bob Huff, R-Diamond Bar, left, meets with Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, during the Senate session, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014, in Sacramento, Calif. Lawmakers are scheduled to vote Wednesday on a measure that would swap out an existing water bond on the November ballot and authorize billions in borrowing to pay for new reservoirs, groundwater cleanup and habitat restoration. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Energy and Environment

Californians to vote on $7.5 billion water plan

Fenit Nirappil · August 14, 2014 5:08 am

Gov. Jerry Brown, left, shakes hands with Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, as they leave a meeting where a proposed water bond measure was discussed at the Capitol, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014, in Sacramento, Calif. Brown, Steinberg and Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, and other lawmakers met with representatives of more than twenty business, agricultural and environmental groups to get their support for a $7 billion bond proposal to replace the $11.1 billon bond measure that is currently on the November ballot.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Energy and Environment

Democratic leaders make public push for water bond

Fenit Nirappil · August 13, 2014 12:38 am

Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, urged passage of two procedural bills that relate to negotiations over a replacement water bond for the November ballot, before the Assembly at the Capitol, Monday, Aug. 11, 2014, in Sacramento, Calif. Gov Jerry Brown and Democratic legislative leaders say they are closing in on a deal to overhaul a water bond measure that was negotiated in 2009.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Energy and Environment

Brown, Democrats closing in on water bond deal

Fenit Nirappil · August 12, 2014 2:15 am