Insurers and other opponents of the measure contend that it violates a 2022 compromise on the limits of malpractice damages, ...

California Democrats rejected two Republican bills that would have banned transgender athletes from female sports. In a rare ...

The dynamics of California's Capitol haven't changed much in the last 50 years. In fact, many conflicts from 1975 can still ...

Essayli was just months into his second term as an Assemblyman representing Southern California when he got the call.

A committee in the California legislature plans to vote on bills Tuesday that would restrict transgender athletes from ...

During his two-plus years in office, Assemblymember Bill Essayli brought ample attention to the right’s culture war issues.

A California State Assembly committee killed two bills on Tuesday that would have restricted transgender athletes from ...

A growing rift has led to some reparations advocates pulling their support for key parts of California's Legislative Black Caucus agenda.

After California lawmakers blocked two bills that would have no longer allowed trans-athletes in girls' and women's sports, ...

During a passionate hearing Tuesday that drew outspoken, hours-long public comment from both opponents and proponents, California lawmakers blocked a pair of bills spotlighting transgender ...

Xavier Becerra, a Sacramento native, also became the first Latino secretary for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in 2021.

The Los Angeles wildfires earlier this year were the latest and most searing example of the devastating effects of climate ...