On Thursday, scores of bills in the California Legislature will likely be killed without public debate. It's part of a twice-yearly procedure known as the suspense file hearing. The process ...

A proposal to prohibit the use of non-disclosure agreements during legislative negotiations in California has officially been written into a bill but faces uncertainty over whether it will move ...

Everyone in California is working remotely these days—except the state legislature. Back in March, the California legislature almost decided to adopt a remote meeting procedure, when the state ...

Senate Bill 299, authored by Senator Christopher Cabaldon, D-Yolo, seeks to ensure that new laws will speed through the legislative process without the public being aware of them or having the ...

Even less clear in many cases is who actually wrote the bills. California allows lobbyists to write a proposed law from start to finish and then have a legislator introduce it as his or her own ...

A bill that would allow workers in the California Legislature to organize their first labor union was given final approval Wednesday. The legislation will now head to Newsom.

A proposal to prohibit the use of non-disclosure agreements during legislative negotiations in California has officially been written into a bill but faces uncertainty over whether it will move ...

A few hundred bills reached the end of their run Friday in the California legislature. The culling of legislation is part of an opaque process. The legislature pares back many bills twice a year ...

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SB 299 aims to fast-track ordinances but may harm public transparency by limiting the public’s ability to participate in legislative decisions.