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California Legislature is getting more diverse, but there are fewer women

Jan 05, 2017

How has the California Legislature changed since term limits were introduced in 1990?

Alexei Koseff The Sacramento Bee

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Jerry Brown says climate change deal resulted from mystery, miracle and prayer

Gov. Jerry Brown celebrated the passage of a bill Monday night to extend California's cap-and-trade program through 2030.

Sen. Tom Berryhill explains his vote for climate change bill

Sen. Tom Berryhill, R-Modesto, was the only Republican in the California Senate to vote for a bill to extend the cap-and-trade program through 2030. He said he voted for the bill because he won key protections for the agricultural industry.

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Housing advocate: 'I think tech is the sleeping giant of California politics'

Housing advocate Brian Hanlon is using financial backing from Silicon Valley tech executives to start a new political venture in Sacramento called California YIMBY – or “Yes in My Back Yard.”

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Jerry Brown urges lawmakers to extend climate change program

Gov. Jerry Brown testified at the Senate Environmental Quality Committee on July 13, 2017, telling lawmakers that upcoming votes on climate change legislation will be the most important in their life.

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Sen. Ricardo Lara says he didn't have a doctor as a child

Sen. Ricardo Lara, seeking to pass single-payer health care, told fellow senators on June 1, 2017 that he grew up in a family that relied on home remedies and trips to Tijuana when they were ill. Video courtesy of The California Channel

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Sen. Toni Atkins says constituents' fear of losing Obamacare is 'heartwrenching'

Sen. Toni Atkins, arguing for universal health care on the Senate floor in June 2017, told her colleagues that hearing from constituents who fear losing Obamacare brought back her own experiences. Video courtesy of The California Channel.

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Here's what's in California's cap-and-trade deal

The deal Gov. Jerry Brown and Democratic leaders in the Legislature made to extend the state's cap-and-trade system to battle climate change has many elements, including some to win Republican votes.

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Civil rights groups blast weakening of police shootings bill

Civil rights leaders on July 11, 2017 came the Capitol to criticize the weakening of Assembly Bill 284, a measure to require the state to study officer-involved shootings. They were joined by Robert Mann, brother of Joseph Mann, who was carrying a knife a

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Sen. Dianne Feinstein on health care bill: 'This is real...we must stop it.'

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-California, issued a stinging rebuke Friday to the push by congressional Republicans to repeal and replace Obamacare. She toured University of California San Francisco Benioff Children’s Hopsital.

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Oakland woman says landlord threatened to report her to ICE

Maria Estrada, 56, says she and her family were forced out of their Oakland apartment after her landlord threatened to call immigration agents.

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Universal health care backers protest Assembly session

Supporters of a universal health care bill in California protested at the Capitol Monday July 3, 2017, briefly disrupting an Assembly session before they were removed from the gallery of the chamber. The protest continued in the rotunda of the historic bu

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Jerry Brown says climate change deal resulted from mystery, miracle and prayer

Sen. Tom Berryhill explains his vote for climate change bill

Housing advocate: 'I think tech is the sleeping giant of California politics'

Jerry Brown urges lawmakers to extend climate change program

Sen. Ricardo Lara says he didn't have a doctor as a child

Sen. Toni Atkins says constituents' fear of losing Obamacare is 'heartwrenching'

Civil rights groups blast weakening of police shootings bill

Here's what's in California's cap-and-trade deal

Oakland woman says landlord threatened to report her to ICE

Sen. Dianne Feinstein on health care bill: 'This is real...we must stop it.'

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California Legislature is getting more diverse, but there are fewer women

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California Legislature is getting more diverse, but there are fewer women

Jerry Brown says climate change deal resulted from mystery, miracle and prayer

Sen. Tom Berryhill explains his vote for climate change bill

Housing advocate: 'I think tech is the sleeping giant of California politics'

Jerry Brown urges lawmakers to extend climate change program

Sen. Ricardo Lara says he didn't have a doctor as a child

Sen. Toni Atkins says constituents' fear of losing Obamacare is 'heartwrenching'

Civil rights groups blast weakening of police shootings bill

Here's what's in California's cap-and-trade deal

Oakland woman says landlord threatened to report her to ICE

Sen. Dianne Feinstein on health care bill: 'This is real...we must stop it.'

Universal health care backers protest Assembly session

California Nurses Association protests shelving of single-payer health care bill

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