One item not mentioned at all in the state budget is causing a stir for some conservative lawmakers and law enforcement ...

He is being absolutely recalcitrant because the voters didn’t vote the way he wanted them to and the way he told them to,” said one Republican lawmaker.

District Attorney Nathan Hochman on Wednesday hailed what he called the success of the tough-on-crime Proposition 36.

SB 319 would require the state to track the costs of mandated treatment programs for addicted and/or mentally ill people ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed closing another prison in his revised budget proposal. Newsom didn’t specify which prison could be ...

California’s falling incarcerated population has allowed Gov. Gavin Newsom to close four state prisons. Now he’s calling for ...

California’s falling incarcerated population has allowed Gov. Gavin Newsom to close four state prisons. Now he’s calling for a fifth.

Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, a Republican candidate for governor, is making his case to voters across California ...

Newsom, the former mayor of San Francisco (which is both a city and a county), also evoked his time at City Hall as he chided local leaders. Back then, the governor noted, California provided little, ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom said two factors are largely to blame for a $12 billion budget shortfall facing California: expanding ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday gave an update on California's financial situation and pitched his proposed $322 billion state spending plan for the upcoming year.