Private detective pleads guilty in relation to scheme to frame two local pro-pension reform councilmen.
California propositions deal with cigarette taxes and condoms in pornos.
Lawmakers don't want to re-litigate prior bad decisions even as they keep making them.
You can deal with it now or deal with it later, but eventually you will have to deal with it.
Courts push back on property rights violations
Innocent until the government makes a mistake.
Good news on the pension reform front
San Francisco lawmakers want to put the squeeze on tech companies.
The California Assembly approves one of the most significant civil libertarian reforms of the legislative session.
Years ago, Anaheim gained notice for its freedom-friendly way of governing. Now, the city is pursuing the command, control and subsidize approach seen elsewhere
Insurance commish wants companies to "voluntarily" divest from coal
Underperforming the market, overestimating future success
New law could jail employees of Airbnb for actions of users.
From drones to self-driving cars, bureaucrats seek to regulate industries before they even have a chance to develop.
New tax bill in California treats vaping products like tobacco products.
Orange County report paints a bleak, but unsurprising picture
A transparency bill that would require 72 hours for review of legislation before its voted on is meeting a lot of resistance.
Political fight includes controversy over robocall in favor of ethics commission
Can't rely on government to oversee itself.
Part of the ideological war on tobacco
Would make using eminent domain even easier.
An effort in the legislature to urge UC regents to refrain from expanding labor institutes to UC-Irvine met with union opposition.
Government rules and regulations on the local and state level have driven prices up.
Politicians from the party of Reagan and Lincoln should instinctively know the dangers of giving government officials unaccountable power.
Private, market-based solutions less likely to end with the killing of animals.
Defender of property rights finds himself on the opposite side.
California legislators want to create union privileges for independent contractors, like Uber drivers.
Expanded ordinance criminalizes kids for merely showing up to a loud party
New measures pose existential threat to sharing economy
In California, many Republicans vote for a tax hike they say wasn't a tax hike.
Last serious effort nine years ago was crushed by police lobbying, but times are different
Removing barriers to entrepreneurship for the poor.
Governor signs law to fix flaw that caused cities to ban marijuana cultivation
Legislators and activists target governor's focus on bullet train and Delta tunnels
Gov. Jerry Brown is pushing unions to contribute more for health care
Legislators want civil fines as option if agency provides bad information
Money is fungible and lotteries simply supplant other funding
At Sacramento rally, rural residents say Legislature has ignored their issues
Donations flowing to statewide initiative that would impose surcharge on pricey properties
Forget Star Wars. New Year will see existential battle between innovation and regulation
Ballot box is the wrong place to debate drug-price intricacies, in California or anywhere else.
California attorney general asked to clamp down on online sports games
California's politicians and regulators are making the drought worse.
From Chicago to San Francisco, police shooting incidents require broader debate
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