Major fight between special interests ends with narrow win for "No" campaign in Prop 61. It was the most expensive ballot initiative campaign in the country.
More than a million didn't bother, given the 'choice' of two Democrats.
Proposition 60 was defeated 54 to 46 percent. Here's how the porn industry is reacting.
Condoms-in-porn measure pits adult-film industry and public-health groups against public hysteria and a would-be porn czar
Today in votes that are actually about future votes
The 2015 Playboy "Playmate of the Year" was charged with misdemeanor invasion of privacy.
Support for legalization hovers around 50 percent in Maine, Arizona, and Nevada.
It is still better than prohibition.
James Slatic and his family are fighting to get back $100K that was seized nine months ago by the San Diego D.A. They haven't been charged with a crime.
Local elected officials will have important decisions to make about taxes if California voters legalize weed in November.
At the minimum, county officials should look at government rules that exacerbate the suffering.
Was it really only six years ago when recreational pot got smacked down in the Golden State by a giggling political class?
"Make no mistake; Kamala Harris has won all that she was looking to win when she had us arrested."
"If California attempts to enforce this law, then do not comply."
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.
Behold, 12 things the state of California considers sex trafficking that are totally not
Lawmakers don't want to re-litigate prior bad decisions even as they keep making them.
With pot on the ballot in nine states, support for allowing recreational use is strongest in California, while Florida looks likeliest to permit medical use.
Misbehaving prosecutors in California can now face up to three years in prison for withholding evidence. Hey, it's a start.
Slightly more personal freedom is just a side effect.
But UC's president has some blind spots in her pro-free speech stance.
"Fuck this guy," one of the cops is caught saying in the footage
With Gov. Jerry Brown's signature, California mostly closed a loophole that allowed local police to seize property without a conviction by working with the feds.
You can deal with it now or deal with it later, but eventually you will have to deal with it.
In an alleged attempt to stop sports memorabilia fraud, onerous paperwork and privacy-violating requirements now attached to any autographed item sold for over $5.
Sister called police on her brother
Terminally ill patients in Golden State will now be able to legally use medicines not yet out of the FDA's approval process that might help them.
Lawmakers attempt to tell online database what information it's allowed to publish.
The precedent-setting case could have major implications for all sorts of online publishers.
Courage House received about $9,100 in government support per month per girl it took in.
Courts push back on property rights violations
"If we don't have a witness," said Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O'Malley, "we can't prosecute these cases."
The company insists forcing it to be liable for its hosts' misbehavior violates the Communications Decency Act, and forcing it to collect and deliver information on hosts to city violates Stored Communications Act.
Four Oakland police officers have been fired and seven others suspended without pay.
A flood of local initiatives introduced in response to state vote.
Former lawmaker and school choice activist starts her own academy.
Celeste Guap claims she was flown to Florida for drug treatment by California police. Now she's in jail on a $300,000 bond.
Ruling says state law doesn't have to accommodate spiking.
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