The Golden State says the Montana auto registration loophole costs California $20 million a year in lost tax revenue.

A fresh $400 million fight has landed in Sacramento, and this one is all about how far California is willing to go to back its own voters. Republican state Sen. Tony Strickland of Huntington Beach has formally asked the Legislature to carve out $400 million in one-time funding to fully launch Proposition 36,

California Senator Josh Becker says proposed legislation would require regulators to allow distributed energy resources (DERs), including batteries and electric vehicles, to participate in the state’s grid reliability market.

As California faces a budget deficit in the billions, a Republican state senator is pushing to dedicate $400 million to fully fund Prop 36, a voter-approved measure that increases penalties for

The California Senate Public Safety Committee approved Senate Bill 941, which would limit price markups on goods sold in privately run ICE detention facility commissaries to 35% of vendor cost.

Senate Democrats, led by California Sen. Alex Padilla, reiterated their opposition to a voter ID bill Tuesday ahead of what is expected to be a prolonged and contentious debate. T

Senate Republicans led the push to block California's ability to impose tough limits on car emissions — a move Democrats call unprecedented.