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Lawmakers Send Contentious Vaccination Bill To Gov. Brown
SACRAMENTO (CBS/AP) — California lawmakers on Monday sent the governor a contentious bill that would impose one of the strictest school vaccination laws in the country after a series of emotionally...
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Vaccine Opponents Continue Efforts Against California Law
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com/AP) — Opponents of California’s new law to boost vaccination rates among school children by strictly limiting exemptions are continuing to fight the legislation online and in...
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California Urged To Return $331M Meant For Homeowners
SACRAMENTO (AP) — Several California lawmakers and community assistance groups are calling on Gov. Jerry Brown to repay more than $331 million in funds intended to help homeowners struggling with...
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Ballot Measure Threatens California Water Tunnels Plan
SACRAMENTO (AP) — A measure expected to quality for the November 2016 ballot could threaten Gov. Jerry Brown’s $15 billion twin tunnel plan to send water around the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The...
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Gov. Brown Signs Bill To Ban Brown Lawn Fines In SoCal
GLENDALE (CBSLA.com) — Residents across Southern California no longer need to worry about receiving fines for having dead lawns during drought conditions. On Monday, Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill that...
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New California Law Recognizes Professional Cheerleaders As Employees
SACRAMENTO (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown has approved legislation recognizing California’s professional cheerleaders as employees who are entitled to minimum wage and overtime. Brown’s office announced...
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Governor Allows Parole For Transgender California Inmate
SACRAMENTO (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown is allowing parole for a transgender inmate who is trying to force California to become the first state to pay for gender-reassignment surgery. A federal judge in...
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California Lawmakers Renew Push To Pass Right-To-Die Bill
SACRAMENTO (CBSLA.com/AP) — California lawmakers announced Tuesday that they are making a new push to allow terminally ill patients to legally end their lives after religious groups and some fellow...
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California Weighs Banning Concealed Handguns On Campuses
SACRAMENTO (AP) — California is once again considering a move to tighten its restrictions on guns with a ban on the concealed carry of handguns at colleges and schools. The Sacramento Bee reported on...
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Brown Signs Hard-Won Right-To-Die Legislation
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — California has become the largest state in America to allow terminally ill patients to legally end their lives using doctor-prescribed drugs after Gov. Jerry Brown signed the...
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Gov. Brown Signs Climate Change Legislation At Griffith Park Observatory
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com/AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown visited Griffith Observatory on Wednesday to sign a bill mandating for half of California’s electricity to come from renewable sources by the year 2030....
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California Grooms Utility Giants To Compete Against Big Oil
SACRAMENTO (AP) — California wants more drivers to dump the pump and plug in. Climate change legislation signed Wednesday day by Gov. Jerry Brown calls for major utilities to compete as an alternative...
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Californians’ Fake Lawns Protected By New Law
SACRAMENTO (AP) — Cities in drought-stricken California can no longer stop residents from installing fake grass to replace their water-guzzling lawns. Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday signed a bill into law...
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Brown OKs Medical Marijuana Regulations
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A trio of bills aimed at bringing order and oversight to California’s medical marijuana industry nearly 20 years after the state led the nation in legalizing pot for medical use...
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Governor Reverses Ban On Electric Skateboards
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Electrically-motorized skateboards are now legal in Southern California and across the state. Governor Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 604 allowing electrically-motorized...
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Californians Cut Water Use In September, But Some Fines Issued
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Figures released on Friday show residents have exceeded the water conservation mandate set by Gov. Jerry Brown for the month of September. In April, Gov. Brown originally...
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Actor Robert Downey Jr.’s Felony Drug Conviction Pardoned
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday pardoned Robert Downey Jr. for a nearly 20-year-old felony drug conviction that sent the Oscar-nominated actor to jail for nearly a year. Brown’s office...
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Gov. Brown Declares State Of Emergency In Porter Ranch Due To Gas Leak
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California Gov. Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency Wednesday over a massive natural-gas leak that has been spewing fumes into a Los Angeles neighborhood for months. In a...
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Gov. Brown Wants You To Pay For Fixing Roads
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Southern Californians are already paying well over a dollar more for a gallon of gas than the rest of the country, according to AAA. Now, Gov. Jerry Brown wants add $65...
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Regulators To Meet Saturday To Review Plan To Burn Methane Leaking In Porter...
PORTER RANCH (CBSLA.com) – A plan is in the works to try to stop the Porter Ranch methane leak, one of the biggest environment disasters in ever recorded in California. Southern California Gas Co.,...
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