Gavin Newsom could learn, as Jerry Brown did earlier in his career, that political stunts as governor can haunt a presidential bid.

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) likes to manipulate statistics to make it seem like he hasn't turned California into a soft-on-crime paradise for criminals.

Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers scaled back a law that was vilified for its role in California’s housing shortage and ...

The governor's move to suspend payments toward future retiree health care coincides with another big concession he's asking from unions as he manages a $12 billion deficit. The new contracts include ...

California needs $85 billion for public employees' retirement health care. Gov. Newsom's new labor deals pause spending to pre-fund that expense.

With the passage of a state budget-related housing bill, CEQA will be a non-issue for a decisive swath of urban residential development in California.

In a legislative battle a decade in the making, lawmakers just exempted infill urban development from the California ...

California firefighters say their retirement age puts them at risk of injury and illness. They're asking to lower that date, a move that former Gov. Jerry Brown warns would add risk to pension plans.

This story was originally published . Sign up for their newsletters. A framer working on a construction project as seen through a puddle’s reflection in Castro Valley on Feb. 6, 2024. Photo by Camille ...

The Employment Development Department estimates that the debt will rise to $23.7 billionby the end of 2026, even though ...

Andrew Cuomo turned to municipal politics after resigning from New York’s governorship amid a sexual harassment scandal.

Last week, former California governor Jerry Brown, 87, defended the state’s non-functional high-speed rail project, better known as the bullet train. “We’ve got the money. We’re a rich ...