Attorney General Rob Bonta emerges from Gov. Gavin Newsom's shadow with the state's first lawsuit against the Trump administration over birthright citizenship.

FIRST IN PLAYBOOK: STARS ON THE LEFT — Two California lawmakers have been named to prominent roles with the Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC. The caucus’ campaign arm selected Rep. Lateefah Simon, from Oakland, to serve as national finance chair and Rep. Robert Garcia, from Long Beach, as national recruitment chair.

California legislators on Thursday delayed a vote on a pair of bills that would provide up to $50 million combined for the state Department of Justice and organizations that provide legal services to respond to actions taken by the administration of President Donald Trump.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office has seen the number of warning letters to landlords and hotels surge to over 650.

After California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued warnings to landlords over anti-price-gouging laws during declared emergencies, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office has provided clarifications on which rules are in effect and for how long.

One senator accused President Donald Trump of trying to “collapse our democracy.” A state attorney general called the president’s actions “dangerous, illegal and unconstitutional.” After Trump tried to block billions in federal funding for everything from schools to health care,

California's top prosecutor plans to announce on Tuesday a human trafficking task force for the Sacramento region.

Crises such as the LA wildfires can make or break political careers as news media and voters judge how leaders respond: Dan Walters

California Governor Gavin Newsom’s Council on Holocaust and Genocide Education Releases Findings and Recommendations on Holocaust Remembrance Day

CARLSBAD, Calif. — President Trump is set to conclude the first regular work week of his second term by coming here to survey the devastation of the

Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order prohibiting landlords from evicting tenants for sheltering survivors of the Los Angeles-area fires.

The order, issued on Friday, would stop landlords from evicting a tenant for violating a term of their lease that would otherwise prohibit them from sheltering others.