The revised plan calls for only a 3% cut, restoring $230 million to the 23-campus CSU system. “It’s good news, but it’s early news,” said state Sen. Christopher Cabaldon.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has called for closing another prison as part of his newly revised budget proposal. If that happened, it would be the fifth state prison that was closed during the Newsom administration.

California newsrooms expected to receive $30 million from the state as part of a Newsroom Transformation Fund that also included millions from Google. The state Dept. of Finance confirmed Wednesday that the California,

California’s falling incarcerated population has allowed Gov. Gavin Newsom to close four state prisons. Now he’s calling for a fifth.

Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to charge monthly premiums for undocumented immigrants and stop adding new enrollees to the program as soon as January.

California is facing a $12 billion deficit that Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to help close by freezing enrollment in a state-funded health care program for immigrants living in California without legal status.

One bill would exempt most “infill” housing developments from review under the California Environmental Quality Act.

The Menendez brothers face a June hearing that was converted from a clemency to a parole hearing, opening a path to possible freedom after 35 years in prison for their parents' murders.