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1 week ago | 
latimes.com | Sandra McDonald
In response to immigration raids by masked federal officers in Los Angeles and across the nation, two California lawmakers on Monday proposed a new state law to ban members of law enforcement from concealing their faces while on the job. The bill would make it a misdemeanor for local, state and federal law enforcement officers to cover their faces with some exceptions, and also encourage them to wear a form of identification on their uniform.
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2 weeks ago | 
latimes.com | James Rainey |Sandra McDonald
A day after federal agents forcibly restrained and handcuffed U.S. Sen Alex Padilla at a Los Angeles news conference, leaders of the country’s two political parties responded in what has become a predictable fashion — with diametrically opposed takes on the incident.
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2 weeks ago | 
latimes.com | Sandra McDonald
California’s state Democrats are shaking up leadership, with the Senate Democratic Caucus pledging unanimous support to Sen. Monique Limón (D-Goleta), who will take over as Senate president pro tem in early 2026. Limón, who was elected to the state Senate in 2020, is chair of the Senate Democratic Caucus and the Senate banking committee.
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3 weeks ago | 
gazettextra.com | Sandra McDonald
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Nearly six months after a firestorm ravaged communities across Los Angeles, California lawmakers are crafting legislation to try to protect the state insurance program for high-risk homes from financial collapse. A bill, AB 226, sponsored by Assemblymembers Lisa Calderon, D-Whittier, and David A.
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3 weeks ago | 
thebrunswicknews.com | Sandra McDonald
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Nearly six months after a firestorm ravaged communities across Los Angeles, California lawmakers are crafting legislation to try to protect the state insurance program for high-risk homes from financial collapse. A bill, AB 226, sponsored by Assemblymembers Lisa Calderon, D-Whittier, and David A.
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3 weeks ago | 
latimes.com | Sandra McDonald
Nearly six months after a firestorm ravaged communities across Los Angeles, California lawmakers are crafting legislation to try to protect the state insurance program for high-risk homes from financial collapse. A bill, AB 226, sponsored by Assemblymembers Lisa Calderon (D-Whittier) and David A.
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3 weeks ago | 
swoknews.com | Sandra McDonald
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Nearly six months after a firestorm ravaged communities across Los Angeles, California lawmakers are crafting legislation to try to protect the state insurance program for high-risk homes from financial collapse. A bill, AB 226, sponsored by Assemblymembers Lisa Calderon, D-Whittier, and David A.
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3 weeks ago | 
dailygazette.com | Sandra McDonald
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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Sandra McDonald
Latino legislators criticized Gov. Gavin Newsom's proposed budget cuts to Medi-Cal Monday afternoon, saying the plan to freeze enrollment and charge premiums for those adult immigrants without documentation already enrolled was a betrayal of California's promise to protect the vulnerable. Legislative pushback for the May budget revision, released by Newsom last week, comes after the governor announced an additional $12-billion budget shortfall for the upcoming fiscal year.
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1 month ago | 
latimes.com | Sandra McDonald
Latino legislators criticized Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed budget cuts to Medi-Cal Monday afternoon, saying the plan to freeze enrollment and charge premiums for those adult immigrants without documentation already enrolled was a betrayal of California’s promise to protect the vulnerable. Legislative pushback for the May budget revision, released by Newsom last week, comes after the governor announced an additional $12-billion budget shortfall for the upcoming fiscal year.
