Political Stories Top stories Dan Walters: California lawmakers redefine adulthood  — The Legislature is grappling with redefining adulthood this year, as well as the larger question of how far government should go to protect adults from their own foibles. Walters column in Sacramento Bee News of minimum wage hike deal in California is met with relief – […]

Political Stories Top stories Deal reached to boost California’s minimum wage to $15, avoiding ballot box battle — California lawmakers and labor unions have struck a tentative deal to raise the statewide minimum wage to $10.50 an hour next year and then gradually to $15, averting a costly political campaign this fall and possibly putting California […]

Political Stories Top stories Proponents put brakes on California proposal to divert high-speed rail money — Proponents of a proposed initiative to divert high-speed rail funding to water projects said Friday that they are pulling their petitions from the street and instead will pursue a place on the 2018 ballot. Sacramento Bee article; LA Times article  Browns out: […]

Political Stories Top stories Feinstein, Republicans ask Obama for more water pumping from Sacramento Delta — Adding to the debate over Northern California’s winter stormwaters, U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein and congressional Republicans asked President Obama on Thursday to increase the volume of water pumped through the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to the drought-stricken San Joaquin Valley. Sacramento Bee […]