California

January 03, 2020 6:16 PM ET The California Democratic Party will reportedly pay more than $1 million to settle three lawsuits from former staffers alleging sexual misconduct racial discrimination against the party’s former chair, Eric Bauman. The party is paying more than $1 million to settle one of the lawsuits alleging sexual assault, harassment and…

January 03, 2020 6:03 PM ET A coalition of blue states and congressional Democrats asked the Supreme Court Friday to salvage the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) individual mandate, after a federal appeals court declared it unconstitutional. The petitions also urged the justices to hear the appeal on an expedited basis and ensure the dispute is…

December 31, 2019 4:43 PM ET A new California law set to take effect Jan. 1 will limit how much some freelancers, including journalists, can work. The law is largely aimed at companies such as Uber, Lyft and food delivery services. However, it will also extend to some workers in the freelance journalism business, and…

Ride-sharing giant Uber and courier service Postmates have filed a lawsuit aimed at putting the brakes on California’s new law that will reclassify gig workers as employees, potentially burdening tech companies with millions of dollars in new personnel costs. The lawsuit, filed Monday in a Los Angeles federal court, claims that the law violates the…

New figures from the U.S. Census ahead of the 2020 decennial count suggest that California could lose a seat in Congress for the first time in its history. While other “Sun Belt” states stand to gain congressional representation, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday, citing U.S. Census Bureau figures on state population changes through July 1,…

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on Friday retracted his endorsement of Cenk Uygur, the Young Turks founder vying for former Rep. Katie Hill’s (D-CA) congressional seat. Sanders endorsed Uygur, who announced his bid for California’s 25th Congressional District in November, this week. “I’m endorsing Cenk because I know he will serve ordinary people, not powerful special…

Skip to content Official likens crisis to a natural disaster An official in Oakland, California, wants to dock a cruise ship in the city’s port to house up to 1,000 homeless to deal with the Bay Area’s growing homeless crisis.City Council President Rebecca Kaplan called the situation an emergency and has likened the region’s sprawling…

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is leading in California as former Vice President Joe Biden (D) sinks, a UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll conducted for the Los Angeles Times and released this week found. The poll, taken November 21 -27, 2019, among 1,694 Californians who are likely to vote in the Democrat presidential primary, found Sanders…

California resident and conservative commentator Alexandra Datig is calling on President Donald Trump to take action  on the homelessness crisis in the Golden state. “Please President Trump help us in Los Angeles,” said Datig. (RELATED: LA Woman Recounts Time A Homeless Man Doused Her In Diarrhea — ‘He Just Kept Pouring It’.) The Daily Caller’s…

November 23, 2019 1:13 PM ET California’s penchant for suing the Trump administration has reportedly cost the state’s taxpayers $21 million over the past three years, according to a Sacramento news station. The state’s activist Attorney General Xavier Becerra has initiated lawsuits to fight the federal government on a variety of ideological issues ranging from…