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    L.A. churches being foreclosed on in record numbers By Mark Lacter, LA Observed,4/18/12 Lenders have moved in on

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Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg pledged today to put forward for the 2014 election a package of major changes to California's initiative process, including a provision to make it

The California Lottery is taking down a new television ad that the California Legislative Women's Caucus said inappropriately "glamorizes violence." The ad, which has been airing for about two weeks,

Leaders of the Legislative Women's Caucus are demanding that the California Lottery Commission take a new television ad off the air, saying a scene in which a woman slaps a

California would push political bloggers to disclose payments they receive from campaigns under a proposal that the state Fair Political Practices Commission will consider in coming months. In closing remarks

The Senate moved forward today with plans to direct mortgage reform proposals sponsored by Attorney General Kamala Harris to a joint legislative conference committee, passing placeholder legislation over objections from

Jeff Randle sure can pick a toughie. With the Republican presidential primary race all but locked up for Mitt Romney, it was announced today that the Sacramento-based GOP strategist will

Doug Elmets, a Sacramento public affairs consultant who worked in the Reagan White House, thinks it's about time to erect a statue of his old boss at the state Capitol

Republican Assemblywoman Shannon Grove, who is spearheading an initiative drive for a part-time Legislature, accused Democrats of hijacking one of her "good government" bills at a committee hearing Wednesday. Grove