Bob Huff

Lawmakers test Brown's no-tax resolve with calls to hike levies

2013-05-15 16:45:00

SACRAMENTO — Releasing his latest budget plan this week, Gov. Jerry Brown repeated his assurance that the tax hikes voters agreed to last fall were enough, that he won't ask them to dig deeper into their pockets any time soon. "We just got a...

California lawmakers approve blank budget bills

2013-05-13 14:33:00

One day before Gov. Jerry Brown is scheduled to release his updated spending plan, Democrats in the Legislature began lining up empty bills to streamline the budget process. The annual ritual is a reliable source of controversy in the Capitol, with...

Brown's prison plan faces hard questions in Legislature

2013-05-03 16:01:00

Gov. Jerry Brown's "ugly" proposal to federal judges to partially ease prison crowding by leasing empty jail beds in the state drew dismay from advocates on both sides of the criminal justice debate and a forecast of "dubious prospects" from a legislative...

California Senate calls on Congress to change immigration laws

2013-04-15 13:56:00

A watered-down resolution calling for Congress to "repair" the nation's "historically broken" immigration laws won bipartisan support by the state Senate on Monday. The Senate voted 32 to 0 to support Senate Joint Resolution 8 by Sen. Lou Correa (D-...

California lawmakers spending spring break in Poland, Taiwan

2013-03-27 15:11:00

If it’s spring break for the California Legislature, that means lawmakers are putting their passports to use. This week, 15 legislators are off on fact-finding trips to Poland and Taiwan paid for by outside groups. The trip to Eastern Europe...

Bill could extend last call for alcohol to 4 a.m. in some cities

2013-03-18 06:33:07

L.A. Now Live: Should bars be allowed to sell alcohol until 4 a.m.?

2013-03-18 08:43:12

Lawmaker wants longer hours for California bars

2013-03-15 08:00:00

If Los Angeles ever wants to join the ranks of Las Vegas or Miami in attracting tourists who want to party, it needs to free its night spots from having to make the last call for alcohol by 2 a.m., according to one state lawmaker. State Sen. Mark Leno...

Skelton: California GOP faces dire numbers

2013-03-04 09:06:00

By any numerical measurement, the California Republican Party has hit hard times.�Fewer than one out of three registered voters call themselves Republicans, and the party doesn't�control a single statewide elected office.� In Monday's column, George...

Ugly numbers for state GOP

2013-03-04 00:00:00

SACRAMENTO — "Too white, too right and too uptight," says a veteran political consultant. "That's why the Republican Party can't come back in California." Strategist David Townsend is a Democrat, so that's the sort of comment you would expect from...

California lawmakers showered with gifts after shelving limits

2013-03-02 11:24:00

SACRAMENTO -- Despite efforts to restrict the practice, California elected officials were showered with gifts last year from special interest groups, including tickets to Lakers and Giants games, concerts, cigars, expensive meals, lodging at casino...

Brulte will try to revive a lifeless GOP

2013-02-18 00:00:00

SACRAMENTO — "There's no place to go but up," asserted Jim Brulte, whose mission is to save the California Republican Party. "We're on the way back." Brulte told me that in 2000 at the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia. He was the...

Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento), left, and Senate Minority Leader Bob Huff (R-Diamond Bar) smile as they confer at the Capitol.

2013-01-07 00:00:00

Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento), left, and Senate Minority Leader Bob Huff (R-Diamond Bar) smile as they confer at the Capitol.

2013-01-07 00:00:00