Darrell Steinberg

California Senate acts to clarify legality of medical cannabis

2013-05-20 14:34:00

Medical marijuana dispensaries that abide by security rules in California would not be subject to local or state prosecution for illegal sales under a measure approved Monday by the state Senate. Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento)...

Marijuana dispensary operators welcome Senate vote clarifying law

2013-05-20 16:39:00

Operators of medical marijuana dispensaries are welcoming action Monday by state lawmakers that would block prosecutions for illegal drug sales by cooperatives and collectives under certain conditions. The state Senate on Monday approved legislation...

Alter CEQA but don't weaken it

2013-05-20 00:00:00

Does California's signature environmental law protect the state's air, water and wilderness by acting as a check on runaway projects proposed by overzealous developers? Or does it encourage baseless lawsuits that unfairly delay and even derail...

Democrats seeking office have their eye on Sacramento

2013-05-17 18:39:00

WASHINGTON — Early this year, Leticia Perez and her husband flew here for a whirlwind 48 hours. The couple dined at the Italian Embassy, visited the Lincoln Memorial and joined the crowd on the National Mall watching as President Obama was...

In new era, Brown has the clout to corral Legislature

2013-05-15 16:49:00

SACRAMENTO — Dynamics have shifted dramatically in California's Capitol since Gov. Jerry Brown returned two years ago—both fiscal and political dynamics. The two are intertwined. And Brown is the beneficiary. In short, because the state'...

Gov. Jerry Brown unveils cautious budget for deficit-free state

2013-05-14 20:38:00

SACRAMENTO — California may finally be free of deficits, but Gov. Jerry Brown unveiled a cautious budget Tuesday, saying the state's financial condition remains treacherously unstable. Brown put lawmakers on notice that he had no desire to ratchet...

Senate leader criticizes Brown's school plan

2013-05-15 14:49:00

SACRAMENTO -- Senate leader Darrell Steinberg says that, for all practical reasons, he should support Gov. Jerry Brown's plan to redistribute school funding. His hometown, Sacramento, would benefit. "I should be for it," he told reporters on Wednesday....

A return to the 'era of limits' in California

2013-05-16 00:00:00

In a reminder of the boom years of the late 1990s, California's fiscal picture brightened in the first few months of 2013, leaving the state unexpectedly flush with cash. But when Gov. Jerry Brown unveiled his revised budget proposal Tuesday for fiscal...

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...

Jerry Brown's plan could increase future school costs

2013-05-16 07:00:00

SACRAMENTO -- Even as Gov. Jerry Brown pledges to chip away at the state’s debt, his budget plan will leave California on the hook for billions more in school funding down the line. � The situation is the result of California’s complicated...

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...

Skelton: Sacramento steps up to save the Kings

2013-05-02 09:30:00

Without question, Mayor Kevin Johnson has been the central player in the effort to keep the Kings in Sacramento.�But it's also clear, George Skelton says in his Thursday column, that he had an all-star team of high-powered politicos on his side. � For...

Senate leader Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento), left, joins fellow Democratic senators in his Capitol office on Thursday to discuss their alternative to Gov. Jerry Brown's education plan.

2013-04-25 00:00:00

State Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg said Wednesday that changes to state environmental laws are on track.

2013-04-17 11:50:39

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, left, and Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento) during a state Senate hearing.

2013-04-16 00:00:00