Luis A. Alejo

SACRAMENTO — California's $8-an-hour minimum wage needs to go up, says Watsonville Democratic Assemblyman Luis Alejo. And he may be getting the votes he needs to make it happen. But don't count on it; Alejo has tried this before. Alejo is the...

A bill to raise the minimum wage in California from the current $8 an hour to $9.25 over the next three years and then to require inflation-adjusted increases every year after passed its first legislative test Wednesday. Assembly Bill 10 would...

For the first time in more than a decade, there appears to be a realistic chance that a law will emerge this year that would allow people living in the country illegally to obtain a license to drive in California. On a 12-1 vote that included the...

Assemblyman Curt Hagman's bill that would penalize maternity hotel owners has been halted following a vote by the Assembly Local Government Committee. Hagman, R-Chino Hills, failed to provide enough evidence that should merit a change in state law and...

SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Jerry Brown’s administration is pushing back against labor union efforts to roll back some of the pension changes made by state lawmakers last year. The governor has vowed to fight any legal or legislative effort that he views...

"Picnic": An article about the Broadway revival of "Picnic" in the Jan. 12 Calendar section referred to the Annie Baker play "Circle Mirror Transformation" as "Mirror Circle Transformation." In addition the article referred to a character in "Picnic," the...

A week after California began issuing driver’s licenses to a select group of young illegal immigrants, a state lawmaker has proposed that licenses be provided to many others who are unlawfully in the country. A new state law that took......

Farm and ranch owners would be required to provide their workers with shade and cold water under legislation approved by the Assembly on Thursday. The Assembly passed the bill 44 to 28, sending it to Gov. Jerry Brown. It was......

California lawmakers support illegal immigrant's quest to practice law...

Assemblyman Luis Alejo (D-Watsonville) has introduced legislation designed to increase minimum wage in California. Assembly Bill 1439 would adjust minimum wage to consumer prices. If the bill is passed, minimum wage would increase by 14 cents in 2013. ...

A Monterey County public hospital district paid $21 million over the last five years to firms in which its chief executive and board members held financial interests, according to a state audit released Thursday. The audit was launched in response......

A legislative panel recommended Wednesday that California’s courts suspend a computer modernization project that has grown in cost from $260 million to $1.9 billion with uncertainty over whether it is affordable. The 4-0 vote by the Assembly...