Alan Lowenthal

California lawmakers say they're going to need time to fully study Gov. Jerry Brown's budget proposal and its changes to welfare, child care, healthcare and school funding....

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and former Gov. Pete Wilson are heading an honorary host committee for former Rep. Steven T. Kuykendall. He is one of several candidates running for the 47th Congressional District in Long Beach and Orange County....

A friend told me that a new law in California requires our home to have two to three carbon monoxide detectors in particular places in my house. And if my house burns down to the ground and I do not have said protectors, then my insurance carrier is under...

SACRAMENTO (KTLA) -- Restaurants in the state of California may soon no longer be able to offer patrons styrofoam containers starting in 2016, state legislators voted Friday. The state Senate passed the bill on a 21-15 vote prohibiting vendors from using...

State Assemblyman Isadore Hall (D-Compton) announced Friday that he intends to run for a new congressional district outlined in the first draft of new district maps released by the California Citizens Redistricting Committee. As drawn, the new district...

Sandwiches, milkshakes and other food items frequently packaged in foam takeout containers will have to be packaged in other materials under a bill that cleared the state Senate on Thursday. SB 568 by Sen. Alan Lowenthal (D-Long Beach) would prohibit........

California may end up leading the way in creating laws that could end the siphoning of personal data and surfing habits on the Internet by web browsers and websites. State Sen. Alan Lowenthanl (D-Long Beach) introduced legislation on Wednesday that...

In today's editorial and opinion pages, the Times editorial board gives former Assembly Speaker Fabuan Nuñez a shout-out for being cleared of ethics charges arising from his lavish spending, and then gives him a shout-down for the underlying actions. No,...

State lawmakers are taking aim at what some of them see as a menace to California's environment: free parking. There is too much of it, the legislators say, and it encourages people to drive instead of taking the bus, walking......