Topic: Robert Stern - CSMonitor.com

New laws on New Year's Day, from gay marriage to ‘Caylee’s Law’

While much attention has been paid to the ‘fiscal cliff’ and the federal legislation behind it, thousands of new state laws took effect more quietly at the start of 2013.

Jerry Brown tax hike suddenly on the ropes. Does he have time to save it?

Are ballot initiatives broken? California offers clues

A lot riding on California dream of high-speed rail

Jerry Brown's Waterloo Station? California high-speed rail takes a new hit.

Is California Gov. Jerry Brown's 'ransom' budget an empty threat?

Did $98.5 billion high-speed rail project just hit a wall in California?

Is California's ballot initiative process broken? Lawmakers think so.

51st state? Small step forward for long-shot 'South California' plan

California has a balanced budget. Did Gov. Jerry Brown win or lose?

California budget: Is state official right to withhold paychecks?

Strange twists ahead in California budget battle as deadline nears

How a savage ballpark beating improved the LAPD's image

To end California budget stalemate, businesses offer compromise solution

Obama as a chimp? E-mail gives California GOP problems it didn't need.

Jerry Brown's first 100 days: 'If he can't make it, where else can we turn?'

Jerry Brown taking his budget-cutting campaign into GOP territory

Jerry Brown abandons key part of his California budget plan. Now what?

California budget: Have Republicans outfoxed Jerry Brown?

For residents of impoverished, defrauded Bell, Calif., it's payback time

Blunt and stingy, Jerry Brown suits California just fine this time around

Rep. Jane Harman resigns, thinning ranks of Democrats' Blue Dogs

Carly Fiorina out of hospital: How does illness affect a campaign?

Drawing battle lines in California: Who will be in charge of redistricting?

If Proposition 23 passes, will other greenhouse-gas laws fall?