John A. Perez

Ask just about anyone who has hung around the state capitol a while — reporters, lobbyists, staffers — and they will tell you that 98% of our legislators forget who they are and why they are there within two years of being elected. The...

One day after receiving a scolding letter from California's two U.S. senators and top legislative Democrats, Carol Kocivar, the head of the California State PTA and a chief backer of Proposition 38, has fired off a letter of her own....

Surprising exactly no one, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie isn’t interested in the fitness challenge suggested by California Gov. Jerry Brown last week. "He can have that contest with himself,” Christie, a Republican, told reporters on...

,Assembly Speaker John Perez backed Proposition 39, which would change how taxes are calculated for multistate companies with the goal of increasing revenue by $1 billion annually and directing half of that money to energy-efficiency projects for the next...

Gov. Jerry Brown is chipping away at his homework. A little more than one week ago, California lawmakers sent him more than 750 bills that were passed in the final days of the legislative session. So far he's signed dozens,......

The California Assembly approved widespread changes to public employee pensions on Friday. The bill now goes to the state Senate for another vote, the final stop before it heads to Gov. Jerry Brown's desk. "It is meaningful, significant, historic reform,"...

The end of the legislative session on Friday also signaled the end of an era in Sacramento, writes George Skelton in Monday's column. He says changes to term limits, district boundaries and primary voting may help reduce the Capitol's infamous......

Assembly Speaker John A. Perez (D-Los Angeles) will soon be trying his hand at another profession: acting. California's first openly gay speaker will join an all-star cast in San Francisco next month for a reading of "8," a play about......

Assembly Speaker John Perez gets vote of confidence to remain as leader...

LOS ANGELES -- Hours after Mitt Romney’s campaign promised that the GOP nominee would begin to offer new policy prescriptives, Romney stumped in Los Angeles on Monday at a gathering of Latino business leaders, promising to cut federal spending, help small...

In politics, the trajectory of an elected official can depend on not only how they interact with their constituents, but how they get along with their peers. And perhaps nowhere is that more apparent than the paths taken by two local assemblymen —...

Assembly Speaker John A. Perez said the Legislature would end its session by passing measures to overhaul the public pension system and enact "regulatory reforms" to make California more attractive to businesses....