Ted Lieu

SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Jerry Brown signed a new law that will allow hundreds of thousands of young illegal immigrants to obtain driver's licenses and vetoed another that would have restricted sheriffs from helping federal authorities detain undocumented...

Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation prohibiting a form of therapy aimed at changing a minor’s sexual orientation from gay to straight, the first law of its kind in the nation, officials said Sunday. Sen. Ted Lieu (D-Torrance) introduced the...

Senate votes to make it easier to remove criminal teachers...

Senate votes to ban use of dogs when hunting bears...

SACRAMENTO, California (AP) — A first-of-its-kind ban on a controversial form of psychotherapy aimed at making gay people straight is speeding through the California statehouse. Supporters say the legislation, which passed its final Senate...

Psychotherapists in California would be prohibited from trying to "convert" minors from being gay to heterosexual under a bill approved Tuesday by a Senate panel....

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (KTLA) -- The former campaign treasurer of Democratic candidates in California pleaded guilty to five counts of mail fraud today. An FBI investigation found that Kinde Durkee stole more than $7 million in political funds from at least...

At Penn State, those in the know explained away Sandusky, or looked away STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — The warning signs were there for more than a decade, disturbing indicators that Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was breaching...

NEW YORK (AP) — Home improvement chain Lowe's plans to stick by its decision to yank its ads from a reality TV show about American Muslims amid growing debate over the move. California Sen. Ted Lieu said Sunday that he is considering calling for...

Several Los Angeles area Assembly district races continue to build steam, even though the candidate filing period hasn’t yet begun. Redistricting has produced new political maps — and new opportunities — and some contenders have been...

Protesters would be prohibited from disruptive demonstrations within 500 feet of funerals under legislation approved Thursday by the state Senate. SB 661 was introduced in response to demonstrations at military funerals by a religious group that claims...

Field poll shows Jerry Brown's tax and one on millionaire's have majority support. Two of the three tax initiatives heading to the November ballot can win, including Jerry Brown's, poll finds....