Alphabet Union members have gathered more than 4,000 signatures on a petition that asks for stronger worker protections.

The initiative’s proponents can start collecting signatures this week.

The Attorney General says that the cities have continually failed to comply with state housing laws.

A coalition of crime victims’ families and law enforcement leaders is suing California’s parole board. They want to block a new process that could give certain incarcerated people a path to shorter sentences.