Activists with the pro-housing YIMBY movement have scored win after win at the California Legislature in recent years.

A state bill hopes to ease what many California restaurant operators say is one of their most significant challenges: onerous ...

Assembly District 15 candidate Buffy Wicks speaks to her campaign staff, volunteers and supporters at her election night party in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018.

State Assembly District 15 candidate Buffy Wicks, left, is congratulated by supporter Kathleen Sullivan, of Richmond, during her election night party at the Golden Squirrel in Oakland, Calif., on ...

California Assemblywoman Buffy Wicks. California State Assembly Secluding herself and the baby to prevent virus exposure, Wicks holed up in her office and watched the proceedings on closed-circuit TV.

State Assembly candidate Buffy Wicks after a campaign house party in Piedmont. (Guy Marzorati/KQED) This story is part of a weekly series of profiles of candidates running for the 15th Assembly ...

Buffy Wicks was sworn-in for her second term in the California State Assembly at her East Bay home Monday as she self-isolates with her family following a potential COVID-19 exposure.

Richmond councilwoman Jovanka Beckles will face political strategist Buffy Wicks in the general election for the 15th Assembly District, a matchup set up after a roller-coaster week of ballot returns.

Assemblywoman Buffy Wicks brought her 1-month-old newborn baby to vote on SB 1120 after her request to vote by proxy was denied amid the COVID-19 pandemic. A video of her vote is going viral.

Assemblywoman Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland) asked to be allowed to vote remotely. She was denied so brought her infant with her to Sacramento and cast votes Monday on dozens of bills.

Wicks, who worked as a White House aide to former President Obama and helped steer Hillary Clinton’s victory in California, is now attempting to win a seat in the state Assembly. The 40-year-old ...