Advancing an effort to ensure public access to a contested California beach, the Assembly on Wednesday narrowly passed and legislation compelling the state to step into a dispute over Martins Beach.

Assembly members Rick Chavez Zbur (D-Hollywood), Jim Wood (D-Healdsburgh) and Josh Lowenthal (D- Long Beach) introduced AB 2208, a bill asking voters to approve a $1 billion bond to pay for ...

In the newly redrawn 69th California Assembly District centered on Long Beach — and with the perk of also representing the resort town of Avalon on Catalina Island — two prominent Democrats ...