California is the only state that offers both a regular public marriage license and a confidential marriage license. Here's why.

SACRAMENTO — California, a U.S. trendsetter for progressive policies and a state where the current governor once made news issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in San Francisco before ...

Confidential Marriage License in California. A confidential marriage license is a confidential record, not a public record. So, only the married couple may request certified copies of the ...

California, a U.S. trendsetter for progressive policies and a state where the current governor once made news issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in San Francisco before it was legal ...

After the court's Friday action, Brown declared that same-sex marriage "is now legal in California" and that marriage licenses must be issued "immediately.". In San Francisco, where the appellate ...

The Supreme Court made gay marriage legal nationwide in 2015, and these days 71 percent of Americans think same-sex marriage should be legal, up from 42 percent in 2004, according to Gallup.

Gay couples in California get marriage licenses. ... First in line to pick up a marriage license in Sonoma were Melanie Phoenix, 47, and Terry Robinson, 48, of Santa Rosa.

All of the amicus briefs have now been filed in Hollingsworth v.Perry, the California same-sex marriage case. In light of the parties’ opening briefs and a preliminary review of some of those amicus ...

SACRAMENTO — More than 18 years after Gavin Newsom defied federal law by issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples as San Francisco mayor, President Biden is on the cusp of signing ...