Newsom, prominent Democrats rally voters before special election about redrawing congressional districts
Gov. Gavin Newsom, former Vice President Kamala Harris and a slew of other national and California Democrats on…
Backers of Prop. 50 redistricting measure vastly outraise opponents
Supporters of Proposition 50, California Democrats’ ballot measure to redraw the state’s congressional districts to help the party’s…
California business leaders want voters to streamline environmental reviews
California voters could soon be asked to usher in a major overhaul of the state’s landmark environmental law,…
Looking to boost housing construction, lawmakers seek to overhaul L.A.’s ‘mansion tax’
Lawmakers in Sacramento unveiled a proposal this week to overhaul Measure ULA, the so-called “mansion tax” in Los…
California GOP energized by opposition to Newsom’s redistricting plan
Generally speaking, it’s a grand time to be a Republican in the nation’s capital. President Trump is redecorating…
John Burton dead: Powerful liberal shaped California politics
John L. Burton, the proudly liberal and pro-labor lawmaker who shaped California politics and policy over six decades…
Is Newsom’s CARE Court making a difference? What the data show
By Marisa Kendall, Jocelyn Wiener and Erica Yee, CalMatters Illustration by Adriana Heldiz, CalMatters This story was originally…
Republicans try again to block Newsom’s plan that would tilt the scales for Democrats
SACRAMENTO — California Republicans again asked the state Supreme Court on Monday to block Gov. Gavin Newsom’s redistricting plan from…
Newsom’s plan to fight fire with fire could have profound consequences
Deep in the badlands of defeat, Democrats have soul-searched about what went wrong last November, tinkered with a…
L.A. passed a $30 hotel minimum wage. Then came the ballot measure fight
It’s the summer of the burn-it-down ballot measure in Los Angeles. For the past three months, labor unions…