Ballot Measure

기술

OpenAI, childrens’ advocates join forces on initiative to protect kids from chatbots

ChatGPT maker OpenAI and Common Sense Media had rival ballot initiatives designed to protect kids from chatbots. Today they merged their efforts.

에 의해 카리 존슨 • 1월 9, 2026

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The money spent on Newsom’s Proposition 50 was unlike any other California election in one way

As election day approaches, nonprofits, political parties and a billionaire have spent nearly $26 million on ads and other communications in an effort to convince voters to support or oppose Prop. 50 - the most of any ballot measure in recent state history.

에 의해 제레미아 키멜만 • 10월 31, 2025

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Trump’s DOJ is sending election monitors to California with voting on Prop. 50 underway

It's common to see election observers at voting stations, but generally less so for them to come from the federal government. Some from the Trump administration will be on the ground in several California counties next month.

에 의해 Maya C. Miller • 10월 24, 2025

건강

Should billionaires pay more? California unions want voters to decide

Labor and health care groups are collecting signatures to put a measure that would levy a one-time 5% tax on the wealth of about 200 billionaires in California.

에 의해 크리스틴 황 • 10월 24, 2025

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The campaign over Gavin Newsom’s maps is one of California’s most expensive ever

Gov. Gavin Newsom is raising money from labor unions and Democrats all over the country for his redistricting ballot measure. Republicans are pouring in money to fight it.

에 의해 제레미아 키멜만 • 10월 3, 2025

정당성

California shrank prisons with sentencing changes. A new study shows how that’s working

Several new California laws gave incarcerated people a second chance at freedom. A new report provides the first in-depth look at how they’re working.

에 의해 케일라 미할로비치 • 9월 25, 2025

Mental Health

Newsom promised real progress on mental health with CARE Court. Here’s what the numbers show

In the most-comprehensive look yet at whether people are using Gov. Gavin Newsom's CARE Court, we found that far fewer Californians are enrolled in the mental health program than he projected.

에 의해 마리사 켄달, 조셀린 위너 그리고 에리카 예 • 9월 2, 2025

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California GOP takes Newsom to court over redistricting, again. Will Trump sue next?

California Republicans are suing again to try and keep Gov. Newsom and Democrats’ redistricting plan off voters’ ballots. President Trump floated the idea of suing, too

에 의해 Maya C. Miller 그리고 알렉세이 코세프 • 8월 26, 2025

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Democrats wanted someone to ‘punch back.’ They got him when Newsom took on Texas

Democrats are searching for a leader to take on President Trump. Gov. Gavin Newsom embraced that role with new online trolling and a proposed gerrymander to counter a GOP power play in Texas.

에 의해 알렉세이 코세프 • 8월 21, 2025

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Gavin Newsom’s redistricting plan is on its way to voters. What you need to know

Many California Democrats are reluctant to give up the state's independently drawn congressional districts, but they say it's a necessary step to counter gerrymanders in Republican states.

에 의해 Maya C. Miller 그리고 진 쿠앙 • 8월 21, 2025