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Alexei Koseff covers Gov. Gavin Newsom, the Legislature and California government from Sacramento.

He joined CalMatters in January 2022 after previously reporting on the Capitol for The Sacramento Bee and the San Francisco Chronicle, where he broke the story of Newsom’s infamous dinner at The French Laundry restaurant. He has written about California politics and government for more than a decade, twice winning the Sacramento Press Club award for best daily Capitol beat reporting.

Alexei aims to help readers better understand how their government is serving them. For CalMatters, he has traveled to all corners of California to dig into stories that explore how state policy is truly working — covering a backlash against progressive politics in Huntington Beach, the controversy over a homeless city councilmember in Ojai, a law enforcement team pioneering gun violence restraining orders in San Diego and efforts to rethink the 911 response to mental health calls in rural Nevada County. His coverage of how the collapse of California’s legal cannabis market has devastated the Emerald Triangle won a 2024 Best of the West award for business and financial reporting.

A native of the Bay Area, Alexei is the proud product of bilingual education. He attended Stanford University, where he graduated with degrees in American Studies and journalism.

Other languages spoken: Spanish (fluent)

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Nevada County Mobile Crisis Team member Ernesto Alvarado talks to a woman who alleges her son assaulted her while suffering from mental health issues in Penn Valley on March 15, 2022. Photo by Max Whittaker for CalMatters
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En resumen Las agencias de aplicación de la ley de California están adoptando nuevos enfoques para las llamadas de crisis de salud mental. Pero algunos activistas todavía quieren una solución sin que haya involucramiento policíal, incluidos los voluntarios del condado de Nevada que se unieron después de un tiroteo fatal. Read this article in English.    El […]
By • March 28, 2022
The prices for fuel at a gas station in Oakland on March 7, 2022. Photo by Martin do Nascimento, CalMatters
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El gobernador Newsom saca a luz su propuesta sobre el reembolso del impuesto a la gasolina para los californianos
En resumen El gobernador Gavin Newsom propone $11 mil millones en un reembolso de impuestos de California para compensar los altos precios de la gasolina, incluidas tarjetas de débito de $400 por vehículo. Debe negociar un acuerdo final con la Legislatura. Read this article in English.   El gobernador Gavin Newsom quiere enviar a los conductores de […]
By • March 23, 2022
Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during the State of the State in Sacramento on March 8, 2022. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters
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Desafiante: Gavin Newsom ofreció alivio en el precio de la gasolina, en su discurso sobre el estado de California
En resumen El gobernador Gavin Newsom dio una charla de ánimo a los californianos cansados ​​de COVID y preocupados por el crimen, la falta de vivienda y la inflación. En su discurso sobre la situación del Estado, prometió cierto alivio de los altos precios de la gasolina, pero principalmente promovió el “Estilo de California” para […]
By • March 9, 2022
Rusty Hicks, California Democratic Party Chair, at the California Democratic Party Convention in San Francisco in 2019. Image by Devlin Shand via Wikimedia
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By • March 1, 2022
Governor Gavin Newsom discusses the next phase of the state’s comprehensive pandemic response, California’s SMARTER Plan, at a press conference in Fontana on Feb. 17, 2022. The press conference took place in one of many warehouses where PPE supplies are stored. Photo by Alisha Jucevic for CalMatters
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Estamos fuera de la crisis del COVID, sin embargo, California sigue en estado de emergencia
En resumenEl gobernador Newsom dio a conocer una nueva estrategia de COVID sin crisis, pero los republicanos en la Legislatura quieren que el estado de emergencia termine de inmediato. Read this article in English.    Durante semanas, el gobernador Gavin Newsom se burló de que California pronto entraría en una nueva fase en cuanto a su respuesta […]
By • February 18, 2022

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Alexei Koseff covers Gov. Gavin Newsom, the Legislature and California government from Sacramento.
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Alexei Koseff
Alexei Koseff covers Gov. Gavin Newsom, the Legislature and California government from Sacramento. He joined CalMatters in January 2022 after previously reporting on the Capitol for The Sacramento Bee and the San Francisco Chronicle, where he broke the story of Newsom's infamous dinner at The French Laundry restaurant. He has written about California politics and government for more than a decade, twice winning the Sacramento Press Club award for best daily Capitol beat reporting. A native of the Bay Area, Alexei is the proud product of bilingual education. He attended Stanford University, where he graduated with degrees in American Studies and journalism. Other languages spoken: Spanish (fluent)