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Author Archives: Laurel Rosenhall

Laurel covers California politics for CalMatters, with a focus on power and personalities in the statehouse. Her stories explain political dynamics in the Capitol and examine how money, advocacy and relationships shape the decisions that affect Californians. Laurel also hosts the Force Of Law podcast, which follows California's attempt to reduce police shootings. She joined CalMatters in 2015 after more than a dozen years as a reporter for the Sacramento Bee, where she covered state politics and education. Laurel is a native Californian and holds a master’s degree from the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley.

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El exclusivo restaurante French Laundry en el Valle de Napa, donde el gobernador de California Gavin Newsom y representantes de la Asociación Médica de California, el lobby de los médicos, cenaron en una fiesta de cumpleaños para el cabildero Jason Kinney, a pesar de decirle al público que evite tales reuniones durante la pandemia. Foto de K Tao vía Flickr

Desenmascarado: ejecutivos de la asociación de médicos se unieron con Newsom en la fiesta de cumpleaños de un cabildero

Avatar by Laurel Rosenhall November 18, 2020November 18, 2020

Dos ejecutivos de la Asociación Médica de California asistieron a la cena de French Laundry el 6 de noviembre con el gobernador Gavin Newsom. El gobernador se ha disculpado desde entonces.

La primera vicepresidenta electa y Portavoz de la Casa provienen de California, un estado que también fue el primero en estar representado por dos senadoras estadounidenses. Ilustración de Anne Wernikoff para CalMatters. iStock, Gage Skidmore a través de Flickr; Oficina de Eric Garcetti a través de Flickr

Las mujeres de California rompen techos en la política nacional, no tanto en la política estatal

Avatar by Laurel Rosenhall November 8, 2020November 9, 2020
The first female vice president-elect and House Speaker both come from California, a state that also was the first to be represented by two female U.S. senators. Illustration by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters. iStock, Gage Skidmore via Flickr; Office of Eric Garcetti via Flickr

California women smash ceilings in national politics — not so much in state politics

Avatar by Laurel Rosenhall November 8, 2020November 9, 2020
President-elect Joe Biden arrives with his running mate, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris to speak in Wilmington, Deleware, on the evening before the Associated Press called the race for them. Her role is likely to be an asset for her home state of California. AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster

Home State Advantage: What a Vice President Kamala Harris means for California

Avatar by Laurel Rosenhall November 7, 2020November 9, 2020
Special interests that are thwarted in the California Capitol attempt an end-run around new laws they don't like: ask the voters to overrule lawmakers. Image via iStock

Voters help big business override California lawmakers

Avatar by Laurel Rosenhall November 4, 2020November 9, 2020
Illustration by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters; iStock

Cash blitz: Who’s spending the most to influence your vote for California’s Legislature?

AvatarAvatar by Ben Christopher and Laurel Rosenhall October 27, 2020October 30, 2020
Kaiser Oakland Medical Center employees lead a march down West Macarthur Boulevard as part of a statewide Labor Day protest organized by Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West on Sept. 2, 2019. Photo by Dylan Bouscher, Bay Area News Group

Good policy or ballot blackmail? Union keeps taking its fights with health industry to voters

Avatar by Laurel Rosenhall October 20, 2020October 20, 2020
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Privacy Puzzle: Consumer advocates divided over California’s Prop. 24

Avatar by Laurel Rosenhall October 8, 2020October 9, 2020
Alice Huffman, President of the California State Conference of the NAACP, speaks as part of a coalition in support of proposition 13 at the California Capitol on January 8, 2020. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

California NAACP president aids corporate prop campaigns — collects $1.2 million and counting

Avatar by Laurel Rosenhall September 25, 2020October 23, 2020
President Donald Trump listens as California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a briefing at McClellan Park in Sacramento on Sept. 14, 2020, on the Western wildfires. Photo by Andrew Harnik, Associated Press

Trump and Newsom: Political frenemies make nice amid California’s mounting disasters

Avatar by Laurel Rosenhall September 14, 2020September 14, 2020

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