Maya C. Miller

El Senado de California aprobó un proyecto de ley que facilitaría demandar a agentes federales por violaciones de derechos civiles. Los recientes tiroteos contra civiles a manos de agentes de inmigración en Minnesota dieron urgencia a la medida, una de varias dirigidas contra ICE.

The California Senate passed a bill that would make it easier to sue federal officers over civil rights violations. Recent shootings of civilians by immigration agents in Minnesota lent urgency to the measure, one of several targeting ICE.

Más de la mitad del bloque legislativo demócrata de California pidió el cierre del gobierno y presentó proyectos de ley para responsabilizar a los agentes federales.

More than half of California's Democratic legislative caucus called for a government shutdown and introduced bills to hold federal agents accountable

Newsom ya ha prometido rechazar una iniciativa de ley que impondría un impuesto sobre el patrimonio del 5% a los multimillonarios del estado para reforzar Medi-Cal. Los legisladores progresistas y sus aliados en los sectores laboral y de la salud parecen tener la esperanza de que Newsom apoye una idea de financiación diferente y poco viable.

Newsom has already vowed to tank a proposed ballot initiative that would impose a 5% wealth tax on the state’s billionaires to bolster Medi-Cal. Progressive lawmakers and their allies in labor and health seem hopeful that Newsom could support a different long-shot funding idea.

New Senate President Pro Tem Monique Limón is the first Latina, first mother and only second woman to lead California’s upper legislative chamber. A tough budget year will test her ability to keep the caucus united while whittling its spending priorities.

LaMalfa was known for his dedication to water access and forestry management, key issues for his largely rural district. His death leaves House Republicans with an even more precarious majority that could struggle to pass Republican legislation.

Republicans and the Trump administration are hoping a panel of federal judges in Los Angeles will halt the new Prop. 50 maps from taking effect. But given the Supreme Court’s recent ruling greenlighting Texas’s redrawn maps, their odds are long.

The recent retirements of Nancy Pelosi and other longtime House Democrats have led to more calls for aging members to pass the torch. Incumbents argue their experience is crucial as the executive branch is upending the balance of power in Washington.