Hospitals argue that spending caps imposed by an affordability office will result in layoffs, cuts in health care services and reduced access to care for Californians.

We’ve created one-sheet versions of our 2025 Voter Guide so you can print, post or share them with other voters in your community.

In Tuesday’s newsletter, I mentioned some of the new laws California will enact. Now let’s dig into what didn’t make it past the governor’s desk. At the end of this year’s legislative session, Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed 123 out of the 917 total bills lawmakers sent to him — a slightly lower veto rate of […]

Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed one bill and signed another that could change how you purchase a vehicle in California.

The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors voted to remove Sheriff Christina Corpus after allegations of nepotism in her office. It's a rare event in California history in part because sheriffs are elected officials.

Grupos de derechos de los inmigrantes y defensores de los niños afirman que la nueva ley ayudará a los padres a prepararse para emergencias, como una deportación. Causó una polémica entre activistas conservadores y religiosos, quienes afirmaron que permitiría a los adultos traficar menores.

On Monday Gov. Gavin Newsom decided the fate of the remaining bills lawmakers sent to his desk in September.  Throughout this legislative session, a total of 917 bills awaited the governor’s verdict, according to longtime lobbyist Chris Micheli. Newsom signed 794 into law and vetoed 123 — citing “significant fiscal implications that are not included […]

Republican Rep. Kevin Kiley has garnered his most well-known Democratic challenger yet in Dr. Richard Pan, the former state senator who once made national headlines for going toe-to-toe with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as California pushed to enforce school vaccine mandates.

Emotional fights erupted over a controversial attempt this year to counter antisemitism in schools by restricting what teachers teach in classrooms, exposing a political quagmire for California Democrats who needed to balance the needs of Jewish communities against the fury of a growing pro-Palestinian base.

After pushback from some Democrats, a controversial bill that would have banned short kids from the front seat was watered down. But small children face new seat belt rules under a law Gov. Gavin Newsom signed last week.