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Category: Inside the Capitol

California Secretary of State Alex Padilla OK'd the controversial Vote Safe California contract to a firm with ties to fellow Democrat Joe Biden's presidential campaign. AP Photo/Eric Risberg
Posted inPolitics

Will state stick ‘Team Biden’ firm with $35 million tab after Yee balks at Padilla vote contract?

Emily Hoeven by Emily Hoeven November 23, 2020November 23, 2020

Documents obtained by CalMatters reveal a behind-the-scenes look at a controversial no-bid contract — and a showdown between two of California’s most ambitious politicians.

Assemblymember Kevin Kiley leaves the California Capitol on Aug. 28, 2020. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inInsiders

The young Republican lawyer taking on California’s governor

Emily Hoeven by Emily Hoeven September 14, 2020September 14, 2020
newsom family leave resistance
Posted inLabor

Democrats divided: Newsom’s family-leave plan faces resistance from his own party

Avatar by Laurel Rosenhall August 21, 2020September 17, 2020
Assemblymember Phil Ting in the California State Capitol on January 22, 2020. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inInside the Capitol

#MeToo claims filed against Democratic lawmaker, but will investigations follow?

Avatar by Laurel Rosenhall July 30, 2020July 30, 2020
Gov. Gavin Newsom with first partner, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, and their youngest son, Dutch, during the annual Christmas tree lighting at the Capitol on December 15, 2019. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inEconomy

Gov. Dad: Family leave job protections expanded in bill backed by Newsom

Avatar by Laurel Rosenhall June 30, 2020July 2, 2020
Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon urges lawmakers to approve the state budget bill, at the Capitol on June 15, 2020. Photo by Rich Pedroncelli, AP Photo
Posted inEconomy

Budget deal shields neediest Californians, shifts burden to middle class

Avatar by Laurel Rosenhall June 24, 2020June 29, 2020
Assemblymember Mike Gipson wears a face mask with the words California Safe, as he addresses the Assembly during a committee of the whole, a parliamentary process held for the first time in 25 years to question Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration’s plan to fill an estimated $54.3 budget deficit created by the effects of the coronavirus. Photo by Rich Pedroncelli, AP Photo/Pool
Posted inCalifornia Legislature

Assembly to Newsom: Don’t count on feds to rescue California from deep budget cuts

Avatar by Laurel Rosenhall May 26, 2020June 1, 2020
A physician's assistant listens to a patient's breathing at a clinic in Bieber, California on July 23, 2019. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inCoronavirus

How Newsom budget yanks back Medi-Cal health care gains for low-income residents

Ana B. Ibarra by Ana B. Ibarra May 18, 2020June 23, 2020
A patient at the Magnolia Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Riverside is evacuated to a waiting ambulance Wednesday morning April 8, 2020. Employees of the facility, with 39 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, did not show up to care for sick patients two days in a row, Riverside County officials said. Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG
Posted inCoronavirus

Gov. Newsom: Coronavirus testing way up, but state’s nursing homes still lagging

Barbara Feder OstrovAna B. Ibarra by Barbara Feder Ostrov and Ana B. Ibarra May 12, 2020May 12, 2020
An Assembly oversight committee hears testimony about California's aborted Blue Flame mask deal and weighs ideas on how to better vet coronavirus medical supply contractors. Photo by Rich Pedroncelli, AP Photo
Posted inCoronavirus

Lawmakers told half-billion dollar Blue Flame mask deal thwarted by suspicious bankers

Avatar by Laurel Rosenhall May 11, 2020September 17, 2020

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