Salena Manni, fiancee of Stephon Clark, holds one of their two children, Cairo, 1, during an anti-gun violence/anti-police violence rally in Sacramento earlier this year. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)

In summary

Legislature reaches deal on police use of force bill. No deal on e-cigarette legislation. Newsom promises action on housing crisis.

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Dan Morain joined CalMatters in March 2018. He is the former editorial page editor of The Sacramento Bee. Morain also spent 27 years at The Los Angeles Times, and has covered the Capitol since 1992.