Gavin Newsom

Cannabis companies are hiring well-heeled lobbyists and donating money to politicians.

Good morning, California. “Employers will ignore  it at their peril,” Teamster lobbyist Barry Broad said of Monday’s unanimous California Supreme Court decision in Dynamex Operations West. The ruling could upend the gig economy by requiring that employers treat many more workers as employees, not independent contractors. Broad: “A lot of labor representatives are elated.” A drop-out, […]

Voters won't see the questionnaires candidates answer when they seek endorsements from special interests.

Good morning, California. Sen. Kamala Harris, contemplating a presidential run, told a New York radio station she won’t take corporate political action committee money. Harris had taken $260,000 in corporate PAC money since 2015. Here comes the flood Get ready for the deluge of campaign ads and the puffery that goes with them. Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, the […]

Democrat Antonio Villaraigosa apparently believes his path to the governor's office runs through the San Joaquin Valley.

A day after Gov. Jerry Brown agreed to the Trump administration's request to beef up the National Guard in states along the Mexico border, fellow Democrat Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom said he would not have made the same decision as governor.

Antonio Villaraigosa raises big money in race for governor. Is it enough?

Organized labor, consumer advocates and several Democratic lawmakers offered a new prescription for California's ailing health care system in the form a package of bills intended to rein in health care costs, fend off Trump administration efforts to undermine Obamacare, and provide lower-income Californians with greater access to care.

Welcome to the wild ways of campaign money, circa 2018.

Please subscribe to us on iTunes, Stitcher, Soundcloud, Google Play and Overcast. Matt and Liam set up a “meet the podcast guys” booth at the Housing California conference, the state’s largest annual gathering of affordable housing advocates. They award an Avocado of the Fortnight to two leading gubernatorial candidates for evading some basic questions on their housing plans (2:00). Then […]