Gavin Newsom

California no longer leads the nation in cost-adjusted poverty; it's No. 2. Rivals will likely weaponize that status anyway should Gov. Gavin Newsom run for president.

The California Legislature's secretive earmark process allows lawmakers and Gov. Gavin Newsom to dole out money for projects with little public scrutiny or notice, raising transparency and equity concerns even among some lawmakers.

Gov. Gavin Newsom celebrated the U.S. Supreme Court's decision shooting down President Trump's proposal to restrict mail-in voting just before the November midterm election.

Two parole board members who authorized the release of men convicted of sex crimes were ousted after Senate President Pro Tem Monique Limón declined to take up their appointments. Criminal justice advocates are concerned.

More than 560 people still face death sentences in California, despite a longstanding moratorium on executions.

A bill to boost pension benefits for police, firefighters and other public safety workers could cost state and local governments — and taxpayers — more than $8 billion.

The lame-duck governor's penchant for pushing last-minute demands on California’s Legislature didn't work out as it has in years past.

For years, significant environmental policies under the Newsom administration have been decided behind closed doors, diminishing the public's role in key state decisions.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom just doesn’t have the clout he once wielded so aggressively as the end of his reign approaches.

California lawmakers struck a deal to divert $125 million in climate funding to buy the former Golden Gate Fields track and turn it into a park. Gov. Gavin Newsom supports the project.