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Elections

Want to vote for president in California but bewildered by the changing rules? Here’s how it works

If you’re unsure about how to get the ballot you want or what presidential primaries are all about, here are four things to know before you vote.

By Ben Christopher • January 10, 2020

WhatMatters

Newsom seeks more from PG&E, a $10 million dirty trick, and Bernie Sanders stumbles

Newsom rejects PG&E's reorganization plan. Dirty trick may have cost Pete Wilson's stepson an Assembly seat. Sanders stumbles with endorsement.

By Dan Morain and Judy Lin • December 16, 2019

Elections

How eight presidential wannabes pitched themselves to California Dems

A televised forum in Long Beach hosted by Univision and the California Democratic Party featured 8 presidential candidates. Here's what they had to say.

By Ben Christopher • November 17, 2019

Elections

No-shows, endorsement spats and drag queens: What’s on tap at this weekend’s Democratic convention

Updated: November 15, 2019. Like Comic-Con for progressive political nerds and consultants, the California Democratic Party’s biannual convention — one of the year’s largest gathering of like-minded partisans — will kick off in Long Beach this weekend with an estimated 5,000 attendees.  Some will be coming to snap selfies with presidential candidates, although for all […]

By Ben Christopher • November 14, 2019

Elections

7 data visualizations: Which presidential candidates are Californians funding — month by month, zip by zip?

These seven interactive maps and charts reveal surprising clues to how Kamala Harris, Donald Trump and the rest fare in the race for California's campaign cash

By Ben Christopher • October 17, 2019

WhatMatters

Newsom vents on blackouts as PG&E begins restoring power, Becerra’s privacy rules, and an idea for homeless courts

Politicians pile on PG&E over power shutdown. Race is on to implement privacy rules. Homeless courts proposal may be headed to ballot.

By Dan Morain and Ben Christopher • October 11, 2019

Elections

Californians surveyed: Rising homelessness concerns, a split on Newsom, and no home-state edge for Kamala Harris

A new poll suggests that homelessness is a top concern for many Californians and that more likely voters now disapprove of Newsom’s job performance than approve. Is this a new downward trend for the governor...or just a blip?

By Ben Christopher • October 2, 2019

Inside the Newsroom

Gimme Shelter talks Trump, Newsom and NIMBYs

Everyone's favorite podcast on California housing policy and politics was live at the Public Policy Institute of California this afternoon.

By Ben Christopher • September 18, 2019

Elections

California’s political equivalent to Iowa’s corn ethanol? Democratic presidential wannabes haven’t found it yet

With its earlier primary, the Golden State hoped it might finally earn itself some presidential pandering. Thus far, not so much.

By Ben Christopher • August 23, 2019

Economy

Harris belatedly joins other presidential candidates in California fight over “gig” workers

In what could be another reflection of California's newly relevant role in the presidential primary, Elizabeth Warren penned an op-ed supporting a California bill that would make it harder for companies to classify workers as "independent contractors." 

By Ben Christopher • August 14, 2019