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Commentary

Commentary: California’s Capitol wakes up to a new ambience

Will 2018 change California's power equation?

By

Dan Walters

• January 1, 2018

Assemblywoman Sabrina Cervantes chats with constituents at a veteran's event at the community college in her Riverside County district. Photo by Laurel Rosenhall for CALmatters

Politics

Millennial legislator who turned a red district purple is now a prime target

Assemblywoman Sabrina Cervantes’ tactical skills will be put to the test as she faces her first re-election campaign next year, a contest that could decide not only her own future in politics but also the balance of power in Sacramento.

By

Laurel Rosenhall

• November 7, 2017

Climate Change

Big Oil pulls Democratic lawmakers through the revolving door

As the oil industry worked to influence a landmark environmental policy in California this year, it had hired Democratic former legislators to lobby on its behalf.

By

Laurel Rosenhall

• October 9, 2017

Teachers unions and charter school advocates are battling for the future of California's classrooms.

Education

California’s next election will be a tug-of-war on education

Sandra Lowe reminisced about the good old days as she addressed a roomful of Democratic activists at the California party’s annual convention last week in Sacramento. It used to be, the teachers union leader told the crowd, that it didn’t take much to win a school board race: a short statement in the election handbook, […]

By

Laurel Rosenhall

• May 24, 2017