California Democratic Party

The vice president appears with Gavin Newsom to ramp up Democratic enthusiasm in the Sept. 14 recall election, as their political paths cross again at a moment of peril for Newsom.

In a nearly 90-minute interview, the Democratic recall candidate and YouTube star discusses his big ideas for California and explains why he doesn't like Gavin Newsom.

Local election offices must send ballots for the Newsom recall election to every active registered voter as the campaign starts its final sprint.

Caitlyn Jenner holds her first press event in Sacramento since announcing her campaign in California's recall election. Here are three key takeaways from the brief appearance.

Good morning, California. It’s Friday, July 9. Drought + heat + fire A trifecta of troubling conditions is set to collide in California over the weekend. First: drought. With the vast majority of the state gripped by extreme dryness, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday asked all Californians to voluntarily cut their water use by 15% […]

Just how dysfunctional is California’s unemployment department? Apparently so dysfunctional that Bank of America, which since 2010 has had an exclusive contract with the state to deliver unemployment benefits through prepaid debit cards, wants to end the contract — even though the Employment Development Department just renewed it for another two years. The news, first […]

Good morning, California. It’s Wednesday, June 23. Deal or no deal? Hurry up, and wait. That’s all millions of Californians can do as Gov. Gavin Newsom and top Democratic lawmakers negotiate — largely behind closed doors — the terms of an extended eviction moratorium and the details of a whopping $267 billion budget. The impact […]

The big money for both sides in the California recall election is coming from the same wealthy enclaves, and not so much from out of state.

Good morning, California. It’s Friday, May 21. Goodbye to all that Thursday was a brutal day in the state Legislature. Hundreds of bills met their demise or were watered down as lawmakers raced through an opaque process called the “suspense file,” a tool often used to euthanize proposals without having to cast a politically precarious […]

Good morning, California. It’s Monday, May 3. Repaying public aid $18.4 billion. That’s how much California parents owe in overdue child support payments, but a staggering $6.8 billion of that debt is due to the government, not families — the result of the Golden State keeping an unusually large portion of payments for itself. No […]