California Democrats

Some in the Democratic Party urged voters to wait to see if any Democratic candidates bow out of the race. But how long is too long to wait?

Want to buy a gun in California? Lawmakers may have you set aside four hours — and bring ammo for the range

In a Democratic poll during the last weeks of campaigning, most trending candidates for governor show support in the single digits.

Adam Miller, a Democrat, is running in the business-person-turned-candidate lane, which has had mixed election success in Los Angeles.

Proposition 50, which Democrats framed as a referendum on the Trump administration, attracted far more support from California Latinos than Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign did just the previous year, a CalMatters data analysis has found. The swing toward Prop. 50 is yet another indication that President Donald Trump’s fragile coalition of Latino support is dissolving.

Few gubernatorial candidates at a televised debate addressed concerns about public education, even though many CA students underperform in math and reading.

California gradually expanded a privacy program for crime victims and workers in sensitive industries. This year, Republicans call it a threat to fraud investigations and citizen journalism.

None of the six candidates on TV presented a break-out, compelling case that he or she will help California confront its existential issues.

California’s security guards earn low pay and have dangerous jobs. Legislative Democrats are pressuring companies to unionize.

California progressives want to hike taxes on corporations and billionaires to absorb federal funding cuts to Medi-Cal. But backfilling the loss would not address the state’s existing — and growing — structural budget deficit, budget experts say.