Election 2022

California attorney general candidate Anne Marie Schubert secured a key endorsement from powerful law enforcement groups.

Progressive activists have found themselves on the losing end of recent California Democratic Party fights over single-payer health care, endorsements and donations from fossil fuel companies. Those tensions were on full display at the party's annual convention March 4-6.

By delaying California’s tobacco flavor ban, the tobacco industry will continue raking in profits by turning students into vape users.

The Secretary of State's office moved toward requiring election ballots and other voter information to be translated into fewer languages. Advocacy groups are alarmed and urging action in time for the June primary. On March 1, the secretary of state reversed course.

Gov. Newsom unveiled a new non-crisis COVID strategy, but Republicans in the Legislature want the state of emergency ended immediately.

"Anger parents at your own peril" may be the California election takeaway from the San Francisco's recall of three school board members.

A new poll finds that crime and homelessness are key issues for California voters and that Gov. Newsom's approval rating has dropped.

The 2022 election marks the start of California’s “Great Opportunity” to elect a Legislature that truly reflects the people it serves.

California’s independent redistricting commission was slammed on social media and pummeled in public meetings. But its new maps don’t face any lawsuits, unlike in many other states.

Instead of outright abolition, opponents of the California death penalty are pushing legislation to limit death sentences. But the blowback to Gov. Gavin Newsom's plan to dismantle Death Row at San Quentin demonstrates the political risk.