Election 2024

Californians once supported criminal justice reforms to lighten penalties for crime but attitudes have changed. A November ballot measure could be a test for just how much.

Hoping to leverage popular resistance to tax increases, business and anti-tax groups in California have qualified a measure for the November ballot that would make raising state and local taxes much more difficult. It's a showdown that's been building for nearly five decades.

The narrow passage of Proposition 1 showed that Californians are skeptical of expensive initiatives to fix homelessness. To make these investments work, the state needs to do more than just pay for new beds – it needs to change how people get into them.

Two candidates seeking to become state senator for a new Inland Empire district say they’re avoiding culture war clashes to focus on bread-and-butter issues.

Because two candidates finished in an exact tie for second place, three Democrats will advance to the November election in the 16th Congressional District. It’s the first competitive three-way runoff since California adopted the top two system in 2012.

American elections often become exercises in influence as much as contests of ideas or candidates. In that bigger sense, our elections are "rigged" – just not the way that either Katie Porter or Donald Trump wrongly suggest.

Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff's strategy to prop up Steve Garvey encouraged more conservative voters to cast ballots in March, helping Republicans advance to the run-off in numerous down-ballot races. While Schiff's strategy was sharply criticized, the lack of competition may end up boosting Democrats in other key races.

Gov. Gavin Newsom made mental health a priority since he took office five years ago. The ballot initiative voters approved this week will provide billions of dollars to fund housing and treatment facilities for mentally ill Californians.

Fifteen days after the California primary, only 16 of 58 counties have finished counting votes. While election officials say they need time to verify ballots, two new laws could help speed up the count.

Opponents of Proposition 1 withdraw their concession as Gov. Gavin Newsom’s mental health ballot measure barely leads. The foes are launching a campaign, similar to one by Newsom's political action committee, to find and fix rejected ballots.