Eleni Kounalakis

Shirley Weber speaks into a microphone on Assembly floor.

Newsletters

Stephon Clark, gun seizures, trade and beach access

Local probe ends on the Stephon Clark shooting, shifting focus to Legis. California's gun seizure program needs help. A Hollister Ranch beach access plan. Coastal Commission's environmental justice policy.

By

Dan Morain

• March 4, 2019

Newsletters

Newsom launches ‘Governor Dad’ era, and a ‘lite guv’ scores some big names

Newsom baits Trump, Governor Dad is in the building, Pelosi, Huerta and other bigs turn out for Kounalakis and California school kids get a superintendent that can relate.

By

Dan Morain

• January 8, 2019

Capitol

The heavies turn out for Eleni Kounalakis, the new ‘lite guv’

Governors and California's independently elected lieutenant governors “don’t always see eye to eye,” Gov. Gavin Newsom noted as he prepared to swear in the new lieutenant governor, Eleni Kounalakis. “That’s about to change,” Newsom said. Exactly what duties Newsom might cede to Kounalakis remain to determined. There was no promise. But Kounalakis promises to make an impact.

By

Dan Morain

• January 7, 2019

Crowds arrive at California's Capitol for the 2017 Sacramento Women's March. Photo by Jim Heaphy courtesy of Creative Commons

Elections

Record number of women candidates win in California’s 2018 election

The 2018 midterm election in California was a highwater mark for women seeking elected office—as well as a reminder of just how male-dominated our politics still are.

By

Ben Christopher

• November 20, 2018

Elections

New lieutenant governor Kounalakis makes statewide election history

Former ambassador to Hungary Eleni Kounalakis will become California’s first woman elected lieutenant governor, charging to victory over state Sen. Ed Hernandez in a race that pitted her campaign cash and diplomatic resume against his labor connections and legislative experience. The highest ranking among a record-setting three women to be elected Tuesday to California constitutional […]

By

Felicia Mello

• November 7, 2018

Newsletters

Weed delivery, school bonds and mental health ‘care’

By

Dan Morain

• November 2, 2018

Politics

California politics are hella NorCal. Will voters shake that up this year?

Several statewide races this year pit NorCal against SoCal, testing the political power and competing priorities of the Golden State’s two most populous regions.

By

Laurel Rosenhall

• October 23, 2018

Newsletters

Gas tax: Labor’s test for CA Democrats

Proposition 13 turns 40, labor shuns a Democrat over the gas tax, mental illness and ER visits, a lieutenant governor face-off and children's hospitals.

By

Dan Morain

• October 23, 2018

Ed Hernandez and Eleni Kounalakis are running to succeed Gavin Newsom as lieutenant governor.

Elections

VIDEO: Ed Hernandez, Eleni Kounalakis on issues facing the next Lieutenant Governor

California lieutenant governor candidates Ed Hernandez and Eleni Kounalakis face off on education, housing, their priorities and qualifications and more.

By

Byrhonda Lyons

• October 22, 2018

Community members gather for a rally in support of Christine Blasey Ford in front of City Hall on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018, in Palo Alto, Calif. Ford, testified during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing about her allegations that Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh attempted to rape her in the early 1980s. Photo by Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group

Newsletters

California’s election, women and Kavanaugh

By

Dan Morain

• September 28, 2018