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Posted inSweet Charity

The new thing for California politicians? Sweet charity

Avatar by Laurel Rosenhall February 18, 2020September 17, 2020

Steak dinners with lobbyists, overseas trips, favors for spouses — nonprofits set up by California legislators and their staffers are testing campaign finance laws even as they underwrite good works by elected officials. Here as elsewhere, they’re on the rise.

Posted inWhatMatters

Domestic violence, sexual harassment, HIV prevention, pardons, and a winemaker’s $3.7 million fine

Dan MorainAvatar by Dan Morain and Barbara Harvey August 8, 2019August 7, 2019
Posted inJustice

How domestic violence survivors could be given a moment to ‘exhale’

Adria Watson by Adria Watson August 7, 2019August 7, 2019
Posted inNewsletters, WhatMatters

Capitol Dems get a blue hued supermajority

Dan Morain by Dan Morain November 13, 2018
Color image of some people voting in some polling booths at a voting station.
Posted inNewsletters, WhatMatters

It’s Election Day. Here’s what matters in California

Dan Morain by Dan Morain November 6, 2018July 8, 2019
Posted inNewsletters, WhatMatters

Rent control, harsh campaigns and Owens Valley

Dan Morain by Dan Morain November 5, 2018
Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg, left, and Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, right, hand out candy to kids at a preschool in Sacramento on Halloween.
Posted inNewsletters, WhatMatters

Oil money, Gavin Newsom, candy and a $4 billion discrepancy

Dan Morain by Dan Morain November 1, 2018
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