Xavier Becerra

Before the polls closed on Prop. 6, backer Carl DeMaio set his sights on two more Democratic legislators over their support of a gas tax hike.

Elections

Gas tax repeal leader’s Plan B: Try to pick off Democrats one-by-one

Even if Proposition 6 fails, its chief proponent has painted a target on the backs of two more state Democrats.

By

Ben Christopher

• November 6, 2018

Newsletters

What matters for car companies, bipartisans and internet fans

By

Dan Morain

• October 29, 2018

Newsletters

Lotteries, blackjack and other CA games of chance

No Californian wins the lottery jackpot. For-profit colleges play the odds. Agriculture comes for a lawmaker who voted with farm workers. NorCal vs. SoCal.

By

Dan Morain

• October 24, 2018

Tens of thousands demonstrate for women's equality at the 2017 Women's March in Sacramento. Photo via Creative Commons.

Newsletters

Battle lines on net neutrality and #MeToo

Gov. Jerry Brown, ending an unprecedented fourth term as California's leader, signs historic bills on net neutrality and women in boardrooms, along with new gun controls, changes in California's felony murder rule and police accountability. Plus, 5G wireless begins today.

By

Dan Morain

• October 1, 2018

House Speaker Paul Ryan. Photo by Gage Skidmore, via Creative Commo

Newsletters

California money, Trump’s emissions and water wars

California income taxes, gas taxes, campaign spending, climate change, automobile emissions, Mary Nichols, Xavier Becerra, Grump's EPA, Fresno, Paul Ryan, renewable energy

By

Dan Morain

• September 25, 2018

Robbie Hunter, head of the State Building and Construction Trades Council, at his headquarters in Sacramento, September 2018.

Newsletters

Gas taxes, blue collar jobs and #MeToo

Democrats for repealing the gas tax get harsh words from a union, a startup makes a big donation, police shootings, a #MeToo suit, housing and a pro and con on Proposition 5.

By

Dan Morain

• September 24, 2018

Newsletters

Strange bedfellows, net neutrality and straws

The prison officers union backs Tony Thurmond, Xavier Becerra questions net neutrality legislation, food laws, plastic straws, Tom Campbell's third party, a gas tax commentary and the CALQuiz.

By

Dan Morain

• September 21, 2018

A report on California school policy finds the state lags in student achievement, and prescribes a much bigger investment in preschool.

Newsletters

Universal preschool, Hollister Ranch access

California's achievement gap needs universal preschool, Hollister Ranch and Martin's Beach brace for battle and de Leon eyes San Francisco's water supply.

By

Dan Morain

• September 19, 2018

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer handcuffs an adult male.

California Divide

Becerra requests Trump administration emails, internal records about immigration crackdown

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra filed a federal records request today for information about the impact of the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy on immigrant children’s mental and physical wellbeing. The Freedom of Information Act request seeks all records related to the creation of the policy and the federal government’s determination of its ability to […]

By

Courtney Fong

• August 8, 2018

Newsletters

Trump’s clean air assault and an ‘irate’ Assemblyman

Democratic Assemblyman Ed Chau became so verbally abusive toward workers for the Secretary of State this spring that one of them pressed a “panic button.” Security officers who escorted Chau out of the building.

By

Dan Morain

• July 24, 2018