Newsom makes $24 generic Narcan available to all Californians
SACRAMENTO — California residents are now eligible to buy naloxone — the generic drug for Narcan, a drug used to treat opioid overdoses — for $24 through…
Lawmaker, a former Edison exec, takes aim at rooftop solar credits
Nearly 2 million California rooftop solar owners could lose the energy credits that help them cover what they spent to install the expensive climate-friendly systems…
Californians in Congress push for break on mortgage payments after natural disasters
The Southern California lawmakers who represent the Eaton and Palisades fire zones introduced a bill in Congress on Thursday that would give homeowners affected by…
Californians see undocumented immigrants as essential to economy, poll finds
As President Trump launches a crackdown on unauthorized immigrants in the U.S., a new survey finds that a majority of California voters support providing social…
Californians pay too much for electricity. Here are three bold solutions
Politicians love to chase easy answers. Alas, when it comes to California’s rising electric rates, there aren’t any.If limiting rate increases were simple, elected officials…
Here’s what Californians want in their next governor
FAIRFIELD, Calif. — Michael Duncan was adjusting the screen on his front door when he paused recently to consider what he wants from California’s next governor.Duncan admittedly…
Will Californians need to save the coast again, half a century later?
In 1972, thousands of Californians came together in what was a defining moment in state history. They were united by fears that the spectacular coast…
Fed up with U.S. politics, some Californians plan to move abroad
WASHINGTON — Mykel Dicus, 54, is finished with the United States. In September, the Hayward, Calif., resident toured Spain with a company that specializes in scouting trips…
Column: Many Californians fear that democracy is in peril
Newsletter You're reading the L.A. Times Politics newsletter Anita Chabria and David Lauter bring insights into legislation, politics and policy from California and beyond. In…
Newsom wants companies collecting personal data to share the wealth with Californians
Reporting from Sacramento — With a legislative battle underway in California over a landmark 2018 law that allows consumers to control what online personal data companies collect…
Column: Trump, GOP budget cuts criticized as ‘cruel’ to Californians
Newsletter You're reading the L.A. Times Politics newsletter Anita Chabria and David Lauter bring insights into legislation, politics and policy from California and beyond. In…
Newsom launches digital democracy tool with focus on wildfire victims
SACRAMENTO — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday announced a new digital democracy initiative that will attempt to connect residents directly with government officials in times of…
With diminished clout, Californians in Congress struggle to counter Trump’s agenda
WASHINGTON — California — the self-proclaimed liberal resistance to President Trump’s policies — has long had an outsize voice in the nation’s politics.But now, with the…
How California’s response to Trump’s deportation threat falls short
President Trump’s chilling promise to target migrants for mass deportation should have motivated California’s governor and Legislature to take substantive steps to protect our immigrant…
For young Californians, climate change is a mental health crisis too
Maddie Cole in eighth grade stopped running cross country. She’d competed the year before, but the air quality in her native Sacramento was so bad…
Almost 100K Californians under evacuation warning as wildfires still burn, winds pick up
1 of 8 | Rubble inside the Pasadena Community Church, destroyed in the Eaton wildfire, is all that remains amid the walls still standing in…
Healthcare is Newsom’s biggest unfinished project. Trump complicates the task
SACRAMENTO — Nearly six years after he took office vowing to be California’s “healthcare governor,” Democrat Gavin Newsom has steered tens of billions in public funding…
Southern Californians brace for crowded airports, freeways
Southern Californians can expect to see high wait times at the airports and congested traffic on the freeways during the holidays this year. And because…
Trump taps Devin Nunes, two other Californians for administration posts
President-elect Donald Trump has tapped several Californians — including former San Joaquin Valley congressman Devin Nunes — for posts in his next administration.Nunes, a Republican…
Newsom to roll out $100-billion ‘California Comeback Plan’
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