Newsom calls for increased oversight of local homelessness efforts
SACRAMENTO — Frustrated over the lack of progress on homelessness in California, Gov. Gavin Newsom is calling for increased oversight of cities and counties that receive…
California abortions increased after Roe vs. Wade was overturned
After the Supreme Court overturned the Roe vs. Wade decision in 2022, jeopardizing abortion access for millions nationwide, California emerged as a “hot spot” and…
Newsom called it a ‘gimmick.’ Now he’s using the trick to lower California’s massive deficit
SACRAMENTO — With a windfall of cash five years ago, Gov. Newsom said he was doing away with a state budget “gimmick” one of his predecessors…
Why Californians are fleeing this once-Golden State
SACRAMENTO — It seems only yesterday that California’s population was nearly 40 million. Then more people left the state. Now we’re not even at 39 million.…
Newsom, lawmakers detail first California budget cuts of $17 billion
California Gov. Gavin Newsom and leaders of the state Senate and Assembly announced an agreement Thursday to cut $17 billion from the state budget in…
Newsom closed death row. He’s not exactly hyping that.
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Plan for new California water goals outlined by Gov. Newsom
With California snowpack and reservoirs at above-average levels following two wet winters, Gov. Gavin Newsom stood on a snowy field near Lake Tahoe on Tuesday…
Newsom resists pressure to close more California prisons
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom went far beyond the promise he made in his first year in office to close at least one California state prison.…
Newsom pardons 37 people, commutes 18 sentences days before Easter
SACRAMENTO — Days before Easter, California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday moved to commute sentences for 18 people, issue pardons for 37 others and submit a…
Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom says 480 street cameras to be installed in Oakland, East Bay
California Gov. Gavin Newsom's office on Friday announced a contract between California Highway Patrol and Flock Safety to install 480 high-tech cameras in Oakland and…
Schwarzenegger, Fonda, Newsom fight for California oil drilling limits
As the oil industry wages a multimillion-dollar campaign to repeal California drilling restrictions, the campaign to defend the state’s environmental protections is starting to resemble…
California has an enormous budget deficit. Newsom and lawmakers say they plan to make a plan
With a budget deficit of at least $38 billion hanging over their heads, Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic leaders of the state Senate and Assembly…
Newsom’s Proposition 1 passes in California’s primary election
The close contest over Gov. Gavin Newsom’s $6.4-billion bond measure to transform California’s mental health system finally ended Wednesday, more than two weeks after the…
California speeds plans to empty San Quentin’s death row
California is accelerating its efforts to empty San Quentin’s death row with plans to transfer the last 457 condemned men to other state prisons by…
Newsom’s Proposition 1 is a shockingly close call in California
It’s been nine days since California’s primary election and we’re still not certain if Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ballot measure has passed. Proposition 1, the $6.4-billion…
Column: Hubris, thy name is Gavin
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom should have learned this four years ago: You don’t try to sell voters on more government spending in a primary election.…
After Newsom veto, California lawmakers try again to ban tampons with ‘forever chemicals’
SACRAMENTO — A new bill could ban the sale of tampons and other menstrual products that contain potentially toxic chemicals in California, reigniting a push by…
Opposition concedes that Newsom likely to win on Proposition 1
Gov. Gavin Newsom brimmed with confidence about Proposition 1 in January as he sat in a Costa Mesa Motel 6 room that was converted into…
Column: You can relax Gavin: Biden showed he’s not a doddering old man
SACRAMENTO — President Biden, in his State of the Union speech, reminded me of a cranky old grandpa emphatically telling his concerned adult offspring: “Look, kids,…
Barbara Lee won for Black women, even if she lost Senate run
I don’t know what I had expected from Barbara Lee when an aide handed her the phone, but the laughter I heard certainly wasn’t it.…