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‘We Got Something Wrong’: California Prepares to Resist, But Differently

Politico

Eight years ago, in the run-up to the 2016 election, 54 percent of Californians said things in the state were generally heading in the right direction, according to a Public Policy Institute of California poll. That might help explain why even in this Democratic stronghold, and even after California Democrats flipped three House seats in November, the posturing ahead of …

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1 day, 18 hours ago

Potential risk of a constitutional convention sets stage for a fight between Newsom and a fellow Democrat

LA Times

Gavin Newsom made a splashy announcement on a nationally televised morning show. Wiener’s proposal, which was first reported by the New York Times, would nullify and supersede all constitutional convention applications previously put forth by the Legislature. Mehta Stein described the possibility of such a convention as a “Pandora’s box for our Constitution” that would create “the opportunity for forces …

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Florida is winning the political battle with California as Trump takes office

LA Times

President-elect Donald Trump, shown at his Mar-a-Lago estate in 2023, is stocking his Cabinet with Floridians. The nation under President-elect Donald Trump will look far more like Trump’s adopted home state of Florida, after he defeated Vice President Kamala Harris by painting her as an out-of-touch California liberal. “These are all folks born and raised in our state and are …

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1 day, 18 hours ago

Column: Newsom is acting more like a governor should. Will that boost his White House prospects?

LA Times

Gavin Newsom’s recent appearance at Redding’s Lassen College was part of a stepped-up focus on the red reaches of California. In promotional materials, the governor’s office describes the program as a “bottom-up strategy for creating good-paying jobs and regional economic development.” The plan follows lengthy consultation with locals in 13 parts of the state and aims to streamline programs and …

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2 days, 18 hours ago

A grim feeling of déjà vu on vaccine misinformation and the bird flu

LA Times

It is Saturday, Dec. 21. In an op-ed column, Robin Abcarian raises alarm over an effort by RFK Jr.’s close advisor two years ago to cancel the polio vaccine and speaks with a survivor of the illness that, prior to the 1950s, often killed or disabled children. In another op-ed piece, writer Susan Hall tells of her son’s productive, “enriched” …

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2 days, 18 hours ago

California struggles to keep pesticides out of weed

LA Times

Among 80 cannabis brands included in more than 500 pesticide tests. Here’s what you need to know to start your weekend: New tests find hidden pesticides are in California cannabis products More than half of cannabis smoking products in California’s legal market contain chemicals that are not being monitored for public safety, my colleague Paige St. John reports in a …

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'Suspicious' Prince Harry accuses NYPD of cover-up in unseen emails demanding arrests

Daily Mail

Prince Harry pressured New York cops to speed up their investigation and make arrests after their 'high speed' chase with photographers through the streets of Manhattan. Later this night after meeting their private security company, they'd allegedly be chased down by paparazzi during a bizarre 'two hour' car chase Markle received the Ms. Foundation Women of Vision Award and posed …

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California declares state of emergency as H5N1 bird flu threatens pandemic... in chilling echo of Covid dark days

Daily Mail

California has declared a state of emergency for H5N1 bird flu amid fears that the virus could jump to people and start to spread. The declaration of emergency gives California state and local resources to contain the outbreak, including hiring staff or issuing contracts for things like tests or personal protective equipment. California has declared a state of emergency over …

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5 days, 18 hours ago

Gov. Newsom declares emergency in California after CDC confirms severe case of bird flu in Louisiana

LA Times

Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency Wednesday as the H5N1 bird flu virus moved from the Central Valley to Southern California dairy herds, while federal officials confirmed the first U.S. case of severe illness in a hospitalized Louisiana patient — a concerning development as the virus continues to spread throughout the nation via migrating birds. “These additional laboratory investigations …

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6 days, 18 hours ago

Opinion: Gov. Newsom, no more delays in shutting Aliso Canyon down

LA Times

It was a cold, breezy October evening in 2015 when a foul odor swept through neighborhoods in the north San Fernando Valley. Jerry Brown directed the California Energy Commission to develop a plan to close Aliso Canyon permanently, and the commission planned to do so within a decade. Last month, the California Public Utilities Commission proposed to keep Aliso Canyon …

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1 week, 1 day ago

Harris debates her future: A run for California governor that would take 2028 off the table

CNN

CNN — Top aides and people close to Kamala Harris have divided over whether she should head home to run for California governor in 2026 — and it all comes down to whether they believe she could win the Democratic nomination for president in an expected competitive primary in 2028. The governor’s race, meanwhile, looks like a lay-up: Harris was …

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1 week, 4 days ago

Column: Gavin Newsom’s failure to close Aliso Canyon is hurting us all

LA Times

Environmental activists and San Fernando Valley residents urge Gov. Linda Serizawa, who was tapped by Newsom to lead the utilities commission’s Public Advocates Office, said state officials have to be “very careful about setting unrealistic expectations” when it comes to closing Aliso. SoCalGas spokesperson Erica Berardi said in an email that the utility agrees with state officials that Aliso Canyon …

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1 week, 4 days ago

Letters to the Editor: Shut down the Aliso Canyon gas storage facility. You promised, Gov. Newsom

LA Times

To the editor: The Times’ statement that those fighting for closure of the Aliso Canyon gas storage field are “changing tactics” and no longer “focusing primarily on the facility’s closure” is a mischaracterization. Gavin Newsom’s longstanding promise to close Aliso Canyon, which leaked for 121 days in 2015 and 2016, sickening nearby residents. Furthermore, our objection to the California Public …

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1 week, 5 days ago

After reducing deficit, Newsom proposals bring extra costs to California

LA Times

Gavin Newsom has proposed new spending as the state faces another budget deficit. Gabriel said the Assembly will “carefully consider and vet” the governor’s proposals, which lawmakers will get a better look at when Newsom unveils his budget plan in January. Newsom’s new spending proposals With Hollywood experiencing a massive production downturn, Newsom recently proposed a “historic expansion” of California’s …

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1 week, 5 days ago

Why Newsom’s electric vehicle mandate is in trouble

LA Times

The headwinds are fueling fresh doubts about the mandate from California Gov. For example, a vehicle manufacturer’s ZEV sales for model year 2026 must be at least 35% of the average of total sales for all kinds of vehicles from 2022 to 2024. While the state’s math may allow California to meet the 2026 target, attainment of the 100% zero …

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1 week, 6 days ago

California water agency votes to spend $141 million on Delta tunnel project

LA Times

The board of California’s largest urban water supplier voted on Tuesday to spend $141.6 million for a large share of the preliminary planning work on the state’s proposed water tunnel in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. Providing funds for the initial work, Ortega said, will enable the agency “to gather critical information about the project’s benefits and costs that will …

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2 weeks, 1 day ago

Laphonza Butler, 1st LGBTQ+ Black U.S. senator, exits office as Democrats question identity politics

LA Times

Earlier this year, as Republicans sought to ban books with Black history and LGBTQ+ themes from schools across the country, the nation’s first openly gay Black senator stepped onto the Senate floor and read aloud from some of them. “Because I am a Black woman, because I am a lesbian, because I am myself — a Black woman warrior poet …

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2 weeks, 2 days ago

Democratic governors (and 2028 hopefuls) gather to chart path under a Trump administration

Politico

Laura Kelly, who chairs the Democratic Governors Association, emphasized that the meeting was focused on the near term: keeping New Jersey and flipping Virginia in 2025, and on the “huge contingent of governors races in ’26.” “Trust me, we’re not thinking beyond ’26 at this point,” she said. Asked about the jockeying for 2028, Cooper told POLITICO: “I’ll just say …

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2 weeks, 3 days ago

Newsom touts California efforts on fentanyl at the border. Will it matter to Trump?

LA Times

Gavin Newsom speaks during a news conference near the Otay Mesa Port of Entry along the border with Mexico, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, in San Diego. During the visit he also trumpeted a California National Guard initiative his office said would “enhance border security” by “building on the state’s fight to curb the flow of fentanyl by targeting the guns …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Newsom dubs Trump’s proposed tariffs a ‘betrayal’ of American consumers

Politico

The California Democrat also needled Trump over the proposal given that it may violate an agreement he helped craft. “Did he do something wrong with that agreement, that now he wants to throw it out completely and impose 25 percent tax increase on the American people?” Newsom’s verbal missive focused heavily on pocketbook issues surrounding immigration, providing an early indication …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

Gavin Newsom tears into Biden for pardoning son Hunter: 'I took the president at his word'

Daily Mail

Gavin Newsom says he's 'disappointed' in Joe Biden after the president announced a shock lame duck pardon for his son Hunter. Newsom set his sights on nationwide recognition this year by appearing on TV clashing over social issues with Republicans like Ron DeSantis - and front and center at the presidential debate in June, where he adamantly defended Biden's catastrophic …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Schiff to be sworn in Monday as California’s next U.S. senator

LA Times

Rep. Adam B. Schiff addresses a crowd gathered at a campaign event at the UA Union Hall in Orange in March. Sen.-elect Adam B. Schiff will be sworn in as California’s next U.S. senator on Monday, replacing Sen. Laphonza Butler, according to sources familiar with the arrangements. Former Assemblymember Laura Friedman, a Democrat, won election in Schiff’s House district and …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Newsom and Schiff sharply criticize president for pardoning Hunter Biden

LA Times

Gavin Newsom, left, and Sen.-elect Adam B. Schiff are among a growing number of fellow Democrats who have criticized President Biden’s pardon of his son Hunter. Two of California’s most prominent Democrats sharply criticized President Biden’s controversial pardon of his son Hunter, with Sen.-elect Adam B. Schiff and Gov. “So by definition, I’m disappointed and can’t support the decision.” Politics …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Newsom becomes the most prominent Dem to break with Biden over son’s pardon

Politico

Newsom’s remarks came in response to questions from POLITICO soon after the White House announced the pardon Sunday evening. With his unequivocal comments Newsom instantly becomes one of the highest-profile members of his party — if not the most prominent voice — to denounce the president’s sweeping action. Newsom met privately with Biden during a lengthy visit to the White …

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‘We Got Something Wrong’: California Prepares to Resist, But Differently

Potential risk of a constitutional convention sets stage for a fight between Newsom and a fellow Democrat

Florida is winning the political battle with California as Trump takes office

Column: Newsom is acting more like a governor should. Will that boost his White House prospects?

A grim feeling of déjà vu on vaccine misinformation and the bird flu

California struggles to keep pesticides out of weed

'Suspicious' Prince Harry accuses NYPD of cover-up in unseen emails demanding arrests

California declares state of emergency as H5N1 bird flu threatens pandemic... in chilling echo of Covid dark days

Gov. Newsom declares emergency in California after CDC confirms severe case of bird flu in Louisiana

Opinion: Gov. Newsom, no more delays in shutting Aliso Canyon down

Harris debates her future: A run for California governor that would take 2028 off the table

Column: Gavin Newsom’s failure to close Aliso Canyon is hurting us all

Letters to the Editor: Shut down the Aliso Canyon gas storage facility. You promised, Gov. Newsom

After reducing deficit, Newsom proposals bring extra costs to California

Why Newsom’s electric vehicle mandate is in trouble

California water agency votes to spend $141 million on Delta tunnel project

Laphonza Butler, 1st LGBTQ+ Black U.S. senator, exits office as Democrats question identity politics

Democratic governors (and 2028 hopefuls) gather to chart path under a Trump administration

Newsom touts California efforts on fentanyl at the border. Will it matter to Trump?

Newsom dubs Trump’s proposed tariffs a ‘betrayal’ of American consumers

Gavin Newsom tears into Biden for pardoning son Hunter: 'I took the president at his word'

Schiff to be sworn in Monday as California’s next U.S. senator

Newsom and Schiff sharply criticize president for pardoning Hunter Biden

Newsom becomes the most prominent Dem to break with Biden over son’s pardon