Nearly 100 committees held by state political candidates are sitting on $35 million of leftover campaign cash—from the $13.1 million Jerry Brown didn't need to win re-election as governor to $9.62 in an account for failed Assembly candidate Thomas Krouse.
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The federal government formally approved California's proposal to provide Medi-Cal coverage to inmates today. 👇 See my story for details
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The California State University system is putting campuses on notice: Enroll more students or lose money, reports. The steep declines come just two years after CSU posted its highest-ever enrollment.
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Context and detail on how #redflag laws are being implemented in #California from of
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CA has strong red flag laws that allow the public & law enforcement to recommend removal of guns from those who may be a potential threat.
When you have concerns that someone may pose a threat, we encourage you to act; If you see something, say something. oag.ca.gov/news/press-rel
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Kevin McCarthy pushes back on Newsom's criticism.
His spokesperson says the House Speaker ordered flags at the U.S. Capitol flown at half-staff. McCarthy also briefly expressed condolences to families of the victims at the start of press conference today: youtube.com/watch?v=lwBmzW
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An industry-backed referendum challenging a 2022 law that would create a statewide council to set a minimum wage and workplace standards for California fast food workers has qualified for the November 2024 ballot, per .
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Visiting Half Moon Bay after yesterday's mass shootings, touts California's gun safety laws.
"But we cannot do this alone. And with all due respect, we feel like we are," he says. "I'm still waiting for Kevin McCarthy...we haven’t heard one damn word from him."
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Some minor movement on the legislative special session on gas prices, which has been quiet since it convened nearly two months ago: Both the state Senate and Assembly announced today the committees that will consider a proposal to penalize oil companies for "excessive" profits.
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Progressive California lawmakers are rolling out a proposed new tax on the wealthiest of the wealthiest residents in the state.
State officials have said verifying what’s needed to implement the tax could be a heavy lift.
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The only general hospital in Madera County, a rural Central Valley county of 140,000 people, closed this month. It's a warning sign of the financial threats facing community hospitals in California, and report.
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At some point since Ben linked to it in this morning's CalMatters newsletter, Dave Min's team pulled his 2018 attack ad against Katie Porter from YouTube.
With her endorsement, Min announced yesterday his campaign to succeed Porter in Congress.
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If you read today's @CalMatters newsletter, came to the bit about a @DaveMinCA attack ad on @katieporteroc from 2018, but you couldn't watch it because it was "removed by the uploader," it's still available courtesy of the indispensable @waybackmachine
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court says it has not determined who leaked a draft of the court's opinion overturning abortion rights, but that the investigation continues.
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Dozens of state-run COVID-19 testing and treatment sites across California will begin closing this week, reports.
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Do you have an 🏅 award-winning project? ➡️Enter your work in this year’s Journalism Awards Contest. Work published in 2022 and centered on state politics & policy are qualified for entry. Visit sacpressclub.org/awards/ to apply! $20 member/$25 nonmember entry fee.
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Thinking about the time Rocky Chávez dropped out of the Senate race at a debate and then he just walked off stage and they took away his chair and kept going
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As California rapidly boosts sales of electric cars and trucks over the next decade, the answer to a critical question remains uncertain: Will there be enough electricity to power them?
takes a deeply reported look at the state's EV goals:
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Someone using a press conference about deadly flooding to ask the governor an anti-SB9 question is peak California politics
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California has used state tax returns to determine eligibility for stimulus funds, the gas rebate and other programs to send residents money over the past few years. That means some of the neediest people aren't getting it, reports.
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2023 began with a record bang of precipitation. What it means for the historic drought that California is currently experiencing:
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At least four major candidates are likely to run for Feinstein's seat: Katie Porter, Adam Schiff, Barbara Lee and Ro Khanna.
All of these have been expected. The question now is whether anyone else jumps into the race out of left field.
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New: Ro Khanna says he’s considering a Senate run. His allies are (still) talking about a presidential bid in 2024 in the event Biden doesn’t seek re-election.
w/ @adamwren politico.com/news/2023/01/1
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Climate advocates are now questioning whether the state will be able to fund its ambitious electrification efforts & ensure CA transitions to clean cars as it faces an economic downturn
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Sen. introduces a bill to ban TikTok and other "high-risk apps" on state devices, citing cybersecurity threats. Some federal agencies have already taken this step.
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This is going to a fascinating race. Barbara Lee and Katie Porter occupy a similar ideological lane, though from very different demographic profiles.
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NEW - Rep. Barbara Lee just told Black Caucus members in their lunch today that she’s running for Senate, per two people familiar
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California House Republicans have not fully recovered from the 2018 election, when half of them were wiped out. The delegation bottomed out at seven members.
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In just 4 years, we’ve nearly doubled the number of California Republicans in the House of Representatives. 
Reagan would be proud!
Reagan would be proud!
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Health highlights from the budget: Bringing back the MCO tax on health plans to recoup $1.5B, transferring Covered California affordability reserves to the general fund, eliminating $50M public health workforce programs
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This is so devastating. We've become used to hearing about this kind of toll from wildfires in California, but not from storms. And there is more rain to come.
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Governor notes we now have a total of 17 confirmed deaths from the storm -- likely to grow.
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At , wrote an initial smart take on the budget proposal and then policy reporters gradually added to the overall story. So, keep refreshing this link for big-picture analysis of what this still-huge state budget means to Californians.
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We're still updating our budget story. More details on flood protection funding, climate program cuts, education and safety net expansion from , and more.
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At budget presser, says relationship with is "to be determined."
"If his prioritization is a laptop," Newsom says, then stops. "I know the speaker cares deeply about his family, about his community, and that’s a great place for all of us to start."
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We're still parsing the details of his proposal, but Newsom does not plan to tap reserves to close a projected $22.5 billion deficit.
Instead, he wants to delay spending and shift around funds to minimize cuts, though billions are still on the horizon.
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Here at 's budget press conference, where the governor will unveil his proposal to close a projected $22.5 billion deficit.
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The news is happening on my block. (The news is that there is still no power.)
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BREAKING: California is asking President Joe Biden to declare an emergency in response to recent winter storms that have slammed the state.
State emergency management officials say this will help provide the state with more resources.
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The House speakership will stay with a Californian after all
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Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield) was just elected speaker of the House.
It comes after four days and 15 ballots latimes.com/politics/story
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A “march for democracy" kicked off an inauguration undergirded by an inherent tension: between Newsom the national partisan warrior, drawing battle lines against red state politicians, and California's chief executive, with his plea to "triumph together"
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The governor's office (and others) are very upset about this tweet. Fair enough!
But Newsom also talked about his daughter's footwear in his inauguration speech: "The most stressful part of the day was seeing my daughter Montana in those high heels."
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A sneakerhead has informed me these are $545 (plus tax) shoes that Newsom's eldest daughter Montana marched in
goldengoose.com/us/en/women's-
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Respectfully disagree! It's not really a gendered issue to point out someone is wearing luxury sneakers that would cost a week's pay for a minimum wage worker.
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Kids should be off limits and in 2023 aren’t we way beyond commenting on women and girls shoes? This isn’t news. twitter.com/akoseff/status…
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A sneakerhead has informed me these are $545 (plus tax) shoes that Newsom's eldest daughter Montana marched in
goldengoose.com/us/en/women's-
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.@GavinNewsom leading a march for “freedom” and “Democracy” ahead of his inauguration, however the Governor and his team have restricted press access to the March after the photo opp, were not allowed to follow the march and do our jobs.
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Quite a line, especially when he also ends the speech seeking unity: "We must all triumph together."
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“The battle lines are drawn, it is time for choosing,” Gov. Newsom says in inauguration speech.
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