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Just another midterm election? Or does a November surprise await?

In one sense, the fundamentals of this election season have remained remarkably consistent. President Joe Biden's approval ratings languish in the low 40s. High inflation stubbornly persists. And odds have stayed stacked against the sitting president's party.

Los Angeles Times · Nov 6, 2022

‘Death in the family’: California tribe anguished as water, sacred fish vanish from rivers

ISHI PISHI FALLS, SISKIYOU COUNTY, Calif. — Carrying a pair of 20-foot wooden poles with a net strung between them, Ron Reed shimmied above the Klamath River across wooden boards perched between slippery boulders.

Tribune News Service · Nov 6, 2022

Newsom urges California lawmakers not to tax forgiven federal student loans

LOS ANGELES — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Saturday called on the California Legislature to act quickly to prevent student loan borrowers from having to pay state income taxes on up to $20,000 in federal debt forgiveness.

Los Angeles Times · Nov 5, 2022

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After being tested and singed by fire as California's governor, Newsom seeks another term

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Four years ago, Gavin Newsom delivered an election-night acceptance speech that promised to make California "a place of opportunity, safety and affordability for everyone," ending a gubernatorial campaign stuffed with audacious policy goals.

Los Angeles Times · Nov 5, 2022

California governor pardons abortion activist from 1940s

Gov. Gavin Newsom has posthumously pardoned an abortion activist from the 1930s and 1940s

The Independent UK · Nov 4, 2022

Gavin Newsom grants posthumous pardon to California abortion provider

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Recognizing that California hasn’t always been the bastion for reproductive freedom that it is today, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday granted a posthumous pardon to a woman who went to prison for providing then-illegal abortions in the 1930s and 40s.

Tribune News Service · Nov 4, 2022

California gambling measures failing, millionaire tax for electric vehicles close, new poll finds

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California ballot measure to raise taxes on multimillionaires to subsidize zero-emission vehicle programs, which has pitted Gov. Gavin Newsom against his own political party and the ride-sharing company Lyft, is narrowly favored by voters but remains in jeopardy.

Los Angeles Times · Nov 4, 2022

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Doctors Say a California Law Targeting Clinicians Who Share COVID-19 'Misinformation' Is Unconstitutional

The law authorizes regulators to discipline physicians who deviate from the "contemporary scientific consensus."

Reason · Nov 3, 2022

'Do better': Newsom pauses $1B in homelessness spending

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he will delay giving $1 billion in funding to local governments because he says they are not being aggressive enough in curbing homelessness

The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2022

California on track to become the fourth largest economy in the world

Golden State poised to pass Germany and sit behind only US, China and Japan

The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2022

Climate change is rapidly accelerating in California, state report says

LOS ANGELES — Wildfires, drought, extreme heat and other effects of climate change are rapidly accelerating and compounding in California, according to a report from state scientists.

Los Angeles Times · Nov 2, 2022

Democrats quietly point fingers at blue-state governors for dragging down ticket

"Unless Hochul and Newsom pick it up, we’re going to lose House seats."

Axios · Nov 2, 2022

Gov. Gavin Newsom Seeks Interstate Cannabis Trade: Could California Supply The Nation?

In September, during the Oakland International Film Festival, Governor Gavin Newsom (D) talked about the benefits of Federal legalization for California growers, who could potentially supply the nation with premium legal cannabis.

Benzinga · Nov 1, 2022

Gavin Newsom blames Fox News for ‘creating culture’ and ‘dehumanisation’ that led to Paul Pelosi attack

‘Look at the sewage that is online that they amplify on these networks and in social media to dehumanise people like Nancy Pelosi’ says Newsom

The Independent UK · Nov 1, 2022

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Tribune News Service · Nov 1, 2022

PG&E formally moves to extend life of Diablo Canyon, the last nuclear plant in California

PG&E Corp. formally asked federal regulators Monday to extend the life of Diablo Canyon, the last operating nuclear plant in California, as part of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s effort to improve reliability of the electricity grid.

Tribune News Service · Oct 31, 2022

Commentary: Instead of protecting kids from guns, Texas would rather fingerprint their dead bodies

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — When I was in about fifth grade, my elementary school held an event where the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office came and talked to us about … something. I’m sure it was crime- and safety-related. There may have been a grown man sweating inside a McGruff the Crime…

Salon · Oct 30, 2022

Can the wine industry be decolonized?

A new generation of winemaker-activists is using hybrid and indigenous grapes to create transformational change

The Independent UK · Oct 29, 2022

California revenues decline amid economic worries

The good times might soon be over for California's government

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Los Angeles Times · Oct 28, 2022

Michael Hiltzik: Obscenely rich dialysis firms are spending millions to defeat California's tighter regulations

A good rule of thumb for assessing the value of a business is to look at how much its owners will spend to defend it from regulations. By that measure, the dialysis business is very valuable indeed.

Reason · Oct 28, 2022

Gavin Newsom Does His Best Jimmy Carter Impression

California's governor is following Carter's disastrous energy policies at a time when the state's residents are suffering from already high prices.

Los Angeles Times · Oct 28, 2022

Commentary: Here in San Quentin, I see why solitary confinement must end

Advocates almost succeeded this year in curbing the use of solitary confinement in California’s prisons and jails. The California Mandela Act, named after the long-imprisoned South African president, received the support it needed in August to pass the Assembly 41-16 and land on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk. He vetoed the…

Los Angeles Times · Oct 28, 2022

George Skelton: California voters don't like where the state's headed. But they still want Newsom in office

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Most California voters think the state is headed in the wrong direction, yet they intend to reelect the governor who's leading us there. That seems wrongheaded.

Los Angeles Times · Oct 27, 2022

2.1 million earthquake early warnings issued for San Francisco Bay Area quake

Many San Francisco Bay Area residents were given several seconds' warning before shaking arrived from a magnitude 5.1 earthquake that struck under the mountains east of San Jose, California, this week.

Reason · Oct 27, 2022

Decriminalizing Jaywalking in California Will Help Reduce Police Harassment

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill in September that will chip away at a policy that has long been criticized as enabling racially-motivated policing.

Los Angeles Times · Oct 27, 2022

Thousands of apartments may come to Santa Monica, other wealthy cities under little-known law

LOS ANGELES — Earlier this fall, a developer submitted plans for 4,500 apartments in Santa Monica — more new housing than the pricey, beachfront city has built in all of the previous decade.

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