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Democrats are in favor of reducing the power of government over property owners, while Republicans want bureaucrats to rule.

Proposition 30 would raise up to $5bn annually to help buy zero-emission cars, trucks and buses; Newsom calls it a ‘Trojan horse’

ANDERSON, Calif. — Brian Dahle, the Republican candidate for California governor, kept getting pings on his cellphone.

President Joe Biden’s visit to California and Oregon this week comes close to Election Day and shows how Democrats are calling in reinforcements in states that are typically afterthoughts for the party

LOS ANGELES — In the November race for California secretary of state, the candidates — Republican business executive Robert Bernosky and incumbent Shirley Weber, a Democratic former lawmaker — seem to agree on one thing: the need to boost voter registration and turnout at the polls.

California Assembly Bill 2660 sought to address a disturbing problem — a lack of clear and consistent data on dying children — with a straightforward solution: requiring officials to review and report such deaths. Not surprisingly, it sailed through the state Legislature without a single no vote from either party…

The Los Angeles City Council is mired in uncertainty

What can 2022 midterm candidates’ fashion can tell us about race, gender and the future of the parties in US politics? Josh Marcus investigates

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) vetoed a bill on September 28 that would have extended unemployment insurance benefits to undocumented immigrants and those in the country illegally under what was called the Excluded Workers Pilot Program. Newsom cited the price of the program as the reason for his veto.

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer vowed in an interview Tuesday to serve a full four-year term if she's reelected on Nov. 8, pushing back against speculation that a run for higher office could be in her near future.

Jury selection has started in California case, which follows Weinstein’s 2020 conviction in New York