After California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s issued a moratorium on the death penalty, a lawmaker introduced an amendment to abolish capital punishment. Voters in 2016 rejected a similar initiative, Prop 62.
California Senate District 1 residents are receiving ballots for a special primary election to fill the seat vacated by Ted Gaines, a El Dorado Hills Republican. Here’s who’s running for the district that includes Sacramento suburbs.
The California Board of Equalization could be eliminated if the Legislature puts an amendment on the ballot abolishing its last tax oversight responsibilities. It was diminished by a 2017 law creating CDTFA.
A law passed in August that would abolish California cash bail in 2019 will instead appear on the November 2020 ballot, a victory and relief for the state’s more than 3,000 licensed bail bondsmen.
Assemblywoman Blanca Rubio and her sister Sen. Susan Rubio, D-Baldwin Park, are the first sisters in California history to serve together in the Legislature. They were both sworn in at the same time on Monday, Dec. 3, 2018.
Sen. Susan Rubio, D-Baldwin Park, joined her sister, Assemblywoman Blanca Rubio, in the Capitol on Monday — the first sisters in California history to serve in the Legislature together.
California state Sen. Joel Anderson has lost his bid for a seat on the state tax board, the Board of Equalization. The Republican Party hasn’t lost the San Diego-based seat in at least four decades.
Democrats picked up six seats in California’s delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives, leaving Republicans with only eight members. Republicans will make up about 15 percent of the California delegation to the House.
Fresno Democrat TJ Cox has moved to within 1,000 votes of Hanford Republican David Valadao in the race for California’s 21st Congressional District. A Kern County election update boosted Cox by 1,248 votes.
With President Donald Trump on the ballot in 2020, California Republicans’ prospects for regaining the congressional seats it lost in 2018 are not good. And redistricting in 2022 could further deepen their woe.
If Republicans in California don’t re-evaluate strategy, even the reddest districts in California could be at-risk in future elections, warned Rep. Jeff Denham, who lost his 2018 House race.
Former Assemblyman Tony Thurmond won the 2018 election to be California’s top education official, dealing a blow to charter school advocates who spent tens of millions of dollars supporting his opponent, Marshall Tuck.
Democrat Josh Harder vote totals grew over Republican Jeff Denham in the 10th U.S. Congressional District encompassing Stanislaus and San Joaquin counties, leading The Associated Press to Call the race.
California Gov. Jerry Brown introduces Gov.-elect Gavin Newsom to the media in front of the bear statue in the State Capitol on Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018.
California voters in the November general election rejected Proposition 3, the first first time in almost 30 years a water bond has been defeated. Backers say the money would have fixed crumbling infrastructure and help disadvantaged communities get clean drinking water.
"Now is the time for leaders to lead." Gavin Newsom and his wife Jennifer Siebel Newsom greet a crowded room in Downtown Los Angeles after he was elected California's newest governor, on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. He'll be inaugurated Jan. 7.
Assemblywoman Blanca Rubio and her sister Sen. Susan Rubio, D-Baldwin Park, are the first sisters in California history to serve together in the Legislature. They were both sworn in at the same time on Monday, Dec. 3, 2018.
