California Politics

California Gov. Gavin Newsom kicked off his second and final term on Friday by contrasting his leadership of the nation’s largest Democratic stronghold with that of Republican leaders he branded as "small men in big offices."

About 600 people alive today can’t have children because California’s government sterilized them either against their will or without their knowledge, and now the state is trying to find them so it can pay them at least $15,000 each in reparations.

A stunning twist in the Oakland School Board race. Mike Hutchinson – who thought he lost his race in District 4 - actually won. The Alameda County Registrar of Voters revealed an error in the tabulation process that would have moved Hutchinson from third place to first. 

A San Jose-based legal team is urging adults who survived sexual abuse as children to come forward and pursue civil lawsuits against their abusers before the legal window closes in California.     

Sen. Skinner recently introduced Assembly Bill 36 or the Safe Haven Bill. The law would prohibit bail agents and bounty hunters from apprehending someone in California if they’ve received or performed an abortion in another state. It also protects those seeking gender-affirming healthcare from arrest.

State lawmakers introduced a new bill on Monday, focused on decriminalizing certain naturally occurring psychedelic drugs, including a drug known popularly as “magic mushrooms.”

David DePape, the man accused of physically attacking House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband, is headed to trial. 

The Oakland chapter of the NAACP announced they support community calls for a recount in the mayoral election. 

The fight to legalize gay marriage began back in 2004, when the first marriage licenses were issued to gay couples in San Francisco.

A prison inmate who spent more than 30 years on California’s death row for beating to death a woman and her 2-year-old daughter during a burglary died early Wednesday of natural causes, state corrections officials said.

Republican John Duarte defeated Democrat Adam Gray on Friday in a new California U.S. House district in the Central Valley farm belt that produced the closest congressional contest in the state this year.

The California Supreme Court on Thursday threw out the conspiracy-to-murder conviction of a gang member who used social media to applaud the killing of rivals during a San Diego gang war.

A tiebreaker is needed in a Richmond City Council race after candidates Andrew Butt and Cedar Zepeda both received the exactly same number of votes.

A group of California lawmakers has formed a new caucus to advocate for renters. About 44% of California residents are renting, but the caucus says they need more protections from abuse and rising costs.  

Gov. Newsom has called state lawmakers to meet for a special session next week with the hope of imposing a price gouging penalty on oil companies.