California Politics

News and analysis about California’s legislature, governor, courts, agencies and state policy. Democrat who vowed to not take campaign money from oil and tobacco owned up to $820,000 of stock in ... Read More

Red states are redder. Blue states are bluer. And our politics? Hotter.

A USA TODAY analysis shows 3/4 of counties have become more partisan, leaving less room for compromise or even conversation. Read More

City Politics

The U.S. Department of the Interior has awarded San Jose a $4.5 million grant, which the city will use to help design and build a 1.3-acre park at the corner of Third and Keyes Street, on what was ... Read More

Democrats’ Path for Control of House Runs Through Districts Like California’s 22nd in the Central Valley

With Democrats seeking to overturn the Republicans' narrow 220-212 House majority, California is a key battlefield with contested districts stretching in a band from east of Fresno to south of Los ... Read More

It's deep-blue California, not swing states, that may decide House control

California is 'the center of the House battleground this cycle,' expert says, as five of its competitive races are expected to decide House control. Read More

A new Trump revelation sparks California ire

POLITICAL FIRESTORM: Today’s bombshell report that former President Donald Trump in 2018 initially refused disaster aid for wildfire-stricken California because of the state’s Democratic leanings ... Read More

Disaster politics: Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are the latest to deal with fallout

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access information on a device and to provide personalised ads and content, ad and ... Read More

In California’s one-party system, political family feuds fill competitive vacuum

Subscribe to CalMatters today ... news in your inbox. Aristotle is said to have coined the phrase “nature abhors a vacuum” — or “horror vacui” in Latin — as a principle in the physical world. However ... Read More

After assassination attempts, Trump returns to Butler with better security and steeper political odds

After assassination attempts, Donald Trump returns to Butler, Pa. with better security and steeper political odds ... Read More

My political beliefs are entirely rational. Yours are obviously nuts.

The Other Side’s ideology now seems much like a conspiracy theory — a set of beliefs as valid as those held by Flat Earthers or the people who insist the moon landing was filmed in a Nevada desert. Read More

Rish Sunak will not move to California as he plans Blair-style role in British politics

Exclusive: Friends of Rishi Sunak have revealed he will not be quitting politics to move to California but plans to stay involved with British politics ... Read More

California Politics

In response to rising antisemitism in the state, Newsom signed all four of the California Legislative Jewish Caucus’ priority bills into law, one of which aims to prevent “hate littering,” or the ... Read More