Trump Wants California to Pay Back Billions for Bullet Train
The Trump administration plans to cancel millions awarded to the state's high-speed rail project and wants it to pay back what it's spent.
California Governor Wants Users to Profit From Online Data
Gavin Newsom says consumers should get a piece of the billions tech companies make by monetizing the personal data they collect.
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The One and Only Way Democrats Can Retake the Country
California offers a testing ground to make broad changes using an approach the GOP has leveraged to the hilt in recent decades.
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California Dreaming: Cannabis Cash, Public Banks—and the State’s Own Mini-Fed?
Los Angeles voters and California legislators exploring the public bank option may be breaking not just from Wall Street but from the Federal Reserve.
Ads Reveal Quirks in California Governor's Race
Politics has always made for strange bedfellows, but the state's top-two "jungle primary" creates new incentives for odd alliances.
California Democratic Party Won't Endorse Dianne Feinstein
Although the four-term senator has not won support for her candidacy, her challenger in the June primary, state Senate leader Kevin de Leon, also failed to earn the Democrats' endorsement.
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Those Radical Aussies, and How They Tackled Gun Violence
What worked so well for Australia—firearm confiscation—unfortunately seems out of reach for the US Even so, there are common-sense approaches in some foreign countries that could work here Pictured right, California Lt Gov Gavin Newsom, who is proposing a 2016 ballot initiative to strengthen the state's gun laws Pictured above, California Lt.
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Truthdigger of the Week: Early Marriage Rights Champion Gavin Newsom
When the then-mayor of San Francisco ordered his city to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples in 2004, he helped put the United States on the course that culminated in this week's historic Supreme Court decision to recognize the marriage rights of gay couples nationwide.
Bill Clinton Picks a Horse in Cali Governor Race
The former president has thrown his considerable political and fundraising heft behind San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom in the race to succeed Arnold Schwarzenegger. Newsom is up against California institution and former Gov. Jerry Brown.
San Francisco to Ban Plastic Bags
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is expected to sign off on a citywide ban on petroleum-based plastic bags. The prohibition, the first of its kind in the nation, is meant to encourage the use of less harmful alternatives, including biodegradable plastic, cloth and paper bags.
