Deborah Cunningham-Skurnik has been to Democratic National Conventions in the past, but this year just feels different. “I’ve been waiting for this,” the California Democratic Party regional director told the Washington Examiner.
Rep. Adam B. Schiff has expanded his lead over retired Dodgers All-Star Steve Garvey in the U.S. Senate race in California, according to a new poll.
Progressive Democrats in control of the Legislature’s public safety committees have, for the most part, refused to pass laws that would increase criminal penalties, citing a historically biased criminal justice system that has put disproportionately more Black and brown people behind bars.
CNN's Daniel Dale fact-checks a speech former President Donald Trump delivered at a campaign rally in Asheville, North Carolina on Wednesday. "There were a bunch of claims that I think a lot of people would question,
Harris was not involved in pushing Prop 47, the 2014 ballot initiative that reduced penalties for some theft and drug crimes.
Sacramento District Attorney Thien Ho, Elk Grove Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen and San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan will launch a new campaign to support Proposition 36, the ballot initiative that will ask California voters to increase penalties for theft and drug crimes.
The battle over California ballot propositions is going to the courts and dividing the state Republican Party.
The appeals court also decided that the ballot label for another proposition affecting certain health care providers can remain unchanged.
High school students in the Northern California city of Albany are asking older neighbors to grant them suffrage this November, in an effort to offer the broadest voting rights to 16-year-olds on the West Coast.
California Senator Marie Alvarado-Gil has decided to leave the Democratic Party and join the Republicans. She said that "the status quo under a supermajority Democratic rule in the legislature is simply not working for this state" when she announced the move on Thursday.
San Diego Assemblymember Chris Ward has been elected as the new California Legislative LGBTQ Caucus Chair for the upcoming 2025-2026 legislative sessions, while Senator Caroline Menjivar (D-San Fernando Valley) will serve as Vice Chair.