Calvert, 71, a longtime member of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, has emerged as a key proponent of Newsom’s relief efforts, even as some of his Republican colleagues work to derail
THE BUZZ: VOICEOVER — Democrats are in the wilderness as they try to break through the GOP’s dominance in Washington, but Gov. Gavin Newsom has a plan: Be more like Bill Maher and get outside the party’s ideological comfort zone.
President Trump's administration, with help from the Republican-led Congress, may pull the state's ability to set its own fuel-efficiency rules.
However, what has received less attention are the stakes facing both President Trump and Gavin Newsom, as they seek to rebuild California in the wake of the most expensive natural disaster in American history. Of course, the stakes involved for both men are not identical, but they are very real.
Newsom told reporters he would use the website, which pulls its data from the California Department of Housing and Community Development and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, to claw back funds from counties that are not building enough housing or adequately reducing homelessness.
Gov. Newsom's office said he would again veto a bill that sought to restrict state prison officials' cooperation with federal immigration authorities seeking to deport felons.
Governor Gavin Newsom appointed Norma Rojas-Mora to the 15th District Agricultural Association Kern County Fair Board. According to officials, Rojas-Mora was
Amid the wildfire recovery efforts, a new column in CalMatters explores how political legacies can be created or destroyed by our leaders' responses to disasters. CalMatters Capitol Reporter Alexei Koseff positing that the wildfires are Governor Gavin Newsom's big test.