This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Gov. Gavin Newsom has a message for Democrats around the country: Follow my lead. Declaring victory for Proposition 50, his Democratic redistricting ballot measure, he named five other states led by Democrats and urged their governors to tilt...
New California Law Could Change How All Americans Browse the Internet
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The privacy changes web browsers will be required to make under a new California law could set the de facto standard for the entire country, changing how Americans control their data when using the internet, according to experts....
California Voters Approve Prop. 50, Redrawing Congressional Maps to Favor Democrats
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California voters on Tuesday passed a ballot measure to redraw the state’s congressional map to favor Democrats, a major victory for the party in a high-stakes national redistricting fight that could determine who controls the House of Representatives...
Jury Awards $16.8 Million to California Prison Doctor Who Complained About Inmate’s Threat
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. A jury awarded a $16.8 million judgment to a California prison doctor who alleged her employer did not respond appropriately to a threat she received from an incarcerated person, fired her when she raised concerns about her safety,...
Alex Padilla, a Favorite to Succeed Gavin Newsom, Won’t Run for California Governor
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla of California will not run for governor in next year’s highly watched race to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom, the senator unexpectedly announced in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday. The decision comes after months of...
California Prisoners Sleep With ‘One Eye Open.’ Should They Have Their Own Cells?
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. If you’re serving hard time inside a California prison, you’ll often find yourself stuck in a cramped cell with a complete stranger. You hang a bedsheet to manufacture the semblance of privacy between bed and toilet. Any little...
California Dems Made Prop. 50 About Trump. Polls Show It’s Working
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. A day before voting ends for Proposition 50, California voters appear poised to approve Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan to gerrymander the state’s congressional districts in Democrats’ favor. Recent opinion polls show strong support for the Yes side. Newsom’s...
Groups Spent $26 Million to Sway Voters Over Prop. 50, More Than Any Ballot Measure in State History
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Voters in Sacramento got a mailer in recent weeks declaring that "California's landmark election reform — under attack by Sacramento politicians.” Orinda residents have received flyers that shout “Fight back against Trump — Vote Yes.” The narrator on...
The Six Reasons for California’s Deadly Failure on Drunk Driving
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Masako Saenz didn’t just lose her 5-year-old son to a repeat drunk driver. Two decades later, the Sacramento mother lost her own life after being hit by a driver with a blood alcohol level twice the legal limit....
15 DUIs, Still Driving: California’s Failure to Take Repeat Drunk Drivers off the Road
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The state of California gave Sylvester Conway every opportunity to kill. He already had two DUI convictions by 2019, when the California Highway Patrol arrested him for driving drunk in Fresno County. The jail released him three days...