Deputy Politics Editor

Hannah Wiley

“Everything is at stake if we are not successful next year in taking back the House of Representatives,” the governor said Friday. 

Newsom’s $297 billion state budget includes cuts and delays to transit investments at a precarious moment for local agencies. 

Speaking at a San Francisco event, the governor told business leaders Democrats need to “own up” to their election failures.

The executive order signed Monday gives the state more money and resources to deal with the aftermath of the deadly storms.


Under a new law, California police departments have to submit new policies to better recognize, report and respond to hate crimes.