Delegates to the California Democratic Party convention in San Diego have varied views on what the party stands for in 2018.
Kevin de Leon used his Feb. 24 speech at the California Democratic Convention to take aim at his Senate campaign rival, incumbent U. S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Sen. Dianne Feinstein told hundreds of California Democratic delegates and elected officials Saturday morning that she will aggressively pursue legislation banning assault rifles in the wake of this month’s Florida school shooting that left 17 people dead, including teenage students.
An official portrait of Sen. Tony Mendoza is removed from a display of active Senators in a hallway outside the Senate chambers on Thursday. Mendoza resigned from office just as his colleagues considered whether to expel him.
California Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de Leon, on the Senate floor on Feb. 22,2018, reacts to Sen. Tony Mendoza’s resignation.
Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg and other mayors from a group representing California’s 11 largest cities came to the Capitol on Feb. 21,2018 to urge Gov. Jerry Brown to commit $1.5 billion in state funds to combat homelessness.
Assemblyman Ken Cooley is releasing a report on Feb. 21,2018 that urges a $543 replacement of a Capitol office building in Sacramento.
Amanda Renteria, a Democrat and former top staff member for Hillary Clinton, running for governor of California, talks about the timing of her candidacy during a visit to The Sacramento Bee Capitol Bureau on Tuesday, Feb. 20,2018.
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced Tuesday, Feb. 20,2018 that he agrees with a state appellate court’s ruling that challenges the state’s cash bail system.
Jessica Morse, a Democratic challenger of Tom McClintock, likes to detail an illustrious foreign policy career on the campaign trail. But is it true?
Amanda Renteria oversaw the political operation for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign in New York City. Originally from California’s Central Valley, Renteria aims to bridge the divide between rural and urban America. As a Mexican-American, she feels a personal responsibility to counter Donald Trump’s “demonization” of immigrants.
Hours after California legislators Kevin McCarty, D-Sacramento, and Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher, D-San Diego, unveiled a plan to outlaw tackle football until high school, angry coaches, parents and former players began mobilizing to protect America’s favorite sport from a notoriously “nanny” state government.
Antonio Villaraigosa says his record as Los Angeles mayor shows he supports police officers. He spoke in Sacramento on Feb. 12,2018 as he received the endorsement from chiefs and rank-and-file officers.
Assemblyman James Gallagher, R-Yuba City, holds a press conference outside of the Capitol Monday, Feb. 12,2018, to mark the one-year anniversary of the Oroville Dam evacuations and the passage of his bill to tighten dam inspection standards. Lawmakers unanimously approved Gallagher’s Assembly Bill 1270 earlier in the day.
Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, speaking to the California Air Resources Board on its 50th anniversary, contrasts the board’s origin with President Donald Trump’s action on the environment.
This clip of a town hall meeting in Reseda last month held via Skype by Rep. Brad Sherman, D-Los Angeles, shows him answering a question about sexual harassment allegations involving his congressional office. The clip was omitted from a compiliation of the event his office posted on the congressman’s official You Tube page.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi set the record for the longest House floor speech Wednesday. She spoke for more than eight hours to oppose the budget deal because the plan doesn’t include a permanent solution for undocumented immigrants affected by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
