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California Democrats dig in on redistricting efforts as Thursday deadline looms

The bill is scheduled to hit the California legislature's election committee on Tuesday, then the appropriations committee ...

How California’s redistricting fight is a preview of the midterms (and beyond)

Proposition 50 may answer some important political questions just in time for the midterms and then the 2028 presidential race.

California lawmakers send Newsom a high-stakes energy overhaul tied to wildfires, utilities and oil

California lawmakers passed a six-bill climate and energy package extending cap and trade to 2045, expanding the state’s ...

Newsom signs California redistricting plan that could tilt 5 House seats toward Democrats

The new map would shift five of California's Republican House seats to be more favorable to Democrats in the 2026 midterm ...

California Democrats and Republicans agree on one big thing: They support UC, poll shows

A poll of California voters conducted by the UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies showed strong support among ...

The next steps in California Democrats’ plan to counter Texas Republicans’ redistricting push

California voters in 2010 gave the power to draw congressional maps to an independent commission, with the goal of making the process less partisan. The commission last redrew maps following the 2020 ...
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Proposition 50: Allowing California to use new congressional maps to counter redistricting in Texas

This measure on the Nov. 4, 2025, California ballot is part of a larger battle for control of the U.S. House of ...

9 stories highlight Trump's policies and California's political shifts

Federal agents intensified deportations, and Trump reversed California’s car ban. Meanwhile, Newsom warns of overreach after protests in LA.

California lawmakers pass measures to expand oil production in Central Valley, restrict offshore drilling

In a bid to stabilize struggling crude-oil refineries, state lawmakers on Saturday passed a last-minute bill that would allow ...

California Republicans sue to stop Newsom, Democrats from pushing redistricting plan

California Republicans sue to stop Democrat redistricting push as Texas GOP advances similar map changes in high-stakes congressional battle ahead of midterms.