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Many of California’s congressional Democrats skipping inauguration

At least 15 of the 39 House Democrats from California are planning to boycott the presidential inauguration of Republican Donald Trump, according to multiple reports. The reasons range from district work, to disdain for Trump, to responding to Twitter polls.

Voters narrowly approve measure to expedite death penalty executions

Matt Fleming November 23, 2016

A measure to speed up executions in California was projected to pass Tuesday night, according to the Associated Press. Proposition 66, which aims to cap death-sentence appeals at five years, stands at 51.1 percent of the vote. While such a slim

Poll: Republican gubernatorial candidates would perform well behind Democrat Newsom

Matt Fleming November 16, 2016

Good news for California Republicans: In a field of nine candidates for the 2018 gubernatorial race, they have two of the top three names, according to a poll released Tuesday. San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer and Ashley Swearengin, the termed-out

Lawmakers perpetuate “system-is-rigged” narrative by honoring family members with awards, critics say

Matt Fleming July 21, 2016

At a time when voters are increasingly convinced the system is rigged, some state legislators are making that perception worse by giving district-wide awards to their family members, critics say. While it’s not uncommon for legislators to participate in award ceremonies recognizing

Dislike of Clinton, Trump creates third-party moment

Matt Fleming June 27, 2016

If there was ever an opportunity for a third-party run, now would be it. Unfavorable opinions among voters of both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton — the presumptive presidential candidates of the Republican and Democratic parties, respectively — create a

Republicans in Legislature poised to increase diversity in 2016

Matt Fleming June 11, 2016

Buried beneath the headlines of Donald Trump’s comments of the day and the relatively new top-two primary format that weeded out Republicans from a statewide partisan race for the first time ever rests one nugget of good news for the

Poll: Republicans to be shut out of Senate general election

Matt Fleming June 3, 2016

Attorney General Kamala Harris still leads a crowded field in the race to replace Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer in Washington, with Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, a fellow Democrat, in a relatively close second, according to a new Field Poll. The state’s

Democrats launch anti-Trump attacks on down-ticket GOP candidates

Matt Fleming May 18, 2016

The Trump effect has begun. It’s what Republicans fear and Democrats embrace: How the controversial presumptive nomination of Donald Trump as the GOP’s presidential candidate will affect races further down the ballot. Democrats are hoping to tie Trump around the necks of Republican candidates

Assembly Republicans: Hold steady in 2016 to build for 2017

Matt Fleming April 29, 2016

Facing a presidential election that’s guaranteed to overshadow them and numbering so few that passing even a simple resolution requires an act of God, Assembly Republicans are hoping to simply hold their 28 seats in 2016 while building the foundation

Lawmaker accused of domestic violence to stay in Assembly leadership

Matt Fleming April 23, 2016

Assemblyman Roger Hernández, who last week was placed under a temporary restraining order from his wife, will not be stripped of his committee chairmanship, Speaker Anthony Rendon said on Friday, despite pressure from the influential leaders of the women’s caucus. In a statement to CalWatchdog,