California lawmakers are grappling with Gov. Gavin Newsom's bold proposal to scrap the state's independent redistricting system in favor of a partisan power play.

Gov. Gavin Newsom says California should redraw its own congressional districts if Texas tries to gerrymander its lines. His idea faces long odds.

"Maybe we'll do it here in California," he said of Trump's mandate that Texas Republicans redistrict to win five more GOP seats.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Vice President JD Vance traded quips over the Trump administration's mass deportation policies after the vice president's vacation to Disneyland.

Newsom laughed and responded, “You’re hitting me right there man, the California exodus. By the way, complete bulls—t. Now, the last two years, we’ve seen significant growth in California’s population. So it’s reversed, and record-breaking tourism.”

One labor leader called out the governor “for not discussing common sense regulations on technology and AI to save jobs and to save privacy.”

Newsom deserves kudos for his recent CEQA reform efforts, but we doubt anyone is buying the idea that a new housing and homelessness agency is anything more than an effort to blunt criticism on

A pair of e-bike safety bills from Assemblymember Laurie Davies, R-Laguna Niguel, were signed by the governor this week.