In the battle over redistricting in California, supporters led by Gov. Gavin Newsom have amassed a huge network of more than 65,000 individual donors, campaign finance filings released Friday show, compared with about 130 donors reported by opponents. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

This morning, @governor.ca.gov Gavin Newsom announced another international climate agreement, this time with Kenya. More on Newsom's international climate strategy in this story we published yesterday - www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

In New York, Newsom tries ‘filling the void’ left by Trump on climate leadership www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

California Republicans have rejected 10 bills to create independent redistricting commissions over the last two decades. Now that Prop 50 is going before voters, they've changed their tune. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

In the last 16 years, votes on all 10 measures to transfer redistricting power from politicians to independent commissions have gone the same way in the California Legislature: Republicans voted no while Democrats voted yes. With Prop 50, that dynamic flipped. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

@joegarofoli.bsky.social explains why one major Democratic group is prioritizing candidates who have struggled financially: www.sfchronicle.com/politics/joe...

‘Worse than doing nothing’: Online safety advocates slam changes to AI chatbot bill, @katewolffe.bsky.social reports www.sacbee.com/news/politic...

As California lawmakers finish their work for the year, the threat of possible vetoes looms especially large as federal cuts and budget pressures intensify demand for limited state funding. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

Several high-profile voices on elections and democracy have softened or changed their position on Newsom’s redistricting campaign. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

Newsom has touted AI’s lofty potential. Now he’s using it to post a stream of Trump memes www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

California lawmakers this morning are poised to pass several bills that would facilitate a November special election to approve new congressional maps, putting the Golden State at the forefront of a nationwide redistricting fight. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

Here’s the student paper’s story. They had to delay until one, the principal lifted an illegal censorship order, and two, a judge reminded the school it can’t fire an adviser for letting students report news. Help these young journalists make up for lost time — spread the story far and wide.

Newsom is the face of California’s redistricting push. That could help him — and hurt the plan www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

California schools are facing such an onslaught from sexual abuse lawsuits that many are looking to insurance companies in Bermuda or the UK for coverage. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

California law enforcement agencies have been increasingly hiring officers who were previously fired or dismissed from other departments, @meganrcassidy.bsky.social, Nami Sumida and @jennifergollan.bsky.social report www.sfchronicle.com/projects/202...

Gavin Newsom sent a letter to Donald Trump this morning offering to stop California’s redistricting push if the president calls off similar efforts in red states. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

This development marks a rapid progression for a statewide ballot measure, which are often years in the making.

California Democrats say new redistricting maps will be unveiled next week www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

Shocking findings here that groundwater pumping contributes significantly to sea level rise. Big implications for California water policy: bsky.app/profile/prop...

Was a dog sent a ballot? Inside the DOJ’s strange lawsuit seeking California voter data, @saralibby.bsky.social reports: www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

This story of a U.S. citizen marked for deportation illustrates what experts say are due process violations in a system that can ensnare vulnerable people with little understanding of what’s happening to them. www.sfchronicle.com/us-world/art...

A shuttered Oakland school was slated for affordable housing. Then squatters moved in, @maggieangst.bsky.social reports: www.sfchronicle.com/eastbay/arti...

In the courts, over the airwaves and on the internet, Newsom has gone full troll. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

The LA Times details how ICE arrested a deaf DACA recipient during a raid on the car wash where he worked (legally -- as a DACA recipient he has a permit to work in the US). They shipped him to a migrant detention facility in Texas: www.latimes.com/california/s...

California launched an AI chatbot for wildfires. But CalMatters reporter @malenacarollo.bsky.social found it doesn’t reliably provide information such as a list for evacuation supplies and can’t tell users about evacuation orders. calmatters.org/economy/tech...

Gov. Gavin Newsom says he’s contemplating a special election to gerrymander California’s congressional districts to counter similar efforts in Texas. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

California officials were not satisfied with the announcement Tuesday that President Donald Trump is recalling nearly half of the National Guard troops sent to Los Angeles, and continued to urge the administration to recall all troops. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

SCOOP: The IRS Is Building a Vast System to Share Millions of Taxpayers’ Data With ICE www.propublica.org/article/trum...

California sues over school funding freeze as SCOTUS OKs killing Education Department www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

Gavin Newsom suggested he’s contemplating a response to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s efforts to redraw congressional maps to favor Republicans, but California’s laws will make any counter moves by Newsom difficult — if not impossible. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is entrenched in the role of No. 1 adversary to President Trump, but his path to that role baffled his supporters and gave ammunition to his critics.

The lawsuit alleges that Fox News commentator Jesse Watters and reporter John Roberts mischaracterized Trump’s comments about a call between Trump and Newsom, making it seem as if Newsom had lied.

California courts have failed to report hundreds of vehicular manslaughter convictions to the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles over the past five years, allowing roadway killers to improperly keep their driver’s licenses, a @calmatters.org investigation has found. calmatters.org/investigatio...

Nearly a third of the California National Guard troops who had been doing drug enforcement work have been pulled away as part of President Donald Trump’s deployment of troops to Los Angeles, according to data from CalGuard. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

Less than 20% of the nearly 5,000 National Guard and Marine troops deployed to Los Angeles were actually on the ground in the city as of earlier this week, according to text messages by a state official with direct knowledge of staffing. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

NEW: Less than 20% of deployed troops to LA are on the ground, per texts between state officials Story by @sophiabollag.bsky.social www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

NEW: We published photos of CA National Guard troops sleeping on floor. Newsom posted them, Right-wing critics called them fake or AI-generated. Today, the Pentagon said they were real. We discuss the vetting process: www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

One day before the Trump admin deployed U.S. Marines to confront protesters in LA, DHS Sec. Kristi Noem asked Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth to direct the military to detain or arrest “lawbreakers.” by @mgafni.bsky.social, Cynthia Dizikes, @sophiabollag.bsky.social www.sfchronicle.com/us-world/art...

“It looks like a preparation for a military assault,” said State Sen. Tom Umberg, a retired Army colonel and JAG officer. “This looks like a subterfuge to create some sort of rationale for some sort of invocation of the Insurrection Act.” www.sfchronicle.com/us-world/art...

EXCLUSIVE: We obtained memo from DHS Secretary Kristi Noem asking DOD Secretary Pete Hegseth to grant soldiers the authority to detain or arrest “lawbreakers” in LA. This would be a step toward Trump administration invoking Insurrection Act, experts say www.sfchronicle.com/us-world/art...

‘Wildly underprepared’: National Guard troops seen sleeping on floors in exclusive photos www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

California officials were already bracing for President Donald Trump to try clawing back a big chunk of federal funding when he intensified his attacks on the state in a different way by deploying federal troops to Los Angeles. www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

A spokesperson for Gavin Newsom says Donald Trump called him this afternoon while the governor was busy at an event. This morning, Trump threatened to cut funding for California if it continues to let trans athletes compete in girls sports. More context here: www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

Congress' proposed AI regulation ban could interfere with the state's ability to crack down on AI-generated child abuse images and deepfake scams targeting seniors, state officials say. @shiramstein.bsky.social and I detail their concerns and what's at stake: www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

Some of the most wildfire-prone parts of California will no longer have 24/7 eyes on them headed into traditional wildfire season because of NWS staffing shortages:

Newsom backs cuts to undocumented health care as budget deficit looms www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

President Donald Trump’s announcement that he plans to reopen Alcatraz, the infamous island prison in San Francisco Bay that federal officials closed in the 60s because it was too expensive, has been called “absurd,” “impractical” and “not humane.”

California sues Trump administration over threats to pull school funds over DEI www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

All over the city, auto glass merchants say they are hobbled by what’s otherwise a staggering sign of progress.

Long before El Salvador’s president cozied up to Trump, Gavin Newsom paid him a visit www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...