President Trump has signed an executive order to circumvent state oversight of artificial intelligence, threatening California’s efforts to shape the burgeoning AI industry.

It's my aspirational goal that the governor stop calling his 2018 campaign pledge to build 3.5 million homes through 2025 an aspirational goal. www.politico.com/newsletters/...

NEW: The CA Department of Insurance promised to craft "science-based" for smoke damage to make homes safe after fires. But a @sfchronicle.com investigation found the committee writing the rules is slanted towards insurers' handpicked experts, raising concerns about survivors' safety. Gift link:

After threatening to leave the National Governors Association over the organization’s silence on National Guard deployments, Gov. Gavin Newsom says he’ll stay in the group but has stopped paying dues. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

California faces an $18B deficit – and the threat of an AI bubble, according to a new report from the LAO, which prepares budget estimates for the state Legislature www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

SCOOP from @sophiabollag.bsky.social: As part of the FBI's probe of Gov. Gavin Newsom's ex-chief of staff, it intercepted comms from within the governor's office. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

Following @liaoffleash.bsky.social's reporting that the FBI told several lobbyists it intercepted their communications as part of its investigation into Newsom's former chief of staff, Newsom's office confirms some members of his admin were also notified: www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

Crypto bros spent millions attacking Katie Porter. Now she’s winning some over, @joegarofoli.bsky.social writes: www.sfchronicle.com/politics/joe...

In recent months, as Newsom grew his national profile, his rhetoric has also become increasingly biblical, writes @sophiabollag.bsky.social: www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

The evolution of Prop 50 — which went from a vague, half-baked idea to a resounding victory in less than four months — is a big win for Newsom as he sets his sights on life after the governor’s office www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

BREAKING: Alex Padilla tells reporters in DC he will not run for governor of California in 2026. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

Scene from Coast Guard Island, courtesy of @stephenlamphoto.bsky.social, who’s always at the front line of any major disaster

California-branded insulin will soon hit the shelves. Newsom says GLP-1s could be next www.sfchronicle.com/health/artic...

Days after @gavinnewsom.bsky.social threatened to withdraw from the National Governors Association, its Republican leader denounced Trump’s interstate National Guard deployments www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

The same day Democrats released proposed new congressional maps, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sent Newsom and the head of the California National Guard a letter saying 300 troops would remain under federal control through Nov. 4. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

NEW: California National Guard troops sent to Chicago to help train soldiers from other states www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

SCOOP from @sophiabollag.bsky.social: Donald Trump is sending California National Guard members to Portland. Gov. Gavin Newsom says he's weighing another lawsuit over it. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

Exclusive: Trump is sending California National Guard troops to Portland, Newsom says www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

A great dispatch from the mean streets of Portland from @joegarofoli.bsky.social, where Oregonians are not interested in taking Trump's bait. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/joe...

Both Newsom and Trump are calling for widespread homeless encampment sweeps and deploying law enforcement to local communities to crack down on crime, though neither man acknowledges the similarities, @sophiabollag.bsky.social writes www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

Environmental justice advocates say California missed an opportunity to advance its clean air goals against a hostile Trump administration and resurgent oil industry, @raheemfh.bsky.social reports www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

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...