All 43 California House Democrats voted Thursday against the homeland security funding bill, as the party ramps up its push to rein in ICE amid growing public outrage over the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement tactics. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

After the brutal 49ers loss last weekend, @pelosi.house.gov fulfills a wager with @repdelbene.bsky.social with a basket of San Francisco treats (including Ghirardelli chocolates) and an “I love California” mug that DelBene said she won’t be using.

"In my time being a Democrat, I have agreed that no one is above the law," @replsimon.bsky.social said. "I believe that the committee deserved to hear from the president. I believe that that should have happened." www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

@joereid.bsky.social Wicked: For THOB?

In today's print @sfchronicle.com: A new federal law aims to reopen path to reunification for families divided by the Korean War. Though relations with North Korea are at a low, it's the last, best shot for many Korean Americans near the end of their lives. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

Chang Soon Lee last saw his father when he was 15, before his family fled south during the Korean War. “I don’t know when, how he, if he died,” Lee said. “We have lived with that pain.” www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

More than 70 years ago, millions of Korean families were separated by war and politics. As these "divided family" members near the end of their lives, the U.S. will create a registry of Korean Americans who want to reunite with loved ones in North Korea: www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

As some progressives resume calls to “abolish ICE,” Democratic leaders in Congress are instead emphasizing restraint — urging more control, accountability, oversight, standards — perhaps as much for their party as the officers in the streets. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

A divided federal court upheld Prop 50, ruling that congressional maps were legally drawn for political purposes and not as an act of racial discrimination, as Republicans contended. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

Another threat yesterday by Trump to pull funding from sanctuary cities and states would violate repeated court rulings that he cannot do that www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

Thousands of signatures and half a year away from the possibility of a vote, a proposed one-time tax on California billionaires is already unleashing chaos in state politics, @saralibby.bsky.social writes: www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

Newsom will call for legislation to crack down on investment companies buying starter homes in his final State of the State speech today, @sophiabollag.bsky.social reports. Trump posted about a similar effort on Truth Social yesterday. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

In today's print @sfchronicle.com: How Spencer Pratt inspired a Florida senator to investigate the Palisades Fire, the presidential politics that have California leaders dismissing it as a political stunt, and why angry Palisadians are on board anyway 🎁 link: www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

Updated with the news that Spencer Pratt, whose advocacy prompted this congressional investigation, has announced today he's running for Los Angeles mayor www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

A Florida senator wants answers on the Palisades Fire. What’s he really after? @akoseff.bsky.social looks into Rick Scott's interest in the CA fire (and spoiler alert, it involves Spencer Pratt) www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

Southern California House members renew their call for supplemental disaster aid on first anniversary of Los Angeles fires @reptedlieu.bsky.social said President Trump is trying to punish Democratic communities by refusing to provide assistance “He said help was coming. He lied,” Lieu said

The entire California congressional delegation, including Democrats and Republicans, sent a letter to President Trump today asking him to "ensure the communities of Southern California receive their fair share of federal disaster assistance": www.padilla.senate.gov/wp-content/u...

Why does a Florida senator care so much about one fire that took place across the country? “In this job, you get to focus on things that are important to you,” Sen. Rick Scott said. “Disasters are important.” Could it ever be so simple in politics in 2026? www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

On the anniversary of the Los Angeles fires, California's calls for more federal aid have stalled while a congressional investigation is gaining steam. Just why does Florida's Sen. Rick Scott care so much about one fire that took place across the country? www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

The federal government is freezing child care funding for California as President Trump vows a "fraud investigation" www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

Rep. Doug LaMalfa, a Chico Republican who was a vocal advocate for California’s rural north, died unexpectedly Tuesday at 65. It complicates narrow Republican control of Congress and throws his district, already redrawn by Prop 50, into further uncertainty. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

California’s roller-coaster relationship with President Donald Trump is poised to shift again in 2026 as the state elects a new governor and Gov. Gavin Newsom weighs a run for the White House.

A gubernatorial election, Newsom's pending presidential campaign, the battle over the National Guard deployment: How 2026 could shift California's relationship with President Trump www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

From the Los Angeles fires to Prop 50, @sophiabollag.bsky.social looks back on the first year of Trump vs. California 2.0: www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

Newsom and other California officials blamed Trump funding cuts for a false earthquake alert earlier this month. The real cause of the mistake is still unknown, @taraduggan.bsky.social reports: www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

After canceling 17,000 commercial drivers licenses last month under pressure from the Trump admin, California will begin reissuing licenses for immigrants with valid work permits, potentially setting up a clash with the feds, @saradinatale.bsky.social reports: www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

Pelosi and Biden have never spoken again since she encouraged the president to drop his re-election bid last year. She told @susanpagedc.bsky.social: "He did make a lovely statement when I announced my future plans, and I am grateful to him for that." www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

ICYMI: President Trump signed an executive order last night directing his administration to challenge "onerous" state AI laws California has gone further than anywhere in regulating the burgeoning industry and state officials are preparing to push back: www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

Newsom, who said he couldn't get a meeting with the Trump administration when he was in DC last week, tries a new strategy on securing additional federal aid for the Los Angeles fires, after months of relentlessly trolling the president

With Congress unlikely to extend enhanced ACA subsidies before they expire at end of the year, California is expecting major hits to the health care system. @coveredca.bsky.social said new enrollment is already down more than 30% compared to same time last year. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to circumvent state oversight of artificial intelligence, threatening California’s efforts to shape the burgeoning industry. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

In a floor speech marking his first year in the Senate, @schiff.senate.gov nearly started crying as he talked about "the farmworkers in the Central Valley who are afraid to go work and attend church, lest ICE detain them — citizens and non-citizens alike."

“It defies the record — and common sense — to conclude that risks stemming from protests — in August, October, or even present day— could not have been sufficiently managed without resorting to the National Guard,” the judge wrote. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

DCCC officially adds California’s CD48, currently held by Darrell Issa, to its target list. The San Diego-area seat got more competitive after Prop 50 by bringing in Democratic voters from around Palm Springs. Issa considered moving to Texas instead of running for re-election.

How a new affordable housing complex turbocharged San Francisco's open congressional race and could turn it into a referendum on the best way to bring down astronomic rents and home prices: www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/c...

Though Congress is not traditionally where most Americans look for housing policy, the race to succeed Nancy Pelosi is shaping up to be another front in San Francisco's eternal YIMBY vs. NIMBY war www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/c...

West Coast health officials said all infants should continue getting vaccinated against hepatitis B at birth after a decision by a federal vaccine advisory panel to end the practice www.sfchronicle.com/health/artic...

As the first anniversary of the Los Angeles firestorm approaches, @gavinnewsom.bsky.social is in DC today to renew his pleas for additional recovery assistance. There's still a path to more aid, but it will likely require convincing Trump to make it a priority: www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

Darrell Issa says he will run again in his San Diego-area seat, which got more Democratic after Prop 50, rather than moving to Texas www.foxnews.com/politics/cal...

Landlords must provide working stoves and fridges. Cat declawing will be banned. @sophiabollag.bsky.social has a rundown of some of the new California laws for 2026: www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

DOGE's place within the Trump administration is more uncertain after rumblings this week that it had been disbanded. But it has left its mark on the Bay Area, from the services that local residents can access to academic research to the physical landscape. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

Though he does not have direct authority to move games, his frequent musings raise the specter that Trump could try to use the World Cup, or several other major upcoming sporting events, to gain leverage over California in their frequent political clashes. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

Another Democrat jumps into the race for California governor www.sfchronicle.com/politics/joe...

Ro Khanna and Marjorie Taylor Greene have cast their unusual partnership as a model for a brighter bipartisan future, though the political slugfest over the Epstein files appears far from over 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...

Katie Porter made amends with at least one of the crypto entrepreneurs who spent millions to defeat her Senate campaign last year, @joegarofoli.bsky.social reports, part of the gubernatorial hopeful's recent charm offensive with the California business community: 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...

Congress’ attention is poised to shift next week to the Epstein files — due in large part to @rokhanna.bsky.social and @robertgarcia.bsky.social, who have keyed into the case as one of Democrats’ most effective political attacks against President Donald Trump. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

A lawsuit claiming that Proposition 50 is an illegal racial gerrymander now has the backing of Trump's Justice Department www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

Trump administration accuses California's Rep. Eric Swalwell, a vocal critic of the president, of mortgage fraud, @nbcnews.com reports. Sen. Adam Schiff is facing a similar investigation. www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...