California Gov. Gavin Newsom is laying blame for the state's homeless rates on local officials and recently cut some state money for their programs.

Cities, counties, state keep shifting responsibility for encampments and shelters. Governor should impose accountability.

Democrats are meeting at their annual convention in Orange County. With just over a year before the 2026 Primary, and short of 18 months before the General Election, we wanted to take the temperature ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom released his revised state budget this month, and it reflects a bleaker outlook than his January spending ...

By taxing sodas, residents of Santa Cruz are standing up and showing they won’t compromise on local democracy.

The P City Council will look at revising its ordinance governing how the city deals with homeless encampments at its next meeting.

Will Gavin Newsom run for president? It’s the million-dollar question. Throughout his political career, there has been a ...

Congressional GOP efforts to preserve tax cuts for the wealthy could kick millions of Californians off Medi-Cal because of work requirements.

Westside Current investigated empty Project Homekey hotel rooms. Now, a year later, we found not much has changed-despite Los ...

As Newsom and legislators fashion a new state budget, verbal exchanges between him and local officials have become sharper.

A recent report found the density of tobacco retailers in East San Jose was more than double than that of the rest of the ...

The three-day conference’s speaking lineup includes other party leaders including Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, New Jersey Sen.