Inside Gavin Newsom’s taxpayer-funded team that never stops posting

Gavin Newsom has been a Twitch stream guest, a Substacker, a Tiktoker and a podcast bro. Here’s how he’s used the media to boost himself as governor.
Opinion

California’s ballot propositions fuel its longstanding tax-and-spending war

Until Proposition 13, California voters let elected officials decide taxes and spending options. Now, 48 years later, money matters dominate the ballot box.
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Should California taxpayers chip in to fund political campaigns? Prop. 4 lets you decide

Billionaire Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer spent more than $213 billion in his unsuccessful run for California governor this year. Steyer poses for a photo with students during a Get ...
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School test scores up, but just a little, as progress slows in K-12 classes

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MyChart and a major hospital said I could opt out of sharing my health data. But they didn’t make it easy

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Patients: All my best tips on how to opt out of data sharing

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Decenas de presas de California necesitan reparaciones ante la inminente llegada del invierno de El Niño

A medida que se acerca El Niño, 57 presas de California se encuentran en mal estado, y las autoridades reguladoras aún no han ...