Articles by Alexei Koseff

November 2024

California’s Budget Is ‘Roughly Balanced,’ but Growing Deficits Expected

Why Kamala Harris Losing Does Not Boost Gavin Newsom’s Presidential Prospects

California’s Path Hinges on the Presidential Race: ‘No State Has More to Lose or Gain’

October 2024

Abortion Isn’t on the Ballot in California, but State Candidates Can’t Stop Talking About It

Newsom’s Gas Price Plan Clears Senate, but Some Democrats Dissent

September 2024

Gavin Newsom Has Not Solved California’s Housing Crisis. Three Lessons for Kamala Harris

California Democrats Strike Back Against Local Conservative Rebellions on LGBTQ Rights, Abortion

August 2024

As LGBTQ Library Material Comes Under Fire, California May Ban Book Bans

June 2024

Ballot Measure Madness: How California Lawmakers Are Scrambling the November List

(VIDEO) Gavin Newsom Warns That Dark Forces Are Threatening California in Pre-Recorded State of the State Address

What You Need to Know About the California Budget Deal

High Court Blocks Anti-Tax Measure From California Ballot

Why Gavin Newsom’s Gun Control Constitutional Amendment Hasn’t Gone Beyond California

Forget the First 220 Failures to Split California. This Developer Has a New Plan to Secede

May 2024

Legislative Leaders Counter on California Budget Deficit

Gov. Newsom’s Revised Budget, by the Numbers

Will California Voters Decide Tax Limits in November? It’s Up to the Supreme Court

California Republicans Want to Take Financial Aid From Protesters if They Were Violent

April 2024

California Sues Huntington Beach to Stop Voter ID

Newsom, Legislature Get a $17 Billion Jump on California Budget Deficit

Gavin Newsom Says Baseball Saved Him. But the Legend of His Career Doesn’t Always Match the Reality

February 2024

Would a Gavin Newsom Recall Do Any Better Than 2021?

California Senate Leader Mike McGuire Picks His Team

January 2024

California Lawmakers, Raising Fears of Political Violence, Want to Shield Their Properties

California Picks Its Next Governor in More Than 1,000 Days. Why the Race Is Already So Crowded

December 2023

Five Key Moments From the Newsom-DeSantis Debate

November 2023

The Pride Flag Is Gone. Library Books Are Under Review. It’s a New Era of Backlash Politics in California

October 2023

Newsom Picks Laphonza Butler, Political Ally and Power Player, to Replace Feinstein

September 2023

With the Death of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Who Will Newsom Appoint?

California Gunmakers Fear Their ‘Expiration Date’ in a State That Doesn’t Want Them

California Lawmakers Failed to Fix the Insurance Market. So What Comes Next?

August 2023

Why a Colorado Ambulance Company Wants to Limit California Taxes

Medical Cannabis Paved the Way for Legalization in California. Now Patients Feel Left Behind

June 2023

Let’s Make a Deal: Legislative Leaders Make California Budget Offer to Newsom

May 2023

Tax on Short-Term Rentals Like Airbnb Could Fund California Affordable Housing

California Lawmaker Opens Legal Fund Over Facebook Feud

Balancing Act: Newsom’s Plan to Cover California’s Ballooning Budget Deficit

April 2023

Tobacco Sales Ban Withers in California Without Support From Anti-Tobacco Advocates

March 2023

Newsom Signs Watered-Down Oil Profit Penalty

Trump Is Still the Favorite for California GOP Delegates

February 2023

‘Dream Big:’ Cannabis Workers Search for New Futures as Emerald Triangle Economy Withers

Emerald Triangle Communities Were Built on Cannabis. Legalization Has Pushed Them to the Brink

January 2023

A ‘Resilient’ Budget: Gov. Newsom Outlines Plan to Deal With Deficit

October 2022

What You Need to Know About the California Governor Debate

Governor Newsom Looks to Tax Oil Industry Profits as Gas Prices Increase

Hope and Prayer: California Churches Battle Abortion Ballot Measure

September 2022

What’s Next for Eleni Kounalakis as California Lieutenant Governor?

June 2022

Families Will Get Up to $1,050 to Help With Rising Gas Prices and Inflation Under California Tax Relief Program

California’s Next Cannabis Battle May Be Coming to a City Near You

California Budget: Big Surplus, Big Differences