Articles by Laurel Rosenhall
October 2021
California Politicians Raising Money for Charity Face New Rules From Ethics Panel
Newsom’s Vetoes: Why Did Governor Block California Bills?
September 2021
Decision Time: Three Ways the California Recall Election Could Go
August 2021
If Newsom Is Recalled, How Would a Republican Governor Get Anything Done?
July 2021
It’s a Date: Newsom Recall Election Set for Sept. 14
June 2021
Five Things to Know About Newsom’s Budget Deal With Legislature
When Is the Newsom Recall Election? Maybe Sooner Than You Think
Four Things to Know About the California Budget Deal
May 2021
Suspense File Day: Which Controversial Bills Did California Legislators Kill?
Newsom Releases Tax Return, but Will Recall Candidates?
Three Things to Know About Gavin Newsom’s Spending Spree
April 2021
California Politicians Owe $2 Million in Campaign Fines, Don’t Get Punished
Newsom Vows to Reopen California in June, a High-Stakes Political Gamble
March 2021
Newsom Picks Rob Bonta as California’s New Attorney General
Democrats Have Newsom’s Back as Recall Campaign Ramps Up
Newsom Blasts ‘Naysayers and Dooms-Dayers’ as He Touts Pandemic Progress
Newsom in Campaign Mode as He Delivers Pivotal Speech on the Pandemic
February 2021
Who Has the Power to Reopen California Classrooms?
January 2021
Day 1: New Sen. Alex Padilla Wants Trump’s ‘Enablers’ Out of U.S. Senate
In Pandemic-Era Budget, Newsom Tries to Nestle Friends and Neutralize Enemies
December 2020
Midway Through Plagued First Term, Newsom’s Career Hits Make-Or-Break Point
November 2020
Not Dire, for Now: California Expects $26 Billion Windfall Despite Pandemic
Unmasked: Doctors’ Association Execs Joined Newsom at Lobbyist’s Birthday Bash
Voters Help Big Business Override California Lawmakers
October 2020
Good Policy or Ballot Blackmail? Union Takes Its Fights With Health Industry to Voters
Privacy Puzzle: Consumer Advocates Divided Over California’s Prop. 24
September 2020
Trump and Newsom: Political Frenemies Make Nice Amid California’s Mounting Disasters
California Lawmakers Failed to Enact Sweeping Police Reforms. Here’s Why.
August 2020
Amid Raging Fires and Pandemic, Newsom Calls Relationship With Trump ‘Very Effective’
Democrats Divided: Newsom’s Family-Leave Plan Faces Resistance From His Own Party
July 2020
#MeToo Claims Filed Against Democratic Lawmaker, but Will Investigations Follow?
Gov. Dad: Family Leave Job Protections Expanded in Bill Backed by Newsom
June 2020
Budget Deal Shields Neediest Californians, Shifts Burden to Middle Class
‘Mutually Repugnant’: Gov. Newsom and Lawmakers Pursue Budget Compromise
May 2020
Blind Spot: Lobbying Behind California Coronavirus Contracts Can Stay Secret
Schools, Health Face Deep Cuts in California’s $203 Billion Budget
California Wires Mask Dealer Half a Billion Dollars, Then Claws It Back
As Protesters Demand ‘Reopen California!’ Here’s Whom Newsom Can’t Afford to Alienate
April 2020
Even Harder Than Shutting Down: How Does Newsom Reopen California?
At California’s Capitol, Lawmakers Want Information; Protesters Want to End Coronavirus Stay-At-Home
Politics in the Pandemic: Two California Elections in May Provide a Preview
Amid Pandemic, Newsom Faces Scrutiny Over $1B Face-Mask Deal
March 2020
One Upside of the Coronavirus Shutdown, Maybe? Fewer Voter Initiatives
Banks Agree to Coronavirus Mortgage Relief in California Amid Push for Eviction Ban
California Closes Parking Lots at Beaches and Parks to Stem Spread of Coronavirus
Newsom, Trump: More Beds, Masks, Equipment Ahead for Coronavirus
California Passes $1.1 Billion in Emergency Coronavirus Funding — Then Shuts Down the Capitol
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