Senior California politics+policy reporter for POLITICO. Friend to cats; lover of words, Nationals, my daughter, and @JanelleBitker. Chisme: [email protected]
BREAKING: FCC votes to eliminate media ownership rules, paving way for one company to own multiple TV stations or both TV station/newspaper in one market
NEW: A whopping two-thirds of California voters think @GavinNewsom is doing a poor job on homelessness and a majority say he’s doing badly on crime, per @BerkeleyIGS. Numbers trending downwards
If you're wondering why the apparent ICE detention of @seiucalifornia leader David Huerta is all over your timeline:
SEIU is one of the biggest players in CA politics, which you're seeing with the many electeds demanding Huerta's release. A major, combustible standoff
BREAKING: @GavinNewsom WILL NOT have a (D) next to his name on recall ballots as judge DENIES Team Newsom's request to let them correct their failure to ask for party ID back in 2020. Story TK