California Governor Gavin Newsom is sharply criticizing a newly passed bill backed by President Donald Trump, calling it a ...

Without Newsom's efforts, major reforms to California's stifling environmental laws would have died on the vine.

Gov. Newsom signed into law a bill that will remake California’s environmental protection rules. Newsom says the overhaul is ...

The costs of leaving the California Environmental Quality Act intact became too high. Newsom confronted the issue squarely, ushering reforms.

Statewide and regional data generally showed improvements in crime rates last year from 2023, but violent crime continued to ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a budget that pares back a number of progressive priorities to close a $12 billion ...

Another blue city has succumbed to a "street takeover" in which hundreds of young people gather to stir up trouble.

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Earlier this year, Gov. Gavin Newsom spoke out against Prop. 36, saying Prop. 47 has saved taxpayers more than $816 million through reduced incarceration costs for minor crimes.

California residents voted overwhelmingly to pass a ballot measure to strengthen criminal penalties for certain theft and drug-related offenses, a major rebuke to the progressive criminal-justice ...

Opponents, including Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA), Democratic state leaders, and some human rights groups, argued that Proposition 36 is too expensive, offers false hope, and isn’t a real fix.

Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao said she is not endorsing Prop. 36, the statewide ballot measure that would strengthen penalties for certain theft and drug crimes.