Nancy Pelosi Will Step Down as House Speaker Following Midterm Elections

November 18, 2022 12:42 pm

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announced on Thursday that she would be ending her two decade long leadership of House Democrats, while also staying on as Congresswoman for her San Francisco district. Born in Maryland, Pelosi moved to San Francisco...

Congresswoman Karen Bass Announces Candidacy for Los Angeles Mayoral Race

September 28, 2021 2:48 amSeptember 27, 2021 8:49 pm

Congresswoman Karen Bass (D-CA) announced that she will be running for Mayor of Los Angeles next year, joining a growing list of candidates to preside over America’s second largest city. Born in Los Angeles in 1953, Bass began her career...

Gov. Newsom to Select New California AG Following Becerra’s Confirmation as HHS Secretary

March 18, 2021 3:35 pm

The U.S. Senate confirmed California Attorney General Xavier Becerra Thursday as President Joe Biden’s health secretary, to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in a narrow 50-49 vote. Among one of the last of President Biden’s nominees to...

CA Legislature Creating an ‘Office of Healthcare Affordability:’ What Could Go Wrong?

February 9, 2021 1:01 pmFebruary 11, 2021 9:37 am

The California Legislature has a proposal to create an Office of Healthcare Affordability. Sounding Orwellian, while a new agency focused on making healthcare more affordable may be just what the doctor ordered, this proposal creates a massive new bureaucracy and...

AG Xavier Becerra Named As Biden HHS Secretary

December 7, 2020 3:05 pm

On Monday, presumed President-elect Joe Biden picked California Attorney General Xavier Becerra as the next Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), a move that would leave open a key Constitutional office in California. Becerra, who also served in the...

Ambitious Reforms in Place to Combat Poverty in California

June 5, 2020 7:31 amJune 6, 2020 7:48 am

Gone is one of Newsom’s most ground-breaking proposals – expanding coverage for about 27,000 undocumented seniors When the economy was booming and revenues were high, California made some bold moves to address the state’s crushing poverty rate. Now Gov....

Showboating California AG Sues Trump Administration Over Technical Abortion Measure

February 6, 2020 2:57 pmFebruary 7, 2020 8:48 am

Somebody who casually glanced at California Attorney General Xavier Becerra’s press release on his “Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration Attack on Healthcare Access and Reproductive Rights” declaring determination to fight “another Trump Administration attack on women,” could be forgiven for thinking...