California is preparing to send its own state observers to watch over federal monitors from President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice. The move underscores a growing standoff between state election officials and a federal government many voting rights advocates say is weaponizing oversight.

Good News: we secured a court order blocking the Trump Admin from discontinuing millions of dollars in critical school-based mental health grant funding for our state.

The decision gives thousands of students in CA a fair shot at accessing crucial mental health services while our lawsuit continues.

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🚨BREAKING: A federal judge in Texas dismissed a GOP lawsuit against California’s new congressional redistricting plan ruling that the plaintiff, Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas), had no right to sue over another state’s election laws. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

California is deploying the California National Guard to quickly assist families whose federal food benefits are halted because of Donald Trump's government shutdown.

We won't let the GOP's cruel inaction force millions of Californians to go hungry.

California’s Cannabis Task Force continues work removing illegal cannabis from circulation and seizing illicit firearms and pesticides.

California will keep protecting consumers and public safety while supporting our legal cannabis market.

I'm proud to help lead the United Nations' #COP30 Local Leaders Forum next month in Brazil.

Regional leaders — from mayors to governors — are uniquely able to turn ambitious plans to tackle the climate crisis into reality at the local level.

California is all-hands-on-deck in this fight.