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Laurel Rosenhall

2 years

Thrilled to share that I’m taking on a new role with the @LATimes as Sacramento bureau chief, overseeing coverage of California politics and the state Capitol with a sharp editor and a terrific team of reporters.

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2 years

. @LaurelRosenhall has been named @latimes Sacramento bureau chief and @philwillon promoted to assistant editor. 🎉🎉 More in the memo:

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

3 years

Personal news: After years of flawless service, the Tooth Fairy hit a rough patch this week.

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@LaurelRosenhall

2 years

The children of Sacramento will be locked out of school for a 4th day tomorrow due to strikes. The adults of Sacramento are choosing to make 40,000 children the victims of the adults’ dysfunction.

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4 years

First, Newsom's kids go back to school while millions of families are stuck at home... Then he dines with a dozen friends while telling the rest of us not to ⬇️

Alexei Koseff

@akoseff

4 years

Gov. @GavinNewsom attended a birthday dinner for one of his political advisers last week with at least a dozen people from several different households, the type of gathering his administration has discouraged during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

3 years

Democrat Gloria Romero, a former CA legislator & longtime charter school advocate, cut an ad supporting GOP candidate Larry Elder in the #RecallElection . Elder's campaign tells me this ad will air "in nearly every major media market in the state" ⤵️

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@LaurelRosenhall

3 years

Excited to share that I will join the Los Angeles Times editorial board to write opinion pieces on California politics & policy. Reporting for @CalMatters — and helping it grow from a tiny startup to a powerhouse of California journalism — has been a huge joy. Ever grateful.🙏

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

4 years

Overheard while waiting in line to enter grocery store: “Can you believe those bastards went to Maui to discuss this? We’re all here on lockdown and they went to Maui.” (Not talking to me, btw. Just talking to someone else in line.)

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

6 years

News: Republican Assemblyman Brian Maienschein is becoming a Democrat, multiple sources have told me. That will give Dems a whopping 61 of 80 seats in the CA Assembly. #CAleg #capolitics

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

4 years

Progressive California: A mom has her crying 1-month old baby on the floor in the middle of the night bc it's the only way she can cast a vote. And the Assembly is rejecting a bill to give workers job protection during family leave.

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

3 years

So... I found out that the CA Secretary of State's office keeps a public list of all the politicians, lobbyists and campaign donors who owe outstanding fines for filing their disclosure reports late. I downloaded the spreadsheet and went to work.

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

4 years

As doctors urge Americans to stem the spread of COVID by wearing masks and avoiding social gatherings, their California lobbyist dined with Newsom at the French Laundry

Unmasked: Doctors' association execs joined Newsom at lobbyist's birthday bash

Two California Medical Association executives attended the Nov. 6 French Laundry birthday dinner party along with Gov. Gavin Newsom.

calmatters.org

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

3 years

@ShawnHubler Yes, T.F. has deployed her crisis communications team!

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

5 years

My attempt to explain what the heck a #SuspenseFile is to colleagues new to covering the #CAleg

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

3 years

A moment of gratitude for all the local news reporters in San Francisco who diligently covered the school board — not just this week but throughout the last 2 years — demonstrating the vital role journalist watchdogs play in their communities 🙏🏼

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

3 years

Gov. @GavinNewsom signs law deleting the word "alien" from CA state laws, replacing it w/ “noncitizen” or “immigrant.” "By changing this term, we are ensuring California’s laws reflect our state’s values,” he says.

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

4 years

Former Assembly GOP leader @ChadMayes (left Republican Party last year) calls out President Trump’s “big lie,” says he incited insurrection as he intros resolution supporting impeachment or 25th Am removal from office

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

3 years

San Francisco women are having a MOMENT 🇺🇸

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

2 years

Another factor in the recall of SF DA Chesa Boudin tonight: It may also show the weakness of the ranked choice voting system. Boudin was elected in 2019 with just 36% of voters picking him in 1st place. ➡️So a majority have always preferred someone else.

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

4 years

So today, a nursing mom and a 1 month old baby are working in a Capitol where there have been recent COVID cases... because the Assembly won't allow her any other way to vote.

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

2 years

For 30 years, CA has elected senators from a largely white, moneyed political class in the Bay Area. @SenAlexPadilla 's election marks a big shift, and "a soaring achievement for himself and California Latinos," @LATSeema @racheluranga report

Alex Padilla made history with his U.S. Senate win. What it means for Latinos

The election of Alex Padilla, the first Latino elected to the Senate from California, marks a landmark achievement and a shift in the state's power center.

www.latimes.com

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

2 years

Today Newsom is signing several bills that are priorities to the women's caucus, a source tells me. **But not the one making it possible for low-wage workers to take paid family leave.** Background:

Editorial: Congress failed the nation on family policy. Will California show the way?

Gov. Newsom should approve a plan to make family leave affordable to more Californians.

www.latimes.com

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

6 years

Stunning piece by @NickKristof that should gnaw at the conscience of the Democrats who run California.

Nicholas Kristof

@NickKristof

6 years

Governor Brown, @JerryBrownGov , so much evidence that this man on death row was framed by cops for a quadruple murder. Why do you refuse to allow advanced DNA testing that might settle who did it?

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

3 years

Newsom's legal team so far: 1. Did not appeal judge's ruling giving recall supporters extra time to collect signatures, effectively letting the recall get on the ballot 2. Failed to identify Newsom as a Democrat on his paperwork, as allowed by a law signed by Newsom himself

Nick Cahill

@NickCahill_5

3 years

Story is up @CourthouseNews

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

4 years

The 3 new Senators from California and Georgia will be sworn in this afternoon by VP @KamalaHarris , giving Dems full control of federal gov't and making lots of history: - first Latino senator from CA - first Black senator from GA - first Jewish senator from GA

Igor Bobic

@igorbobic

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Warnock, Padilla, and Ossoff

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

3 years

Turns out California’s highest murder rate right now is in one of the state’s most conservative regions

CalMatters

@CalMatters

3 years

Bakersfield, the largest city in Kern County with about 380,000 residents, set a record in 2020 with 45 homicides. This year, it blew past that: By late November, 57 homicides had been recorded

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

8 years

"Federal government, just copy us. Come to California," @Schwarzenegger says of climate policy.

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

5 years

4 yrs ago I took a risk & joined a tiny nonprofit journalism startup called @CalMatters . I believed we could tell powerful stories to inform Californians about their government, to help them understand who makes decisions & how they get made. We've done a lot since then. THREAD

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

3 years

Newsom has about 700 bills to sign or veto in the next 3 and a half weeks

Gavin Newsom

@GavinNewsom

3 years

Now, let’s get back to work.

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

3 years

Anyone who thinks one-party rule in Sacramento is simple.... here's a short thread about some bills that died this week in California's supermajority Democratic legislature....

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

3 years

Why did the coyote and the badger cross the road? To make a super cute video, of course!

CalMatters

@CalMatters

3 years

The California budget has new funding to build animal overpasses and underpasses, including $2M to build a tunnel for deer and mountain lions to pass under Highway 17 in the Santa Cruz Mountains

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@LaurelRosenhall

3 years

Romero has long defied political norms by criticizing leaders of her own party, and many political insiders dismiss her as an oddball. But voters will likely see this ad with a different lense: A Democrat (& a Latina) calling out Newsom's hypocrisy on school closures.

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

3 years

Turns out there's $2 million in fines that the state has not collected from these political players -- and many of the debts have been sitting around for years with no consequences to the people who owe them. "It’s definitely an illustration of privilege,” @nminsker said.

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

4 years

Newsom apologized for attending the event, saying he "made a bad mistake." ... Medical association staff ignored my questions for days, only responding this morning after @BillFOXLA published photos showing their lobbyist & CEO at the dinner.

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

3 years

Wrote my first editorial for the @LATimes

L.A. Times Opinion

@latimesopinion

3 years

Editorial: California lawmakers wine and dine with lobbyists in Maui. Why is this legal?

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

5 years

Lots of smiles from female legislators as Gov ⁦ @GavinNewsom ⁩ and ⁦ @JenSiebelNewsom ⁩ announce that state budget will lift taxes on diapers and menstrual products—issues ⁦ @LorenaSGonzalez ⁩ and ⁦ @AsmGarcia ⁩ have been pushing for years

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

5 years

One of my goals in covering the CA Capitol is to explain how money flows in state politics. I noticed a lot of new nonprofits forming w/ ties to politicians, funded largely by corporations & unions that lobby the Legislature.

The new thing for California politicians? Sweet charity

Nonprofits set up by legislators and staffers are testing campaign finance laws even as they underwrite good works. Here as elsewhere, they're on the rise.

calmatters.org

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

3 years

That'll show em. Political ethics regulators are asking @Uber to pay $545 to settle a complaint that the company spammed its customers with Prop 22 info last year without properly identifying who paid for the ads.

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

3 years

Does CA really need 1,000 new laws each year? With #CAleg back in action today, we urge lawmakers to prioritize impactful bills that will meaningfully improve our state — and resist the urge to rack up goodies for favored lobbyists or interest groups

Editorial: Hey, California lawmakers. Less is more

The Legislature should put quality over quantity and prioritize impactful bills that will meaningfully improve our state.

www.latimes.com

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

5 years

Another chapter of parenting while legislating: Asm. ⁦ @BuffyWicks ⁩ you have a runaway on aisle 1 😬

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

6 years

Truly remarkable. California’s top lawyer is using his immense power to 1) intimidate journalists and 2) protect convicted criminals

Casey Tolan

@caseytolan

6 years

Attorney General Xavier Becerra isn't ruling out legal action against journalists over police conviction data that they received through a public records request:

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

5 years

Women now make up 31.6% of the California legislature. Doesn't sound like much, but it's a huge leap from 2 years ago, when women accounted for just 22.5% of the 120 members. Here's a chart I made in 2017, showing steep decline:

Copy: by Calmatters Team - Infogram

infogram.com

California Legislative Women's Caucus

@CaWomensCaucus

5 years

Congratulations Megan Dahle! Your #AD1 special election win last night brings the bipartisan @CaWomensCaucus to a historic number of elected women—38! 🎉 We look forward to working with you.

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

3 years

Trolling the press for accurately reporting what the Governor said is... not a good look.

Governor Newsom Press Office

@GovPressOffice

3 years

🚨Misleading Headline🚨 California is reopening June 15th. Get vaccinated, get ready, end of the tunnel is right around the corner.

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

3 years

Do you mean fight with words, Assemblyman? Bc some opponents of past vaccine bills have engaged in acts of physical aggression — dumping blood on the senate floor, shoving a lawmaker on the streets outside the Capitol, etc.

Kevin Kiley

@KevinKileyCA

3 years

Lawmakers are suggesting they'll try to remove any personal belief exemption from the student vaccine mandate when we return in January. Get ready to fight.

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

4 years

My kid just asked me why the Assembly livestream I'm watching is muted and I explained they still haven't started 10 AM session yet. "So it's normal for them to always be late?" "Yeah" "That's not a great look"

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

2 years

Weinstein convicted of rape in one case — but not 3 others. The jury could not reach a verdict on the charges stemming from Siebel Newsom’s allegations, with eight in favor of convicting Weinstein and four opposed.

Harvey Weinstein convicted of rape in Los Angeles

Harvey Weinstein was convicted of multiple charges of sexual assault and cleared of others, closing out a significant chapter in the #MeToo movement that saw the former Hollywood mogul's career...

www.latimes.com

James Queally (is on Dad Leave!)

@JamesQueallyLAT

2 years

Statement from Jennifer Newsom: “Harvey Weinstein will never be able to rape another woman. He will spend the rest of his life behind bars where he belongs. Harvey Weinstein is a serial predator and what he did was rape." (1/2)

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@LaurelRosenhall

3 years

California becomes first state in the nation to require COVID-19 vaccines for students, Gov. @GavinNewsom announces today

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

4 years

If you’ve ever used Uber, Lyft, Instacart, Postmates or Doordash, the companies possess your phone number, email and credit card info — not to mention your food preferences and travels. Now they're using some of that data to try to convince you to exempt them from CA labor law.

CalMatters

@CalMatters

4 years

California voters are used to being lobbied by corporate behemoths. But the gig economy titans bankrolling #Prop22 have a secret weapon: your data profile.

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

6 years

I've seen lots of tweets from folks complaining that national media aren't covering #CarrFire despite the horrendous threat it poses to so many Californians. This is why you need local news, folks.

Sam Stanton

@StantonSam

6 years

As always, we've had reporters and photographers working through the night and in to today to bring you the latest on California's wildfires. This would be a great time to go to and consider a digital subscription.

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

4 years

Executive director of the CA Republican Party ⤵️

Cynthia Bryant

@cebryant

4 years

Or enough cabinet members and the Veep invoke the 25th.

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

3 years

Asked about Musk move to TX, Newsom notes the hundreds of millions of dollars in tax credits California has given Tesla: "Our regulatory environment helped create that company, and grow that company."

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

2 years

5 years ago #CAleg had more white men named Jim than Black and Asian American women combined. Just 22% of CA lawmakers were women. On Monday, a record-breaking number of women will be sworn in. Now, women = 42% Here's how things have changed so much:

California Politics: Huge gains for women in the Legislature

A new class of California lawmakers will include more women than ever before

www.latimes.com

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

6 years

🏄‍♀️ You thought it was a big deal when @JerryBrownGov made surfing the official sport of CA? An obscure state government panel just forced #EqualPay for women #surfers 🏄‍♂️

California just forced equal pay for female surfers. Could that change other games?

The state's requiring equal prize money for men and women to hold the Mavericks surf contest on a public beach. Will it set a precedent for other sports?

calmatters.org

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@LaurelRosenhall

4 years

California’s next Secretary of State Shirley Weber introduces herself by sharing anecdote from her sharecropper family’s history in Jim Crow south: her grandfather never got to vote... and now she’s on the cusp of becoming the top elections official in nation’s largest state

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

3 years

Latino voters, btw, could play a big role in deciding this election -- so both sides are trying to win Latino votes

Could Latino voters make the difference in whether Newsom survives California’s recall election?

Gov. Newsom is trying to secure a voting bloc that backed him in 2018, but Republicans see an opening in communities hit hard by COVID.

calmatters.org

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

4 years

Assembly member Wicks asked Assembly leaders for permission to vote by proxy. She was denied, her spokesperson told me, "on the grounds that maternity leave is not eligible for proxy voting."

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

3 years

Newsom acknowledges that some capacity restrictions may remain in effect after June 15, even though he’s been saying they will end. Also: he’s not ending the state of emergency declared at beginning of the pandemic. So.... June 15 sounding like not totally back to normal in CA

Ben Christopher

@FromBenC

3 years

Good questions from @adambeam on whether the governor will consider issuing an executive order to clarify or override the OSHA-issued rules. Newsom declined to answer the EO question but added: "We never said we were never going to consider some modifications post-June 15."

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

4 years

How about holding some school classes outside? I have yet to hear a government official at any level seriously address that option, despite California's beautiful climate.

Kathleen Ronayne

@kronayne

4 years

California officials are teasing that they are going to start allowing more outdoor activities in the "red tier" but offering no specifics on what that looks like.

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

4 years

Results are not final in all CA ballot measures, but it looks like voters sided with every position that paid NAACP president Alice Huffman as a campaign consultant: No on 15, 21, 23, 25 and Yes on 22

Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

4 years

Here are updated totals for campaign payments to Huffman's firm this year. You have likely seen her on ads touting the @NAACP endorsement:

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

5 years

2/3 of the seats are blocked off in the CA Governor’s press conference room

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@LaurelRosenhall

3 years

New secretary of state @DrShirleyWeber told me she's going to look into how the system can be improved: “What good is a fining system, if you can’t enforce it?” Here's the story:

California politicians owe $2 million in campaign fines, don’t get punished

A CalMatters analysis shows the state has a broken system to collect unpaid penalties for late campaign reports.

calmatters.org

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

3 years

The Assembly is done for the year, and in my many years of covering the Legislature I have *** NEVER *** seen a last night of session end before 9 PM. 😵

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

2 years

I think my mailman will be happy when this election is over

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

3 years

Watching #caleg end of session from home which means my family just watched a blitz of bills pass over our spaghetti dinner. Kid: “So every day they just make more laws?” Me: “yep, pretty much” Kid: “is there ever any limit? Are they just going to make more laws forever?”

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@LaurelRosenhall

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The campaign to recall San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin “is a battle over facts versus feelings,” ⁦writes @miriampawel ⁩

Op-Ed: If criminal justice reform can't survive in San Francisco, can it survive anywhere?

The June 7 recall referendum on San Francisco Dist. Atty. Chesa Boudin holds significance far beyond one city.

www.latimes.com

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

1 year

Have you ever driven your kid's carpool to sports practice while livestreaming an Assembly floor session and telling your child to screen grab vote tallies on your phone and explaining what "on call" means? Good times✌️

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

4 years

Today seems marks a turn in tone for Gov. Newsom, acknowledging shortcomings in CA’s response to the virus with the vast shortage of tests and putting up a website asking the public for tips on procuring medical supplies

Emily Hoeven

@emily_hoeven

4 years

. @GavinNewsom : "We have tested 126,000 people in CA. It isn't enough, and as your governor I own that. Many people have had to wait 12 days for results, frustrating you and frustrating me. So I formed a task force led by private and public sector leaders."

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

4 years

I've done a little more research since my last tweet raising q's about this, so here is a short thread...

Buffy Wicks

@BuffyWicks

4 years

Yep, I’m here! (And so is Elly)

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4 years

My talented hubs Jeff Rosenhall captures the Golden State mood

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

3 years

Very honored by this recognition. Thanks to my @CalMatters editors for encouraging me to pursue enterprise and accountability stories that explain power dynamics at the California Capitol.

Sacramento Press Club

@SacPressClub

3 years

Congratulations @LaurelRosenhall of @CalMatters for winning "Best Daily Beat Reporting" Here’s one of her winning stories:

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@LaurelRosenhall

4 years

Press freedom: After reporters were shot with rubber bullets & tear gassed while covering recent protests, a new bill in CA would make that a crime

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

11 months

I’m in the traveling press corps with the indefatigable ⁦ @Elex_Michaelson ⁩ who is shooting live TV hits from our moving vehicle and producing entire TV segments with an iPhone and a laptop

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

4 years

Huffman's last year as CA NAACP prez was incredibly successful for her political consulting biz. Every ballot measure campaign she worked on won. Results: - No new tax $ for schools - No expansion of rent control - Exempt gig companies from labor law - Maintain cash bail system

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

3 years

California has long been one of just 4 states lacking a system to take the badge away from police officers for misconduct. That changes today, as @GavinNewsom signs #SB2 by Sen. @ElectBradford Backstory here from @robertianlewis ⤵️

Fired: New law lets California decertify police for serious misconduct

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law allowing California to join the vast majority of states that can permanently remove police from their jobs.

calmatters.org

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

4 years

Newsom walking off to Wilco's "California Stars" -- the same song from his 2018 election ads -- just removed any possible doubt that this unusual State of the State speech is the kickoff to his don't-recall-me campaign. #CApolitics #CAgov

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

4 years

Newsom’s economic adviser explains his sudden resignation earlier this year, with a personal call to de-stigmatize depression and anxiety

Commentary: I faced a challenge one out of every three people in America has: depression and anxiety

As our country wrestles with serious issues, it has never been more urgent for business and economic leaders to move beyond platitudes on mental health.

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

3 years

21 judges and 26 lawmakers owe outstanding fines as of April 1, according to the list.

unpaid fines judges by Calmatters Team - Infogram

infogram.com

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

6 years

“The things we do for votes,” ⁦ @GavinNewsom ⁩ says as he appears in Sacramento in Batman costume with Darrell Steinberg. “Unbelievable.”

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

4 years

ICYMI because you were doing something normal at 11:30 PM instead of watching the legislature on livestream: this moment was quite the cherry on top of this nursing-mother-can't-work-from-home-during-a-pandemic thread

Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

4 years

With baby crying on her shoulder, Wicks begs colleagues to support housing bill S.B. 1120: “Please please please pass this bill, and I’m going to go finish feeding my daughter.”

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

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He’s been a moderate Republican throughout his years in the Assembly, and has worked closely with Dems in the past. Still, the repudiation if the GOP brand in California is noteworthy.

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

6 years

This new law by @KevinMcCartyCA follows outstanding reporting by @Calefati @mercnews about for-profit charter schools taking public money but barely educating students #journalism #impact

CalMatters

@CalMatters

6 years

. @JerryBrownGov signs into law #AB406 , which bans for-profit companies from running charter schools in California

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

2 years

Tiny nugget in #CAleg agenda for today reflects CA's loss in decade-long battle over dark money: 2013: AG Kamala Harris says Koch nonprofit AFP must disclose donors. Koch sues. 2021: SCOTUS rules for Kochs, against CA Today: Assembly to approve $8 mil payout for Koch atty fees

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

4 years

This thread raises questions the Assembly leadership should answer: Are members on maternity leave not allowed to vote by proxy? They need to bring an infant into a congregant setting during a pandemic to represent constituents?

Buffy Wicks

@BuffyWicks

4 years

Yep, I’m here! (And so is Elly)

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

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“Effective immediately, Senate Rules will no longer be handling complaints of sexual abuse or assault. Instead, an independent outside legal team will investigate any and all allegations and make findings and recommendations to resolve and, where appropriate, discipline."

Senator Kevin de León

@CAptEmeritus

7 years

Statement from Members of the Senate Rules Committee:

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

4 years

Am I crazy for finding this totally absurd? Gov. Newsom is signing bills today in a ceremony that is streaming online and his press office is telling reporters not to share the livestream link with the public even though IT'S ON THE INTERNET.

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

5 years

Just told my kids that when they go to high school, the school day will have to start at 8:30 AM or later. One kid: "Yay!" Other kid: "I don't think they should tell all the schools when to start. They should let each school decide what's most convenient."

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

3 years

🚨Shocking allegations against Alma Hernandez, who has been an influential insider in CA politics for many years as a leader of SEIU

Lara Korte

@lara_korte

3 years

!!! Leader of California’s largest union resigns amid tax fraud, embezzlement charges

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

4 years

The legislature spent a year & lots of tax dollars creating a workplace conduct unit to investigate allegations of sexual misconduct by members. Mr. Speaker should say if allegations against Ting will be investigated, otherwise he appears to be dismissing them with a tweet.

Anthony Rendon

@RendonAD62

4 years

The allegations in a right-wing blog appear designed to undermine our efforts to bring greater economic justice to working people. Rest assured, we will not be distracted or deterred from our mission.

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

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Excited to share a new project I've been working on — a narrative podcast that will follow the effort in the CA Capitol to reduce police shootings. Please listen to the trailer & subscribe so you will catch the 1st Episode when it drops!

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

4 years

Newsom's answer on schools shows why the press corps desperately needs the ability to ask follow ups during these pandemic press conferences. The Gov is rehashing months old budgent news w/out addressing recent pleas for him to be more politically engaged in school reopenings.

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

6 years

It was just a few weeks ago that California’s Chief Justice left the GOP

Chief justice of the California Supreme Court leaves the Republican Party, citing Kavanaugh

California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye has quietly given up her Republican registration and re-registered as a no-party preference voter, citing the Kavanaugh U.S. Supreme Court nomination and...

calmatters.org

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

2 years

Another great night for nepotism in #CAleg w/ these children of current/former legislators taking 1st place: - Daniel Hertzberg in San Fernando Valley - Josh Lowenthal in Long Beach - Diane Papan in San Mateo

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

4 years

Re-upping my helpful chart because it's that time again

Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

5 years

My attempt to explain what the heck a #SuspenseFile is to colleagues new to covering the #CAleg

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

4 years

With baby crying on her shoulder, Wicks begs colleagues to support housing bill S.B. 1120: “Please please please pass this bill, and I’m going to go finish feeding my daughter.”

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

4 years

Wicks knew the family leave bill was on shaky ground and wanted to help it pass, so that more Californians could have an experience like her own — at home with her newborn, confident she could return to her job when her maternity leave was done.

Nail-biter for family leave bill reveals tough realities for working moms

Why did a lawmaker need to bring her newborn to the COVID-exposed state Capitol to do her job? To help pass a new family leave law.

calmatters.org

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

7 years

Today was the strongest anti-Trump rhetoric I’ve heard so far from @JerryBrownGov , who generally has been cautious about criticizing the Trump Admin. He repeatedly said Jeff Sessions is telling “lies” and chastised him for bringing the “mendacity of Washington” to CA.

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

4 years

Which makes you wonder: If Democrats who want to go on record supporting family leave job protection had actually voted for family leave job protection... maybe a nursing mother & her infant wouldn't have had to come to a COVID-exposed Capitol to cast a vote.

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

4 years

More #CAleg observations from my kid who is watching session livestream with me: "Doesn't that set a bad example to the public if they don't vote?"

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

3 years

This was the least showy announcement Newsom has delivered in a long time. No scenic backdrop. No livestream. No press questions. Just a press release announcing a fracking ban he said he didn’t have the power to do in September.

CalMatters

@CalMatters

3 years

California will stop approving new oil fracking by 2024 under an executive order that Gov. Gavin Newsom announced today with little fanfare following months of confusing mixed messages

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

6 years

A+ trolling right here from @SenateRepCaucus @CAGOP as @CA_Dem talks about boycotting California's favorite burger chain

Andy Vidak

@SenAndyVidak

6 years

Big thanks to my friend @CASenatorJim for buying delicious In-n-Out for everyone! 🍟🍔🥤💪🏻

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Laurel Rosenhall

@LaurelRosenhall

4 years

This is the GOP governor whose anti-immigrant policies inspired a generation of Latino Californians to get into politics, eventually helping to build massive Democratic majorities in the statehouse

Carla ‘Bluechecked’ Marinucci

@cmarinucci

4 years

Former CA Governor Pete Wilson endorses @RealDonaldTrump , says president has 'very good judgment'

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