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Gov. Greg Abbott has also asked the Texas Supreme Court to declare vacant the seat of state Rep. Gene Wu, the chair of the Texas House Democratic Caucus.[aside postID=news_12050983 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/GavinNewsomSacramentoAug2025AP.jpg']Pelosi said Thursday that the House Democratic Caucus had selected Bay Area Rep. 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The state’s voter-approved independent redistricting commission, which advocates against political gerrymandering, is now caught in the middle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12051012\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 320px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12051012 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/320Jeanne-Headshot-320x320-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/320Jeanne-Headshot-320x320-1.jpg 320w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/320Jeanne-Headshot-320x320-1-160x160.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jeanne Raya, former chair of California’s first independent redistricting commission. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Jeanne Raya)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 2008, California voters first approved a ballot measure that removed the power of state legislators to draw their own seats. (In Texas, state lawmakers are currently responsible for redrawing congressional districts.) Two years later, California voters decided to expand the commission’s authority to include congressional maps. This measure garnered over 66% support statewide, according to political data analyst Paul Mitchell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Raya said the maps drawn up during her tenure survived multiple challenges until the next commission began its work in 2020. She said the group’s non-partisan approach, based on population changes and in compliance with the federal Voting Rights Act, helped represent more communities of color that the political system had historically overlooked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We did draw districts that reflected communities of interest that had not previously had the attention they should have because legislators were drawing districts to choose voters that would assure incumbents staying in office,” Raya said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The commission’s past work resulted, for example, in three more \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2021/12/california-redistricting-final-maps/\">Latino-majority districts\u003c/a> in the Central Valley. 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We’re in a deficit, and we’re going to think about spending a lot of money to put up an initiative that is the governor’s initiative or the legislature’s initiative. So [that’s] partisan right there, as opposed to an initiative from the people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The redistricting moves have also drawn criticism from Republicans. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/kevin-kiley\">California Rep. Kevin Kiley, R-Rocklin\u003c/a>, whose seat would be in jeopardy, said he plans to introduce a bill that would invalidate any new political maps drawn up before the 2030 Census. He’s also opposed to throwing out the independent commission to return power to politicians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t think it was a good thing, regardless of which state is doing it, whether it’s a red state or a blue state,” Kiley told KQED. “Constantly shifting around district lines based upon when you think it’s politically convenient, it’s a really unhealthy thing for democracy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Raya supports a proposal like Kiley’s and believes the redistricting drama goes against most Californians’ values.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The idea of doing this sort of as retribution for what’s happening in Texas — we’ve seen what retribution politics looks like on the federal level. 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(The only other Bay Area sheriff on that list is Solano County Sheriff Tom Ferrara.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an interview with KQED on Friday, Miyamoto said he and other sheriffs signed a letter of support for Bianco, but his endorsement has limits: as a professional courtesy to a fellow law enforcement officer and member of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.calsheriffs.org/%5C\">California State Sheriffs Association\u003c/a>, the nonprofit professional organization representing all of California’s 58 elected sheriffs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t support him in terms of political affiliation or political party,” Miyamoto said. “This is coming from the fact that we’re both sheriffs working together in a sheriffs’ association.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Miyamoto’s endorsement raised eyebrows considering Bianco’s staunch support of President Trump, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/riverside-county-sheriff-says-hes-ready-to-put-a-felon-in-the-white-house/\">saying\u003c/a> in a video posted to social media last year, “I think it’s time we put a felon in the White House” as Trump sought a second term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12027241\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12027241\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/GettyImages-2177538092-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1573\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/GettyImages-2177538092-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/GettyImages-2177538092-800x492.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/GettyImages-2177538092-1020x627.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/GettyImages-2177538092-160x98.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/GettyImages-2177538092-1536x944.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/GettyImages-2177538092-2048x1258.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/GettyImages-2177538092-1920x1180.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco addresses supporters of U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a rally in Coachella, California, on Oct. 12, 2024. \u003ccite>(Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Bianco was also previously a \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/10/06/1043651361/oath-keepers-california-sheriff-chad-bianco-january-6-us-capitol\">paying member of the Oath Keepers\u003c/a>, one of the groups responsible for the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, among several other \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/06/riverside-california-sheriff-chad-bianco-coroner\">scandals\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bianco was elected Riverside’s sheriff in 2018. By then, the department had already been under a federal consent decree for two years due to conditions in the county jails. That decree remains active to this day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2022, at least 19 people died while held in Riverside County detention facilities. In response, Bianco used social media to shift blame from his department, even blaming the deceased and their families.[aside postID=news_12050346 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/GavinNewsomRobBontaGetty.jpg']The following year, California Attorney General Rob Bonta \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-launches-civil-rights-investigation-riverside-county\">announced\u003c/a> his office was opening a civil rights investigation into the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office to determine if it had “engaged in a pattern or practice of unconstitutional policing amid deeply concerning allegations relating to conditions of confinement in its jail facilities, excessive force, and other misconduct.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a video posted to social media, Bianco — wearing his sheriff’s uniform — has \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/riverside-county-sheriff-says-hes-ready-to-put-a-felon-in-the-white-house/\">called Bonta\u003c/a> “an embarrassment to law enforcement.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A board vote on Wednesday to establish whether Riverside County needed an oversight committee and inspector general to oversee the sheriff’s office failed. Bianco called the move \u003ca href=\"https://www.kvcrnews.org/2025-07-30/riverside-county-sheriff-oversight-committee-motion-fails\">“anti-law enforcement,”\u003c/a> according to NPR affiliate KVCR.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Miyamoto said he considers Bianco a friend whom he connected with through the quarterly meetings of the state sheriff’s association, and sees benefits in his relationship with Bianco, even if they don’t see eye-to-eye politically. In a \u003ca href=\"https://www.calsheriffs.org/about-us-mission-statement/\">group photo\u003c/a> on the CSSA website, Miyamoto is standing behind Bianco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One thing about law enforcement and public safety is that all sheriffs are consistent in wanting to keep their community safe,” Miyamoto said, “We all have different constituencies, but we have the underlying foundation of all working towards keeping people safe, and that’s something I know that Chad Bianco is earnest about.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12050730\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1300px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12050730\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/Placer_County_CSSA_2025_Sheriff_Group_Shot_Website.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1300\" height=\"867\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/Placer_County_CSSA_2025_Sheriff_Group_Shot_Website.jpg 1300w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/Placer_County_CSSA_2025_Sheriff_Group_Shot_Website-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1300px) 100vw, 1300px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A group photo of the California State Sheriffs’ Association, a nonprofit professional organization comprised of the 58 sheriffs, along with thousands of law-abiding citizens throughout the state. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the California State Sheriffs' Association)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Miyamoto said he stands by his endorsement of Bianco from a law enforcement perspective, but he won’t be supporting his candidacy any further, including campaigning or donating to his campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m a true-blue Democrat,” Miyamoto said, emphasizing he is not supportive of President Trump, “and what he [Trump] represents.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week, Kamala Harris, the former vice president, San Francisco district attorney, and California attorney general, said \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12030198/prewrite-kamala-harris-enters-california-governor-race-upending-democratic-landscape\">she wouldn’t be running for governor,\u003c/a> which Bianco called “the first right decision in a career full of wrong ones.” The state needs “real leadership – grounded in public safety, common sense, and accountability – not more empty promises from the political elite,” Bianco continued in a social media post. “I’m running to fix what they broke.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While local political columnists have \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/joegarofoli/article/paul-miyamoto-chad-bianco-20796990.php\">highlighted \u003c/a>Bianco’s slim chances of being elected in left-leaning California, Miyamoto said relating to a “Governor Bianco” would be just as similar as his interactions with Sheriff Bianco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even if we have polarizing or differences of opinion or approaches to things, being able to present different perspectives at a table is where we really work on meaningful change, and not one-sided or politically based change,” he said. “So I’m absolutely looking forward to doing something like that. 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The switches can be made illegally on a 3D printer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters say the bill targets only a narrow category of guns that are increasingly used in violent crimes. But critics argue the proposal opens the door to broader restrictions on all semi-automatic handguns. That, they say, potentially includes other popular models like the one Gov. Gavin Newsom \u003ca href=\"https://www.kcra.com/article/gavin-newsom-first-gun-shawn-ryan-podcast/65417617\">recently got as a gift\u003c/a> from a conservative podcaster. Newsom hasn’t indicated whether he’ll sign the measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Semi-automatic handguns require a shooter to pull the trigger to fire each round. Fully automatic weapons, sometimes called machine guns, will keep firing as long as the trigger is depressed. Automatic weapons are already illegal under state and federal laws for everyone except special permit holders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Illegally modified, fully-automatic Glock-style handguns have been used in several high-profile shootings, including a \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Sacramento_shooting\">2022 gang gunfight \u003c/a>outside a Sacramento nightclub a few blocks from the Capitol. The shooting killed six people and wounded another 12.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12032574\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/092623_Newsom-Gun-Bill-Signing_MG_CM_11-copy.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12032574\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/092623_Newsom-Gun-Bill-Signing_MG_CM_11-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/092623_Newsom-Gun-Bill-Signing_MG_CM_11-copy.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/092623_Newsom-Gun-Bill-Signing_MG_CM_11-copy-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/092623_Newsom-Gun-Bill-Signing_MG_CM_11-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/092623_Newsom-Gun-Bill-Signing_MG_CM_11-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/092623_Newsom-Gun-Bill-Signing_MG_CM_11-copy-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/092623_Newsom-Gun-Bill-Signing_MG_CM_11-copy-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov. Gavin Newsom is seen during a press conference where he signed new gun legislation into law at the Capitol Annex Swing Space in Sacramento on Sept. 26, 2023. \u003ccite>(Miguel Gutierrez Jr./CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But Glocks also are among the most popular handguns sold in California. Gun rights advocates say there are already more than 1 million in circulation in California – and only a tiny fraction of them have been illegally modified. As an example of how popular Glocks are, Harris, while she was running for president, told “\u003ca href=\"https://x.com/KamalaHarris/status/1843450339774574637?lang=en\">60 Minutes\u003c/a>” last year that she owned a Glock and that she had shot it. A Harris spokesperson didn’t respond to interview requests or to a question about whether she still owns the gun.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pending proposal would not prohibit Harris or others who already own Glocks from keeping theirs. They could also sell used ones to others in private-party transactions. Californians just couldn’t buy a new one. It’s unclear how many Glocks are sold in California each year since regulators and gun manufacturers don’t publicly report statewide sales numbers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Police widely carry Glocks in California, but they would be exempt from the restrictions.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What about Gavin Newsom’s new gun?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The measure’s lead author, Assemblymember \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/jesse-gabriel-160858\">Jesse Gabriel\u003c/a>, a Democrat representing the Encino area, told the Senate Judiciary Committee this month that if gun manufacturers don’t like the ban, they can redesign their weapons to make them less easy to convert to machine guns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Most handgun designs don’t have this issue, and this legislation is narrowly focused on a limited number of designs that are exceptionally easy to modify,” \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/hearings/259600?t=741&f=c1e987ca3b48e651d52170abc5ee7c70\">he said\u003c/a>. “Sadly, certain actors in the gun industry have known about this issue for decades and have refused to do anything meaningful to address it.”[aside postID=news_12049635 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/CaliforniaAmmoAP.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gun rights advocates say Glock has already redesigned new models to be incompatible with the switches, but the California Department of Justice hasn’t included those weapons \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/firearms/certified-handguns/search\">on its list of handguns\u003c/a> that can be purchased in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://stateline.org/2025/04/23/states-move-to-outlaw-popular-glock-switches-that-make-some-guns-fully-automatic/\">More than two dozen states\u003c/a>, including California, have already banned Glock switches, but California would be the first state to ban the gun. \u003ca href=\"https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S399/amendment/A\">A similar bill introduced\u003c/a> in New York has stalled in the state’s Senate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California bill, which has 12 Democratic co-authors and co-sponsors, has already passed the Assembly with only Republicans voting against it. It’s poised to do the same in the Senate, putting it on a path next month to go to the desk of the state’s newest high-profile handgun owner, Newsom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This month, conservative podcaster Shawn Ryan gave Newsom a Sig Sauer P365-Xmacro handgun while the two recorded an hourslong podcast in Tennessee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The handgun wouldn’t fall under the provisions of AB 1127. The weapon’s mechanisms are designed differently than a Glock’s and switches made for Glocks don’t work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Sam Paredes, the executive director of Gun Owners of California, which opposes the bill, said it’s possible someone could design an illegal converter for Newsom’s gun some day. Plus, many semi-automatic handguns can be converted to fully automatic with the right tools and know-how, if someone wants to risk a felony charge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12050684\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1536px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/020123-Bonta-Newsom-Portantino-Gun-Laws-MG-10-CM.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12050684\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/020123-Bonta-Newsom-Portantino-Gun-Laws-MG-10-CM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/020123-Bonta-Newsom-Portantino-Gun-Laws-MG-10-CM.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/020123-Bonta-Newsom-Portantino-Gun-Laws-MG-10-CM-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov. Gavin Newsom addresses the media during a press conference announcing new gun legislation targeting the state’s public carry laws on Feb. 1, 2023. \u003ccite>(Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He said it will be up to the office of Attorney General Rob Bonta to decide what handguns to ban for sale in California, should Newsom sign Gabriel’s bill into law. Bonta supports the proposal. Bonta’s office didn’t return a message, but in a letter in support of the bill he wrote that “California has one of the lowest rates of firearms deaths in the nation and that is due to our strong common sense gun safety laws.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These laws are effective and save lives,” Bonta wrote. “Prohibiting this dangerous design flaw is an integral step in keeping automatic weapons off our streets.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Gun advocates don’t like Newsom\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Asked if he will sign the ban on new Glocks, Newsom’s press office said that his office doesn’t usually comment on pending legislation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The governor left the firearm in Tennessee in Shawn’s possession,” said Newsom spokesperson Izzy Gardon. “He is working to ensure it is properly transferred in accordance with California law and will take possession once that process is complete.”[aside postID=news_12050410 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/GavinNewsomGetty-1020x707.jpg']It would be the first firearm registered under Newsom’s name, according to \u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/2025/07/18/newsom-gun-gift-shawn-ryan-california-laws/\">The San Francisco Standard\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If Newsom wants to legally keep the Sig Sauer, he’d have to ship it from a Tennessee gun dealer to a registered firearms dealer in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once the gun arrives, Newsom would have to pass a background check, provide his fingerprints, take a handgun safety test, sign affidavits, provide a driver’s license and documents that contain his name and address, such as a current utility bill. He’d need to undergo a 10-day waiting period. Paredes said Newsom would also have to pay around $300 in fees and taxes on the $700 gun.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’d have to do everything himself, as gun owners need to appear in person to do the paperwork.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Paredes said he doesn’t expect Newsom to get a warm welcome if he goes to any California gun shop to make the transfer. Newsom is one of the nation’s most \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2024/06/gavin-newsom-guns-constitutional-amendment/\">ardent advocates of firearms ownership restrictions\u003c/a>, and he’s backed some of the laws that make acquiring his gun – \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2025/07/gun-law-ammunition-background-check/\">and any ammunition he’d want to shoot \u003c/a>– so challenging and costly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ll bet you there’ll be 10,000 people (protesting) at that gun store the day he comes in to do that,” Paredes said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11917667\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56738_GettyImages-1321843001-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56738_GettyImages-1321843001-qut.jpg\" alt=\"hand holds small gun above glass case containing two other small handguns\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11917667\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56738_GettyImages-1321843001-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56738_GettyImages-1321843001-qut-800x555.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56738_GettyImages-1321843001-qut-1020x708.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56738_GettyImages-1321843001-qut-160x111.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56738_GettyImages-1321843001-qut-1536x1066.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A gun shop clerk displays a small handgun in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Michael Macor/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When Ryan gave Newsom the Sig Sauer, Newsom told the podcaster that though he continues to support gun regulations that he said have made the state safer, he’s “not anti-gun at all.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The last thing people would expect is that I respect this gift,” he said, according to The San Francisco Standard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least one gun shop employee isn’t buying it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cassidy Maznio, assistant manager at Sacramento Black Rifle, a firearms dealer, said Newsom is welcome to come to the shop to process his gun transaction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Obviously, we’d talk trash to him the whole time,” Maznio said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This article was \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/07/california-glock-ban-kamala-harris-newsom/\">originally published on CalMatters\u003c/a> and was republished under the \u003ca href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives\u003c/a> license.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Semi-automatic handguns require a shooter to pull the trigger to fire each round. Fully automatic weapons, sometimes called machine guns, will keep firing as long as the trigger is depressed. Automatic weapons are already illegal under state and federal laws for everyone except special permit holders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Illegally modified, fully-automatic Glock-style handguns have been used in several high-profile shootings, including a \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Sacramento_shooting\">2022 gang gunfight \u003c/a>outside a Sacramento nightclub a few blocks from the Capitol. The shooting killed six people and wounded another 12.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12032574\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/092623_Newsom-Gun-Bill-Signing_MG_CM_11-copy.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12032574\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/092623_Newsom-Gun-Bill-Signing_MG_CM_11-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/092623_Newsom-Gun-Bill-Signing_MG_CM_11-copy.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/092623_Newsom-Gun-Bill-Signing_MG_CM_11-copy-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/092623_Newsom-Gun-Bill-Signing_MG_CM_11-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/092623_Newsom-Gun-Bill-Signing_MG_CM_11-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/092623_Newsom-Gun-Bill-Signing_MG_CM_11-copy-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/092623_Newsom-Gun-Bill-Signing_MG_CM_11-copy-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov. Gavin Newsom is seen during a press conference where he signed new gun legislation into law at the Capitol Annex Swing Space in Sacramento on Sept. 26, 2023. \u003ccite>(Miguel Gutierrez Jr./CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But Glocks also are among the most popular handguns sold in California. Gun rights advocates say there are already more than 1 million in circulation in California – and only a tiny fraction of them have been illegally modified. As an example of how popular Glocks are, Harris, while she was running for president, told “\u003ca href=\"https://x.com/KamalaHarris/status/1843450339774574637?lang=en\">60 Minutes\u003c/a>” last year that she owned a Glock and that she had shot it. A Harris spokesperson didn’t respond to interview requests or to a question about whether she still owns the gun.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pending proposal would not prohibit Harris or others who already own Glocks from keeping theirs. They could also sell used ones to others in private-party transactions. Californians just couldn’t buy a new one. It’s unclear how many Glocks are sold in California each year since regulators and gun manufacturers don’t publicly report statewide sales numbers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Police widely carry Glocks in California, but they would be exempt from the restrictions.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What about Gavin Newsom’s new gun?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The measure’s lead author, Assemblymember \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/jesse-gabriel-160858\">Jesse Gabriel\u003c/a>, a Democrat representing the Encino area, told the Senate Judiciary Committee this month that if gun manufacturers don’t like the ban, they can redesign their weapons to make them less easy to convert to machine guns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Most handgun designs don’t have this issue, and this legislation is narrowly focused on a limited number of designs that are exceptionally easy to modify,” \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/hearings/259600?t=741&f=c1e987ca3b48e651d52170abc5ee7c70\">he said\u003c/a>. “Sadly, certain actors in the gun industry have known about this issue for decades and have refused to do anything meaningful to address it.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>It would be the first firearm registered under Newsom’s name, according to \u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/2025/07/18/newsom-gun-gift-shawn-ryan-california-laws/\">The San Francisco Standard\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If Newsom wants to legally keep the Sig Sauer, he’d have to ship it from a Tennessee gun dealer to a registered firearms dealer in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once the gun arrives, Newsom would have to pass a background check, provide his fingerprints, take a handgun safety test, sign affidavits, provide a driver’s license and documents that contain his name and address, such as a current utility bill. He’d need to undergo a 10-day waiting period. Paredes said Newsom would also have to pay around $300 in fees and taxes on the $700 gun.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’d have to do everything himself, as gun owners need to appear in person to do the paperwork.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Paredes said he doesn’t expect Newsom to get a warm welcome if he goes to any California gun shop to make the transfer. Newsom is one of the nation’s most \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2024/06/gavin-newsom-guns-constitutional-amendment/\">ardent advocates of firearms ownership restrictions\u003c/a>, and he’s backed some of the laws that make acquiring his gun – \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2025/07/gun-law-ammunition-background-check/\">and any ammunition he’d want to shoot \u003c/a>– so challenging and costly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ll bet you there’ll be 10,000 people (protesting) at that gun store the day he comes in to do that,” Paredes said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11917667\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56738_GettyImages-1321843001-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56738_GettyImages-1321843001-qut.jpg\" alt=\"hand holds small gun above glass case containing two other small handguns\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11917667\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56738_GettyImages-1321843001-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56738_GettyImages-1321843001-qut-800x555.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56738_GettyImages-1321843001-qut-1020x708.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56738_GettyImages-1321843001-qut-160x111.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56738_GettyImages-1321843001-qut-1536x1066.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A gun shop clerk displays a small handgun in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Michael Macor/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When Ryan gave Newsom the Sig Sauer, Newsom told the podcaster that though he continues to support gun regulations that he said have made the state safer, he’s “not anti-gun at all.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The last thing people would expect is that I respect this gift,” he said, according to The San Francisco Standard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least one gun shop employee isn’t buying it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cassidy Maznio, assistant manager at Sacramento Black Rifle, a firearms dealer, said Newsom is welcome to come to the shop to process his gun transaction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Obviously, we’d talk trash to him the whole time,” Maznio said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This article was \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/07/california-glock-ban-kamala-harris-newsom/\">originally published on CalMatters\u003c/a> and was republished under the \u003ca href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives\u003c/a> license.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 12:31 p.m. Friday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California is leading a coalition of more than a dozen states suing the Trump administration over its restrictions on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12049666/nowhere-else-to-go-sf-families-protest-kaisers-new-limits-on-gender-affirming-care\">gender-affirming health care\u003c/a>, Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Friday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bonta said President Trump and U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi’s orders and directives restricting that care to people under the age of 19 infringe upon states’ laws that protect their residents’ access to gender-affirming care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lawsuit is joined by 15 other states and the District of Columbia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bonta framed the issue as a life-and-death matter, citing the higher rates of suicide and other forms of self-harm among young people whose assigned gender at birth doesn’t match their identity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Trump administration’s “demands that our healthcare providers discriminate against transgender individuals and deny them access to medically-necessary healthcare is cruel and irresponsible,” Bonta said in a statement. “These actions have created a chilling effect in which providers are pressured to scale back on their care for fear of prosecution, leaving countless individuals without the critical care they need and are entitled to under law.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11959336\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11959336\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230828-ROB-BONTA-AP-MJS-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A man wearing a navy blue suit, white shirt and blue foulard tie speaks into a microphone.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230828-ROB-BONTA-AP-MJS-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230828-ROB-BONTA-AP-MJS-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230828-ROB-BONTA-AP-MJS-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230828-ROB-BONTA-AP-MJS-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230828-ROB-BONTA-AP-MJS-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230828-ROB-BONTA-AP-MJS-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California Attorney General Rob Bonta fields questions during a press conference on Monday, Aug. 28, 2023, in Los Angeles. \u003ccite>(Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Oakland-based Kaiser Permanente recently announced it was following \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1997491/stanford-scales-back-trans-care-for-minors-amid-federal-crackdown\">Stanford Medicine\u003c/a> and other health care providers in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12049555/kaiser-to-stop-gender-affirming-surgeries-for-minors-leaving-trans-kids-with-fewer-options\">pausing gender-affirming surgeries\u003c/a> for patients under 19 — something Bonta warned hospitals not to do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kaiser, which serves 12 million people across eight states, cited the “significant risks” created by the current legal and regulatory environment surrounding care for transgender minors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The health care giant pointed to a \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/protecting-children-from-chemical-and-surgical-mutilation/\">January executive order\u003c/a> from Trump threatening funding for medical centers that provide gender-affirming care to minors. The order directs agencies to “not fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support the so‑called ‘transition’ of a child from one sex to another.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kaiser also cited changes to insurance coverage and ongoing federal investigations. Last month, for example, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-justice-subpoenas-doctors-and-clinics-involved-performing-transgender-medical\">Department of Justice subpoenaed\u003c/a> more than 20 doctors and clinics that perform gender-affirming procedures on minors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Equality California, a statewide LGBTQ+ rights organization, said the Trump administration was bullying hospitals and doctors into curtailing gender-affirming treatments, calling the lawsuit announced Friday “a critical step toward protecting access to lifesaving healthcare for transgender youth — and pushing back against a coordinated political assault on our community.” [aside postID=news_12049666 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/20250725_KaiserTransProtest_GC-31_qed.jpg']“These attacks are not about fairness or safety — they are about fearmongering, erasure, and punishing transgender people for simply existing,” Equality California executive director Tony Hoang said in a statement. “The Trump administration’s actions are not just discriminatory — they are dangerous, and fly in the face of both medical standards and basic human decency.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While several Republican-led states have moved to restrict surgeries and other care for transgender youth, California has doubled down on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11929233/california-becomes-first-sanctuary-state-for-transgender-youth-seeking-medical-care\">shielding such medical services\u003c/a>. State law bars hospitals from refusing to provide health care to transgender people, and Bonta has warned providers that denying or pausing care for trans youth based on political pressure could be illegal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State Sen. Scott Wiener (D–San Francisco), who authored a 2022 law to make California a \u003ca href=\"https://sd11.senate.ca.gov/news/senator-wieners-historic-bill-provide-refuge-trans-kids-and-their-families-signed-law\">safe refuge for transgender youth\u003c/a> seeking medical care, previously told KQED that state politicians should put pressure on Bonta’s office to enforce state law on access to health care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t want the state to have to fight with Kaiser or with Stanford or with any of our great health systems, but we have to enforce the law,” he said. “California should be a safe place for trans people and LGBTQ people generally, and this is not what should be happening.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Groups including the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ama-assn.org/press-center/ama-press-releases/ama-states-stop-interfering-health-care-transgender-children\">American Medical Association\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"https://publications.aap.org/aapnews/news/25340/AAP-reaffirms-gender-affirming-care-policy?autologincheck=redirected\">American Pediatrics Association\u003c/a> maintain that gender-affirming care, including surgeries in some cases, can be medically necessary for both children and adults. A 2022 study by researchers at Stanford University \u003ca href=\"https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2022/01/mental-health-hormone-treatment-transgender-people.html\">found better mental health outcomes\u003c/a> for transgender people who started receiving hormone therapy as teens compared with those who waited until they were adults.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amy Whelan, a senior staff attorney with the National Center for LGBTQ Rights, told KQED earlier that “there are very few patients under 19 who receive surgery, but for those who do, this is very essential health care.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://hsph.harvard.edu/news/gender-affirming-surgeries-rarely-performed-on-transgender-youth/\">recent study\u003c/a> from researchers at Harvard University’s T.H. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“These attacks are not about fairness or safety — they are about fearmongering, erasure, and punishing transgender people for simply existing,” Equality California executive director Tony Hoang said in a statement. “The Trump administration’s actions are not just discriminatory — they are dangerous, and fly in the face of both medical standards and basic human decency.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While several Republican-led states have moved to restrict surgeries and other care for transgender youth, California has doubled down on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11929233/california-becomes-first-sanctuary-state-for-transgender-youth-seeking-medical-care\">shielding such medical services\u003c/a>. State law bars hospitals from refusing to provide health care to transgender people, and Bonta has warned providers that denying or pausing care for trans youth based on political pressure could be illegal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State Sen. Scott Wiener (D–San Francisco), who authored a 2022 law to make California a \u003ca href=\"https://sd11.senate.ca.gov/news/senator-wieners-historic-bill-provide-refuge-trans-kids-and-their-families-signed-law\">safe refuge for transgender youth\u003c/a> seeking medical care, previously told KQED that state politicians should put pressure on Bonta’s office to enforce state law on access to health care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t want the state to have to fight with Kaiser or with Stanford or with any of our great health systems, but we have to enforce the law,” he said. “California should be a safe place for trans people and LGBTQ people generally, and this is not what should be happening.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Groups including the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ama-assn.org/press-center/ama-press-releases/ama-states-stop-interfering-health-care-transgender-children\">American Medical Association\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"https://publications.aap.org/aapnews/news/25340/AAP-reaffirms-gender-affirming-care-policy?autologincheck=redirected\">American Pediatrics Association\u003c/a> maintain that gender-affirming care, including surgeries in some cases, can be medically necessary for both children and adults. A 2022 study by researchers at Stanford University \u003ca href=\"https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2022/01/mental-health-hormone-treatment-transgender-people.html\">found better mental health outcomes\u003c/a> for transgender people who started receiving hormone therapy as teens compared with those who waited until they were adults.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amy Whelan, a senior staff attorney with the National Center for LGBTQ Rights, told KQED earlier that “there are very few patients under 19 who receive surgery, but for those who do, this is very essential health care.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://hsph.harvard.edu/news/gender-affirming-surgeries-rarely-performed-on-transgender-youth/\">recent study\u003c/a> from researchers at Harvard University’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health found that gender-affirming surgeries were rarely performed on transgender or gender-diverse (TGS) youth in the U.S. For 15- to 17-year-olds, the rate of gender-affirming surgeries associated with a TGS-related diagnosis in 2019 was just 2 in 100,000. The rate was 0.1 in 100,000 for 13- and 14-year-olds, and the study found no such surgeries on trans children under 12.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, some medical experts have \u003ca href=\"https://bmjgroup.com/gender-dysphoria-is-rising-and-so-is-professional-disagreement/\">urged greater caution\u003c/a>, calling for more scrutiny of the evidence underpinning these gender-affirming treatments. Critics have also questioned the strength of long-term data and raised concerns about the potential irreversibility of certain medical interventions — concerns echoed in a recent \u003ca href=\"https://opa.hhs.gov/gender-dysphoria-report\">report on gender dysphoria\u003c/a> commissioned by the Trump administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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Gavin Newsom’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12049973/newsoms-break-the-glass-plan-sets-up-california-midterm-redistricting-fight\">push to redraw\u003c/a> California’s congressional district lines may provide more than just a boost to Democrats’ chances at winning the House — it could also satisfy liberal voters itching to adopt a more bare-knuckles approach to politics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his soft rollout of a plan to combat potential \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/07/30/nx-s1-5485293/texas-redistricting-proposed-congressional-map\">pro-Republican\u003c/a> maps in Texas, Newsom has made clear that he wishes it didn’t have to come to this — that he supports California’s nonpartisan redistricting system. But he argues Republicans have left him no choice but to match their map machinations with a gerrymander of his own.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It may be the message that fits the moment for Democrats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back in March, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12033156/tea-party-echoes-democrats-grapple-with-internal-dissent-at-town-halls\">I told you\u003c/a> about an NBC News poll that asked Democratic voters whether they preferred members of Congress to compromise with President Donald Trump or stick to their positions, even if it led to gridlock.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In April 2017, months into Trump’s first term, 59% of Democratic voters favored compromise, while 33% wanted Democrats in Washington to make a stand. This year, the numbers flipped. Sixty-five percent of Democrats said they wanted leaders to hold their ground, compared with 32% who preferred consensus-building.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12048657\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12048657\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-07_qed-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-07_qed-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-07_qed-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-07_qed-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rep. 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The goal: frame the map fight about Democrats vs. Republicans, California vs. Texas — not fair mapmaking vs. partisan redraws.[aside postID=news_12030198 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/KamalaHarrisAP4.jpg']“California cannot stand by with one hand tied behind its back, playing by a different set of rules,” Attorney General Rob Bonta said Tuesday. “While Texas runs roughshod over the political redistricting process to clearly try to get political advantage to prevail in the next set of elections.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The challenge for the potential “no” campaign will be convincing California Democrats that the benefits of nonpartisan mapmaking outweigh the urge to win back the House at all costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2021, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11894003/booming-asian-population-could-gain-bigger-influence-in-new-bay-area-voter-maps\">I covered the Citizens Redistricting Commission\u003c/a> as it drew California’s current political lines. The group heard months of testimony — largely on Zoom — about the local ties that Californians felt should inform their political maps: the geographic borders, business corridors and places of worship that defined what the commission called “communities of interest.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was not an Emmy-worthy viewing experience. But there are success stories to tell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Take the Berryessa neighborhood of San José, a predominantly Asian community with sizable Chinese, Vietnamese and Filipino populations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before 2010, when our political lines were drawn to benefit incumbents, Berryessa was split among four state Assembly and two state Senate districts. 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Kevin Kiley. The seat stretches from the suburbs east of Sacramento down the spine of the state. But to the west lie reliably blue districts filled with Democratic voters that mapmakers could add to Kiley’s district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“His district could come…towards the more Democratic area and he could go from a district that is marginally Republican-advantage to being one that is a pretty safe Democratic seat,” Mitchell said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democratic strategists see potential redistricting-fueled gains across the state. Consultant Vance Ulrich \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/VanceUlrich/status/1947031951430554025\">posted\u003c/a> a hypothetical map on X that would give Democrats a registration advantage in 49 of the state’s 52 congressional districts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it’s important to keep in mind that registration on a map doesn’t tell us who will actually cast a ballot next year — or how they’ll vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All this work in Texas or in California to create seats that are going to be potentially pickups for the parties, those need also elections and candidates,” Mitchell said. “So they aren’t just magically a Democrat or Republican seat until after you have an election.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“California cannot stand by with one hand tied behind its back, playing by a different set of rules,” Attorney General Rob Bonta said Tuesday. “While Texas runs roughshod over the political redistricting process to clearly try to get political advantage to prevail in the next set of elections.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The challenge for the potential “no” campaign will be convincing California Democrats that the benefits of nonpartisan mapmaking outweigh the urge to win back the House at all costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2021, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11894003/booming-asian-population-could-gain-bigger-influence-in-new-bay-area-voter-maps\">I covered the Citizens Redistricting Commission\u003c/a> as it drew California’s current political lines. The group heard months of testimony — largely on Zoom — about the local ties that Californians felt should inform their political maps: the geographic borders, business corridors and places of worship that defined what the commission called “communities of interest.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was not an Emmy-worthy viewing experience. But there are success stories to tell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Take the Berryessa neighborhood of San José, a predominantly Asian community with sizable Chinese, Vietnamese and Filipino populations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before 2010, when our political lines were drawn to benefit incumbents, Berryessa was split among four state Assembly and two state Senate districts. That fragmentation left Berryessa residents with too little clout in any one district to command the attention of their representatives in Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the independent redistricting panel took over after the 2010 census, commissioners responded to appeals from Berryessa residents and consolidated the community into a single House, Senate and Assembly district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975838\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11975838\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/230906-BERRYESSA-BART-URBAN-VILLAGE-MD-06_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/230906-BERRYESSA-BART-URBAN-VILLAGE-MD-06_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/230906-BERRYESSA-BART-URBAN-VILLAGE-MD-06_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/230906-BERRYESSA-BART-URBAN-VILLAGE-MD-06_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/230906-BERRYESSA-BART-URBAN-VILLAGE-MD-06_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/230906-BERRYESSA-BART-URBAN-VILLAGE-MD-06_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Recently built housing developments along Berryessa Road near the Berryessa BART station are pictured in San José on Sept. 6, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Handing redistricting back to politicians, said former redistricting commissioner Patricia Sinay, “will make it harder for communities to advocate for resources they need to thrive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assemblymember Alex Lee, who now represents Berryessa, was one of the first Democrats to \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/16/newsom-jolts-california-house-maps-texas-00458927\">oppose\u003c/a> Newsom’s move.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The loudest opposition so far has been from California Republicans, who stand to be wiped off the political map in a potential redraw.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 3:39 p.m. Wednesday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Former Vice President \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/kamala-harris\">Kamala Harris\u003c/a> announced Wednesday that she’s not running to be California’s next governor in 2026, when Gov. Gavin Newsom is termed out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her decision clears the field for the other prominent Democrats already in the race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since 2010, Harris, 60, has won two statewide races for attorney general, a race for the U.S. Senate in 2016, and she \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/president\">easily carried California\u003c/a> in the 2024 presidential election, beating Donald Trump by more than 3 million votes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After losing the presidential election last year, Harris returned home to Los Angeles, fueling speculation about her political future. In a statement on Wednesday, Harris said after “deep reflection,” she will not be pursuing elected office “for now” — leaving the door open for a potential third presidential campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her decision will help unfreeze fundraising for other Democrats already running for governor, as many major donors were waiting for Harris’ decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It finally begins the race; it’s almost like the starting gun truly goes off now,” said Democratic strategist Kevin Liao. “Now I expect these donors are getting plenty of calls from the other candidates starting today, and it really allows these candidates to flesh out their vision for the state without this looming presence of Harris.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12042298\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12042298\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/harriss5_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/harriss5_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/harriss5_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/harriss5_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/harriss5_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/harriss5_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/harriss5_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kamala Harris speaking at the DNC’s summer meeting in San Francisco on Friday, Aug. 23, 2019. \u003ccite>(Stephanie Lister/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Democrats already had a strong field of gubernatorial candidates, including former Health and Human Services Secretary \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12034105/xavier-becerra-enters-california-governors-race-citing-break-glass-moment\">Xavier Becerra\u003c/a>, Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis, former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, former U.S. Rep. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12030744/porter-enters-crowded-field-for-california-governor-as-kamala-harris-weighs-run\">Katie Porter\u003c/a>, former Assembly Speaker and Senate President Toni Atkins and state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several Republicans, including Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco and former Fox News host Steve Hilton, are also running.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harris would have entered the race as a strong front-runner given her name identification and fundraising prowess. But Liao said the campaign would not have been a coronation, and Harris would have faced Democratic voters frustrated with party leadership, along with questions about her knowledge of former President Joe Biden’s fitness for office.[aside postID=news_12049973 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/GavinNewsomAPJuly2025.jpg']“There’s a lot of dissatisfaction with the status quo in California, whether it’s around homelessness, whether it’s around the cost of living,” Liao said. “Having someone who pretty much epitomizes the status quo, the person who was vice president, who was the Democratic nominee for president, would have made it challenging for her and would have presented opportunities for opponents of hers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In her \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12037919/san-francisco-kamala-harris-speech-warns-constitutional-crisis\">first major political speech\u003c/a> since leaving office in January, Harris warned in April that the constitutional system of checks and balances had “begun to buckle” within the first 100 days of the Trump administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Former Sen. Laphonza Butler, a longtime Harris advisor and confidant who filled the Senate seat left vacant by Dianne Feinstein’s death, noted the relentless scrutiny that Harris faced as vice president and during her campaign last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s been increased polarization during her time of public service, and I think that that is something that she has come to expect, unfortunately, as a part of being a public-facing figure,” Butler said. “That being said, I don’t think that the fear of that was a part of her decision.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Running for governor almost surely would have ruled out a bid for president in 2028 because the term begins in January 2027, when the presidential race will be underway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12030712\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12030712\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/AP25069706250720.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/AP25069706250720.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/AP25069706250720-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/AP25069706250720-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/AP25069706250720-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/AP25069706250720-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Rep. Katie Porter (D-Irvine) smiles as she prepares to address supporters at an election night party, Tuesday, March 5, 2024, in Long Beach, California. \u003ccite>(Damian Dovarganes/Associated Press)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Democratic candidates for governor predictably applauded Harris’ decision and heaped praise on the former Vice President. Becerra and Porter both touted their previous work with Harris, while Kounalakis posted a video in which she revealed that Harris, a longtime friend, had given her a heads up about her decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m very honored that she called me before any announcements were made to tell me of her plans,” Kounalakis said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Given the state’s overwhelming advantage for Democrats, it would be an uphill battle for any Republican to beat almost any Democrat in a statewide election, something that hasn’t happened since 2006. Republicans Bianco and Hilton both blasted Harris’ record, with Bianco calling Harris’ decision not to run “the first right decision in a career full of wrong ones.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some candidates, such as Kounalakis, had said they would not run if Harris entered the race — and a Harris candidacy would have likely sent some Democrats scrambling to run for a different statewide office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marva Diaz, publisher of the nonpartisan election guide California Target Book, said Harris’ decision will help solidify the field of candidates for those down-ballot contests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I do think we’re going to see other people jumping into some of these [downballot] races,” she said. “But in terms of switching races, leaving the governor’s race, I don’t think we’ll see much of that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After losing the presidential election last year, Harris returned home to Los Angeles, fueling speculation about her political future. In a statement on Wednesday, Harris said after “deep reflection,” she will not be pursuing elected office “for now” — leaving the door open for a potential third presidential campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her decision will help unfreeze fundraising for other Democrats already running for governor, as many major donors were waiting for Harris’ decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It finally begins the race; it’s almost like the starting gun truly goes off now,” said Democratic strategist Kevin Liao. “Now I expect these donors are getting plenty of calls from the other candidates starting today, and it really allows these candidates to flesh out their vision for the state without this looming presence of Harris.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12042298\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12042298\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/harriss5_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/harriss5_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/harriss5_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/harriss5_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/harriss5_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/harriss5_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/harriss5_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kamala Harris speaking at the DNC’s summer meeting in San Francisco on Friday, Aug. 23, 2019. \u003ccite>(Stephanie Lister/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Democrats already had a strong field of gubernatorial candidates, including former Health and Human Services Secretary \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12034105/xavier-becerra-enters-california-governors-race-citing-break-glass-moment\">Xavier Becerra\u003c/a>, Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis, former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, former U.S. Rep. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12030744/porter-enters-crowded-field-for-california-governor-as-kamala-harris-weighs-run\">Katie Porter\u003c/a>, former Assembly Speaker and Senate President Toni Atkins and state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several Republicans, including Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco and former Fox News host Steve Hilton, are also running.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harris would have entered the race as a strong front-runner given her name identification and fundraising prowess. But Liao said the campaign would not have been a coronation, and Harris would have faced Democratic voters frustrated with party leadership, along with questions about her knowledge of former President Joe Biden’s fitness for office.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“There’s a lot of dissatisfaction with the status quo in California, whether it’s around homelessness, whether it’s around the cost of living,” Liao said. “Having someone who pretty much epitomizes the status quo, the person who was vice president, who was the Democratic nominee for president, would have made it challenging for her and would have presented opportunities for opponents of hers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In her \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12037919/san-francisco-kamala-harris-speech-warns-constitutional-crisis\">first major political speech\u003c/a> since leaving office in January, Harris warned in April that the constitutional system of checks and balances had “begun to buckle” within the first 100 days of the Trump administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Former Sen. Laphonza Butler, a longtime Harris advisor and confidant who filled the Senate seat left vacant by Dianne Feinstein’s death, noted the relentless scrutiny that Harris faced as vice president and during her campaign last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s been increased polarization during her time of public service, and I think that that is something that she has come to expect, unfortunately, as a part of being a public-facing figure,” Butler said. “That being said, I don’t think that the fear of that was a part of her decision.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Running for governor almost surely would have ruled out a bid for president in 2028 because the term begins in January 2027, when the presidential race will be underway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12030712\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12030712\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/AP25069706250720.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/AP25069706250720.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/AP25069706250720-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/AP25069706250720-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/AP25069706250720-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/AP25069706250720-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Rep. Katie Porter (D-Irvine) smiles as she prepares to address supporters at an election night party, Tuesday, March 5, 2024, in Long Beach, California. \u003ccite>(Damian Dovarganes/Associated Press)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Democratic candidates for governor predictably applauded Harris’ decision and heaped praise on the former Vice President. Becerra and Porter both touted their previous work with Harris, while Kounalakis posted a video in which she revealed that Harris, a longtime friend, had given her a heads up about her decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m very honored that she called me before any announcements were made to tell me of her plans,” Kounalakis said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Given the state’s overwhelming advantage for Democrats, it would be an uphill battle for any Republican to beat almost any Democrat in a statewide election, something that hasn’t happened since 2006. Republicans Bianco and Hilton both blasted Harris’ record, with Bianco calling Harris’ decision not to run “the first right decision in a career full of wrong ones.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some candidates, such as Kounalakis, had said they would not run if Harris entered the race — and a Harris candidacy would have likely sent some Democrats scrambling to run for a different statewide office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marva Diaz, publisher of the nonpartisan election guide California Target Book, said Harris’ decision will help solidify the field of candidates for those down-ballot contests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I do think we’re going to see other people jumping into some of these [downballot] races,” she said. “But in terms of switching races, leaving the governor’s race, I don’t think we’ll see much of that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was originally published by \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/\">CalMatters\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/subscribe-to-calmatters/\">Sign up\u003c/a> for their newsletters.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Trump administration exceeded its authority and violated constitutional protections in attempting \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12049790/planned-parenthood-shutters-5-norcal-clinics-after-trump-slashes-funding\">to defund Planned Parenthood\u003c/a>, according to a \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/fighting-stop-congress%E2%80%99-and-trump-administration%E2%80%99s-illegal-crusade-against\">lawsuit filed today by \u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/rob-bonta\">California Attorney General Rob Bonta\u003c/a> along with 22 other states and the District of Columbia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/01/california-trump-lawsuits/\">Bonta’s 36th lawsuit against the Trump administration\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It contends that Trump’s signature tax law — the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” — passed earlier this month is unconstitutionally vague and requires states to violate Planned Parenthood’s First Amendment rights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The law, which went into effect July 4, prohibits Medicaid reimbursements for any health services conducted at large nonprofit health clinics that “primarily” provide abortions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We won’t sit back while Congress and this federal administration tries to roll back our progress, silence their opposition and ignore the rule of law,” Bonta said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12017252\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/RobBontaSFAP.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12017252\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/RobBontaSFAP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/RobBontaSFAP.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/RobBontaSFAP-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/RobBontaSFAP-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/RobBontaSFAP-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/RobBontaSFAP-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/RobBontaSFAP-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California Attorney General Rob Bonta speaks at a news conference in front of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. \u003ccite>(Terry Chea/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The complaint also argues the law violates federal rules requiring the government to give states “clear notice” of major Medicaid funding restrictions. It also argues the law requires states to enforce provisions that violate Planned Parenthood’s constitutionally protected freedoms of speech and assembly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>HHS did not immediately respond to a request for comment, nor had it filed a legal response at the time of publication.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Five California clinics have closed\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Critics of the law have characterized it as a “backdoor abortion ban” designed to target Planned Parenthood in states where abortion is legal. Already, five Planned Parenthood clinics in California have closed, citing the loss of $100 million in Medicaid payments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal law already prohibits the use of federal funds to pay for abortions except in extremely limited circumstances, but nearly 80% of Planned Parenthood patients in California use Medicaid, also known as Medi-Cal, the federal health insurance program for low-income people and those with disabilities.[aside postID=news_12047147 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/PPNorcal.jpg']“To be clear, this isn’t even federal funding that goes toward abortions,” Bonta said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the complaint, Congress has never before restricted Medicaid spending based on health care provided outside of the Medicaid program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Planned Parenthood Federation of America earlier filed a separate lawsuit challenging the law. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston on Monday reversed a ruling from last week that had effectively \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/health/2025/07/planned-parenthood-california-defunded/\">cut Medicaid reimbursements for all but a few Planned Parenthood operations\u003c/a> around the nation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the new ruling, five Planned Parenthood centers in California will remain closed, according to Andrew Adams, chief of staff for Planned Parenthood Mar Monte, which oversees 30 health centers in Northern and Central California and Nevada. Adams said the court order was a “key victory” in the fight to preserve reproductive health access, but the network needs to preserve its financial stability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Monday’s order reestablishes funding for California clinics while legal action is pending. Bonta is also asking the court to prevent the implementation of the law. Bonta said that because the state’s Medicaid program is harmed by the law, it was appropriate for the state to pursue separate legal action, and that the complaints challenge different constitutional protections.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘We strongly disagree’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In a statement, a spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said, “We strongly disagree with the court’s decision” and reiterated an argument from last week that states should not have to reimburse organizations that have “chosen political advocacy over patient care.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Medicaid is jointly administered by states and the federal government, with each generally paying for 50% of the cost of health services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In its lawsuit, Planned Parenthood Federation of America argues, in part, that by withholding funding, the law violates its First Amendment rights. It also asserts that the tax law violates the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment.[aside postID=news_12049605 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/240202-FixitClinic-KSM-07_qed.jpg']HHS had not filed an appeal as of Tuesday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Adams said in an email to CalMatters that Planned Parenthood Mar Monte will continue to fight any attempt to restrict abortion and reproductive health care access.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We will not back down, but we must have the resources to continue this fight while keeping as many doors open to patient care as possible,” Adams said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In her order, Talwani reasoned that disruptions to patient care are likely to result in “adverse health consequences,” including an increase in unintended pregnancies, pregnancy complications and undiagnosed cancers and sexually transmitted infections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Restricting access to [Planned Parenthood] healthcare clinics will negatively affect more than just reproductive health; [Planned Parenthood clinics] often serve as a source of primary care for patients,” Talwani wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Talwani also wrote that the order does not require the federal government to pay for abortions, and that Planned Parenthood shows a “substantial likelihood” of winning the lawsuit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Abortions account for less than 10% of services provided through California Planned Parenthood, according to the organization. The majority of patient visits are for primary care, birth control, sexually transmitted infection testing and treatment, and cancer screenings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The clinics that closed last week are located in South San Francisco, San Mateo, Gilroy, Santa Cruz and Madera. Together they served 22,000 patients, according to Planned Parenthood Mar Monte. The organization also ended primary care, behavioral health and prenatal care services as a result of the federal budget cuts. Those cuts total roughly $100 million for the Mar Monte clinics, according to a news release.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leaders for Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California, which represents more than 100 clinics throughout the state, including the Mar Monte clinics, said Trump’s tax law will cost the system about $300 million in Medicaid reimbursements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jodi Hicks, president and chief executive of Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California, said the “economic sanctions” imposed by the Trump administration have “jeopardized access for countless Californians” to critical health care services. Still, the organization remains committed to continuing to provide patient care, Hicks said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Planned Parenthood will not go away quietly. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“To be clear, this isn’t even federal funding that goes toward abortions,” Bonta said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the complaint, Congress has never before restricted Medicaid spending based on health care provided outside of the Medicaid program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Planned Parenthood Federation of America earlier filed a separate lawsuit challenging the law. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston on Monday reversed a ruling from last week that had effectively \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/health/2025/07/planned-parenthood-california-defunded/\">cut Medicaid reimbursements for all but a few Planned Parenthood operations\u003c/a> around the nation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the new ruling, five Planned Parenthood centers in California will remain closed, according to Andrew Adams, chief of staff for Planned Parenthood Mar Monte, which oversees 30 health centers in Northern and Central California and Nevada. Adams said the court order was a “key victory” in the fight to preserve reproductive health access, but the network needs to preserve its financial stability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Monday’s order reestablishes funding for California clinics while legal action is pending. Bonta is also asking the court to prevent the implementation of the law. Bonta said that because the state’s Medicaid program is harmed by the law, it was appropriate for the state to pursue separate legal action, and that the complaints challenge different constitutional protections.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘We strongly disagree’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In a statement, a spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said, “We strongly disagree with the court’s decision” and reiterated an argument from last week that states should not have to reimburse organizations that have “chosen political advocacy over patient care.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Medicaid is jointly administered by states and the federal government, with each generally paying for 50% of the cost of health services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In its lawsuit, Planned Parenthood Federation of America argues, in part, that by withholding funding, the law violates its First Amendment rights. It also asserts that the tax law violates the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003c!-- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ -->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was originally published by \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/\">CalMatters\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/subscribe-to-calmatters/\">Sign up\u003c/a> for their newsletters.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California, 18 other Democrat-led states and Washington, D.C., are \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12048504/bonta-announces-33rd-trump-lawsuit-on-kqed-this-one-targets-health-care-cuts\">suing the Trump administration\u003c/a> to halt the U.S. Department of Agriculture from collecting sensitive information about people who receive federal food vouchers, known as SNAP.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Trump administration told states to provide the data by July 30 or risk losing federal funding to administer the program. California receives $1.3 billion annually to distribute about $12 billion a year to 5 million residents who rely on the food vouchers, called CalFresh in California. About \u003ca href=\"https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/chart-gallery/chart-detail?chartId=55416\">13% of the state’s population receives the aid\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The purpose of what the Trump administration is doing here is to target immigrant communities,” said Michigan’s Attorney General Dana Nessel, during a press conference today. She said Trump’s actions “send a chilling effect to American citizens, and to tell them that if they apply for programs that they are perfectly entitled to under law, their most personal and sensitive data is going to be shared with all kinds of people, and it’s going to have the impact, and I think it already is, of scaring people away from seeking these increased incredibly important programs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents without lawful legal status in the U.S. are not eligible for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11951830/california-braces-for-food-stamp-restrictions-under-debt-ceiling-deal\">SNAP benefits\u003c/a>. However, during Trump’s first term, he proposed eliminating benefits even for “mixed-status” families where at least one person in a household lacks legal status.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In another example of policies that put California at odds with the Trump administration’s effort to crack down on immigrants living in the U.S., the state has tried to expand \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12044713/food-stamps-at-risk-in-trump-budget-bill-bay-area-food-banks-warn\">food benefits\u003c/a> to some immigrants without legal status.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11792620\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11792620\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/12/ap_17271692702067-ea1b97e98e157d598fa245d9c752f917e6c25c57-e1576950264238.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The new Trump administration rule makes it harder for states to waive the requirement that adults work at least 20 hours a week in order to receive their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — or SNAP — benefits. Some low-income college students could be affected. \u003ccite>(Danny Moloshok/AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 2022, California became the first state in the nation to offer about $165 a month in \u003ca href=\"https://nourishca.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/3.3-2025-Budget-Sign-on-Food4All.pdf\">food benefits to about 35,000 immigrants, mostly to recent green card holders\u003c/a>. That expansion was part of the California Food Assistance Program, or CFAP, a state-funded version of food stamps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates for that effort argued that many farmworkers toil in fields for decades at low wages, providing food to the rest of the nation, and then are unable to buy enough to eat, especially when they become senior citizens.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Why states are suing\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Attorneys general who are filing the suit argue that the Trump administration’s policy is “arbitrary and capricious,” violates the 10th Amendment that protects states’ rights as well as various privacy laws.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re seeing a number of different cases recently where there’s this Spending Clause violation, where new conditions that Congress never put on the funding are being added by the executive branch after the fact,” said California Attorney General Rob Bonta. “They can’t do that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11959336\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11959336\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230828-ROB-BONTA-AP-MJS-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A man wearing a navy blue suit, white shirt and blue foulard tie speaks into a microphone.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230828-ROB-BONTA-AP-MJS-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230828-ROB-BONTA-AP-MJS-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230828-ROB-BONTA-AP-MJS-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230828-ROB-BONTA-AP-MJS-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230828-ROB-BONTA-AP-MJS-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230828-ROB-BONTA-AP-MJS-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California Attorney General Rob Bonta fields questions during a press conference on Monday, Aug. 28, 2023, in Los Angeles. \u003ccite>(Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The suit will be filed today in the federal Northern District of California. It is the 35th time in 27 weeks that California has sued the Trump administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“SNAP applicants provide their private information on the understanding, backed by long-standing state and federal laws, that their information will not be used for unrelated purposes,” Bonta said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Trump administration has tried to tap several state databases to \u003ca href=\"https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/trump-ice-data-surveillance\">quickly amass troves of sensitive personal information\u003c/a> about hundreds of millions of people. Using that information is part of Trump’s effort to fulfill his campaign promise of carrying out the largest mass deportation effort in U.S. history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His administration says collecting the data is aimed at preventing waste and fraud. Trump issued an executive order \u003ca href=\"https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/data-sharing-guidance\">in March\u003c/a> that ordered his administration to have “unfettered access to comprehensive data from all state programs that receive federal funding.” In May, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/05/09/nx-s1-5389952/usda-snap-doge-data-immigration\">NPR reported\u003c/a> that the administration sought Social Security numbers, addresses and, for one state, citizenship data, for SNAP recipients. The orders came from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and DOGE, the previously Elon Musk-led White House office that sought to slash government spending and was met with numerous lawsuits.[aside postID=news_12049973 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/GavinNewsomAPJuly2025.jpg']Bonta said the Department of Agriculture “has never once asked states to turn over private and sensitive data on such a massive scale.” Now, it seeks five years of data about recipients, according to the attorneys general.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-sues-trump-administration-illegally-sharing-californians%E2%80%99\">has already sued\u003c/a> Trump for his administration’s efforts to collect personal data from people who rely on government services. The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees immigration enforcement, obtained access to people’s data held by the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Health and Human Services Agency, including private medical information and other personal details about Medicaid recipients.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nessel added that California and New York, the states leading the suit, contribute more in taxes to the federal government than they receive in federal services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s our money,” Nessel said. “We paid tax dollars to the federal government, then the federal government, you know, routes that money back to us in the form of these essential programs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She added: “And so when you cut off programming like SNAP, it just goes into the pockets of Trump’s friends and billionaires, but we already paid for this stuff.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This article was \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2025/07/food-program-california/\">originally published on CalMatters\u003c/a> and was republished under the \u003ca href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives\u003c/a> license.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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