"My soul is dying. It's only my body that sometimes is just pushing.". As President Trump has withdrawn legal protections and other support, Afghans who resettled in California after the return of the Taliban face new uncertainty in their adopted home.

We're doing the secession thing again

RT @CalMatters: California Republicans are suing again to try and keep Gov. Newsom and Democrats' redistricting plan off voters' ballots. P….

As federal immigration agents appear more frequently at California medical facilities, it has led to clashes over patient privacy and workers' rights.

RT @daveweigel: Seeing fewer and fewer people misspell “Gavin Newsom” as “Gavin Newsome,” so what he’s doing must be working.

Gov. @GavinNewsom has come to define the California redistricting plan so thoroughly that it’s been dubbed the “Gavinmander.” Now, with the outcome in the hands of voters in a November special election, their fortunes will rise and fall together.

RT @JeanneKuang: It's on, California Gov. Gavin Newsom has declared a special election for Nov. 4 asking voters to approve new congressiona….

My brain every time someone talks about the "Gavinmander"

“I believe that Gov. Newsom’s approach is a responsible approach. He said this is going to be responsible. We’re not going to try to completely maximize it,” Obama said at a fundraiser on Martha’s Vineyard.

RT @CalMatters: Busloads of Christian activists happened to be at the California Capitol as lawmakers took up Gov. Gavin Newsom's congressi….

Dozens of conservative voters who arrived at the Capitol this morning for a rally about a custody bill popped over while they waited to testify against the Democratic redistricting plan. Some saw it as a divine appointment.

With only a few months to pull off a special election on redistricting, counties face challenges lining up vendors to print enough ballots, securing vote centers and hiring and training staff, @mayacmiller reports.

Why didn't I think of "drill maybe drill" first?.

After years of cracking down on California’s oil industry, Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative Democrats are moving to get Kern County wells pumping again to avoid soaring gasoline prices.

The Legislature has finally unveiled its proposed map of new California congressional lines. Find your district in our searchable map and read how the plan changes the dynamics of 10 key races:

A draft of California's redrawn congressional lines could net Democrats five more seats and boost their chances in several swing areas. We've got a searchable map of the proposed districts:

RT @ZavalaA: An ad has already been cut for a ballot initiative in California that technically doesn't exist, has not had a single hearing,….

"Fuck Donald Trump," Newsom's comms director says after Border Patrol shows up to rally where the governor is launching the campaign for his redistricting proposal, which he has now dubbed the Election Rigging Response Act. A lot happening in California politics these days!

One to watch at the end of session: A union-backed bid for more regulation of self-checkout stands, which grocery store operators argue undermines a Democratic promise to focus on affordability. @mayacmiller has more:

If Toni Atkins is elected governor next year, she would oversee a state contract that puts money in her own pocket. It’s just one potential conflict of interest with her spouse’s consulting firms, which have dozens of clients that lobby state government.

Half a dozen Democratic lawmakers who fled Texas to stop a Republican-led redistricting scheme met Friday with top California Democrats as they draw their own new congressional lines.