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☆ Here are the 6 California Republicans up for reelection whose competitive districts could determine the House majority in 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-31 | by ( John L. Dorman | Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

And it is in these districts, from the Central Valley to the outskirts of Los Angeles and down to Orange County, where the House majority will likely be won or lost in 2024. Republicans currently hold a slim 218-seat majority, a precarious position for the party as the 213-member House Democratic Caucus works to flip the chamber this year. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty ImagesKen Calvert, 41st DistrictFirst elected to the House: 1992AdvertisementCalvert is the longest-serving California Republican in Congress. Calvert won most of his races by large margins before redistricting, and he last faced a truly competitive reelection fight in 2008. Valadao's return to Congress was overshadowed by his decision to become one of 10 House Republicans to vote to impeach President Donald Trump in the aftermath of the Capitol riot.

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☆ What to Know About the 4 Food Additives Banned by California
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Dana G. Smith | More About Dana G. Smith | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

California has banned four common food additives — Red Dye No. 3, potassium bromate, brominated vegetable oil and propylparaben — through the California Food Safety Act. After that, any person or entity that manufactures, sells or distributes food products in California that contain the additives can be fined up to $5,000 for a first violation and up to $10,000 for each additional violation. Here’s what to know about the ingredients, why they were banned and what it means for you, whether you live in California or elsewhere. What are the additives, and what food products are they in?

Persons: Gavin Newsom, Dye Organizations: California Food, ”, California State Locations: California

☆ Kevin McCarthy denies reports he is considering resigning from Congress
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Jonathan Allen | Rebecca Shabad | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., conducts a news conference in the U.S. Capitol on border security, government funding, and other issues, on Friday, September 29, 2023. WASHINGTON — Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., who was ousted as House speaker this week, shot down reports that he was considering an early departure from Congress and said Friday that he won't be stepping down. His comments came shortly after two people familiar with the situation told NBC News said McCarthy was considering resigning. Asked whether he planned to remain a member of Congress, McCarthy said, "I'll look at that." Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Okla., chairman of the Republican Study Committee, is also considering jumping into the race.

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☆ California legislature passes law aiming to protect children from abusers during custody disputes
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Olivia Gentile | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

California's legislature unanimously passed Piqui's Law, named after a 5-year-old murdered by his father following a custody dispute. This week, the California legislature passed that bill, known as "Piqui's Law." In cases where fathers countered by claiming alienation, judges were even less likely to credit mothers, she found. At the July 11 hearing, Estevez, too, criticized a California family court's response to her reports of abuse. Jill Montes stands by as her daughter testifies before the California State Senate on April 25.

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☆ A fight between fast-food chains and unions in California is over, for now – what to know
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Amelia Lucas | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Gavin Newsom's office, also creates a nine-person council that will decide on future wage hikes for the fast-food industry in California through 2029. The deal will mean a wage floor of $20 for California workers at fast-food chains with at least 60 locations nationwide, starting April 1. The council will include four representatives from the fast-food industry, four from the workers' side and one neutral party who will serve as chair. But the fast-food industry was attacking the bill before it even made its way to Newsom's desk. Fast-food workers employed by affected restaurants will see pay increases of as much as 25% hit their paychecks starting in April.

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Shivon Zilis was pictured alongside Elon Musk and their twins for the first time on Wednesday. Insider first reported that Musk quietly fathered twins with Zilis, a director at Neuralink, in 2021. AdvertisementAdvertisementGrimes, whose legal name is Claire Boucher, said on X that communication about Zilis' twins "wasn't handled super well." Last week, in a since-deleted post on X Grimes accused Zilis of blocking her on social media. The Neuralink director has also taken to posting about her children in recent months.

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CNN —Longtime California Rep. Grace Napolitano announced Saturday that she is retiring from Congress at the end of her current term. Napolitano has made mental health care a priority over her tenure in Washington and serves as a co-chair of the Congressional Mental Health Caucus. We have made it acceptable for people to talk about their mental health and get treatment,” she said Saturday. Napolitano is the ninth Democrat and 12th House member so far to announce they won’t run for reelection in 2024. And she’s not the only California Democrat leaving the chamber at the end of the term.

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☆ Meta threatens to pull news content in California if bill to pay publishers passes
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( Samantha Delouya | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, threatened to remove news from its social media sites in California if the state passes a bill requiring big tech companies to pay news outlets for their content. The bill, sponsored by Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, D-Oakland, requires digital companies such as Google and Facebook to pay local news publishers a “journalism usage fee” whenever their news content is used or posted on those platforms. The bill also requires news publishers to invest 70% of usage fee profits into journalism jobs. “This threat from Meta is a scare tactic that they’ve tried to deploy, unsuccessfully, in every country that’s attempted this,” Wicks said in a statement. The bill has garnered praise from some of the largest journalism unions in California, including Media Guild of the West and Pacific Media Workers Guild.

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☆ The ambitious career of Kevin McCarthy, GOP hopeful for Speaker of the House
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-03 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | Lauren Frias | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Kevin McCarthy, a California Republican, is the GOP nominee for Speaker of the House. But the GOP House leader's bid for Speaker hangs in the balance as he scrambled for support to lock down the role. Democratic nominee for Speaker Hakeem Jeffries didn't lose a single Democratic vote in the House, getting 203 votes, but also failing to meet the 218-vote threshold to become Speaker. The last time a speaker election has gone to multiple votes was in 1923 when a Speaker of the House was elected after nine ballots. Just hours before the vote, McCarthy delivered an impassioned speech to his party in a last-minute attempt to secure support to cement the role.

☆ New LA Mayor Karen Bass to declare state of emergency on homelessness
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-11 | by ( Maeve Reston | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Karen Bass was sworn in as the first female mayor of Los Angeles on Sunday, marking another historic achievement in her career. Kamala Harris – the first woman and first woman of color to become vice president – administered the oath of office at Los Angeles City Hall. Bass focused her remarks Sunday on her plans to solve the city’s housing crisis, with some 40,000 people living on the streets, and said her first act as mayor will be to declare a state of emergency on homelessness. Bass’ plan calls for housing 15,000 people by the end of one year and ending tent encampments using existing funding. Elected to the California state Assembly in 2004, Bass made history some four years later as the first Black woman to serve as speaker of any state legislature.

☆ The ambitious career of Kevin McCarthy, GOP frontrunner for Speaker of the House
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-25 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Kevin McCarthy, a California Republican, is the GOP nominee for Speaker of the House. Over the course of his political career, McCarthy has developed a reputation for his ambition. Here's a look at his more than two decades in office and how his influence has grown among the GOP. Loading Something is loading. Representatives for McCarthy did not respond to Insider's requests for comment.

☆ Karen Bass Is Elected Mayor of Los Angeles, Defeating Rick Caruso
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Christine Mai-Duc | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Rep. Karen Bass, (D., Calif.) entered public office in 2004, when she was elected to the California state Assembly. Karen Bass has become the first woman elected mayor of Los Angeles, according to the Associated Press, as the California congresswoman defeated businessman Rick Caruso in a race that remained too close to call for more than a week. Mr. Caruso, a billionaire real estate developer, began election night with a lead in early results, but mail ballots that arrived later broke in favor of Ms. Bass, a Democrat..

Democrat Adam Gray is running against Republican John Duarte in California's 13th Congressional District. The 13th District covers much of Fresno County in the Central Valley, California's agricultural heartland. 2022 General EmbedsCalifornia's 13th Congressional District candidatesDuarte is a farmer and businessman who grows almonds, pistachios, and grapes in his family nursery, Duarte Nursery, located in Stanislaus County. The Central Valley, where California's 13th Congressional District is located, supplies 8% of US agricultural output and produces a fourth of the nation's food. Voting history for California's 13th Congressional DistrictCalifornia's 13th Congressional District encompasses portions of Merced, Madera, and Stanislaus counties and much of Fresno County in the Central Valley, the state's agricultural heartland.

Karen Bass is running against Rick Caruso in Los Angeles, California's mayoral race. The Los Angeles mayoral office is nonpartisan, though the city — the second largest in the US — has elected Democratic candidates for the last five terms. Bass is a member of the US House, an office she's held since 2013 after starting her career in the California State Assembly. Caruso, who previously served as president of the Los Angeles Police Commission, has also promised to tackle rising crime rates in LA. The race between Bass and Caruso is also turning out to be one of this year's most expensive races.

☆ Karen Bass faces off against Rick Caruso in Los Angeles, California's mayoral election
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | Hanna Kang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

☆ Live Results: Rep. David Valadao, an anti-Trump Republican, faces off against Democrat Rudy Salas in California's 22nd Congressional District election
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Hanna Kang | April Joyner | Nov | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Rep. David Valadao is running against Democratic Assemblyman Rudy Salas in California's 22nd Congressional District. The 22nd District is located in the Central Valley and includes Hanford, where Valadao was born and raised. 2022 General EmbedsCalifornia's 22nd Congressional District candidatesValadao is one of the few House Republicans who voted to impeach President Donald Trump. Similar to Valadao, Salas has represented the agricultural heart of California since 2012 and has supported Latino students' education. Voting history for California's 22nd Congressional DistrictCalifornia's 22nd Congressional District is located in the Central Valley and includes Delano, Porterville, Hanford — where Valadao was born and raised — and portions of Bakersfield.

☆ Four candidates face off in Santa Ana, California's mayoral election
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Hanna Kang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Four candidates are running in Santa Ana, California's mayoral race: Sal Tinajero, Jose Solorio, Valerie Amezcua and Jesse Nestor. 2022 General EmbedsFirst-term Democratic Mayor Vicente Sarmiento stepped down to run for an Orange County Board of Supervisors seat, leaving his seat up for grabs. Tinajero, who is endorsed by the Orange County Democratic Party, leads the Santa Ana Unified School District's speech and debate program and previously served on the Santa Ana City Council for more than a decade. Amezcua is a retired county probation officer and a member of the Santa Ana Unified Board of Education. The fourth candidate, Nestor, is a 20-year-old self-described libertarian who currently attends Santa Ana College.

☆ Live Election Results: California State Legislature
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Polls close in the state at 8 p.m. local time, or 11 p.m. EST. It symobilizes the 2022 Election. Election 2022 Results Explore more election results Alaska Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Florida Georgia Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Nevada New Hampshire New Mexico New York North Carolina Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Texas Virginia Washington WisconsinThe California Assembly and Senate are currently under Democratic control and are not seen as particularly competitive. Polls close in the state at 8 p.m. local time, or 11 p.m. EST. California State Assembly election results:California State Senate election results:

☆ Democrat Kermit Jones faces off against Republican state Rep. Kevin Kiley in California's 3rd Congressional District election
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-05 | by ( Hanna Kang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Democrat Kermit Jones is running against Republican state Rep. Kevin Kiley in California's 3rd Congressional District. CA-13CA-22CA-27CA-41CA-45CA-09CA-47CA-49 HouseRepublican Kevin Kiley faces off against Democrat Kermit Jones in California's 3rd Congressional District. California's 3rd Congressional District candidatesKiley currently serves in the California State Assembly. Voting history for California's 3rd Congressional DistrictCalifornia's 3rd Congressional District stretches hundreds of miles from Death Valley up through Plumas County and includes some Sacramento suburbs. Jones has raised $2.94 million, spent $2.7 million, and has $151,000 cash on hand, as of October 19.

☆ Republican Rep. Young Kim faces off against Democrat Asif Mahmood in California's 40th Congressional District election
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-05 | by ( Hanna Kang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Rep. Young Kim is running against Democrat Asif Mahmood in California's 40th Congressional District. The 40th District is an affluent, suburban district anchored in Orange County. CA-13CA-22CA-27CA-41CA-45CA-09CA-47CA-49 HouseRepublican Rep. Young Kim is vying for a second term against Democrat Asif Mahmood in California's 40th Congressional District. California's 40th Congressional District candidatesKim, a freshman representative, sits on the House Committees on Foreign Affairs, Science, Space and Technology, and Small Business. Voting history for California's 40th Congressional DistrictCalifornia's 40th Congressional District is an affluent, suburban district anchored in Orange County.

☆ Rep. Katie Porter, a Democratic star who's charmed fans with her whiteboards in hearings, could lose her California seat next week
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( Oma Seddiq | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The Cook Political Report switched Rep. Katie Porter's race from "lean Democratic" to a "toss-up." Porter, a Democratic darling, could be in danger of losing her California seat. Porter, a progressive Democrat seeking a third term, has become a breakout star within her party in recent years, attracting widespread support. Porter currently represents the 45th congressional district, a longtime Republican stronghold that she flipped blue in 2018. Porter is competing against Republican Scott Baugh, an attorney who previously served in the California state assembly and chaired the Orange County Republican Party for over a decade.

☆ State Rep. Adam Gray faces off against Republican John Duarte in California's 13th Congressional District congressional election
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Hanna Kang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Democrat Adam Gray is running against Republican John Duarte in California's 13th Congressional District. The 13th District covers much of Fresno County in the Central Valley, California's agricultural heartland. California's 13th Congressional District candidatesDuarte is a farmer and businessman who grows almonds, pistachios, and grapes in his family nursery, Duarte Nursery, located in Stanislaus County. The Central Valley, where California's 13th Congressional District is located, supplies 8% of US agricultural output and produces a fourth of the nation's food. Voting history for California's 13th Congressional DistrictCalifornia's 13th Congressional District encompasses portions of Merced, Madera, and Stanislaus counties and much of Fresno County in the Central Valley, the state's agricultural heartland.

☆ Rep. David Valadao, an anti-Trump Republican, faces off against Democrat Rudy Salas in California's 22nd Congressional District election
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Hanna Kang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Rep. David Valadao is running against Democratic Assemblyman Rudy Salas in California's 22nd Congressional District. The 22nd District is located in the Central Valley and includes Hanford, where Valadao was born and raised. California's 22nd Congressional District candidatesValadao is one of the few House Republicans who voted to impeach President Donald Trump. Similar to Valadao, Salas has represented the agricultural heart of California since 2012 and has supported Latino students' education. Voting history for California's 22nd Congressional DistrictCalifornia's 22nd Congressional District is located in the Central Valley and includes Delano, Porterville, Hanford — where Valadao was born and raised — and portions of Bakersfield.

☆ Rep. Mike Garcia faces off against Democrat Christy Smith in California's 27th Congressional District election
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Hanna Kang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Rep. Mike Garcia is running against Democrat Christy Smith in California's 27th Congressional District. California's 27th Congressional District candidatesGarcia is a member of the House Committee on Appropriations. The top-two finishers, Garcia and Smith, went on to a runoff, in which Garcia emerged victorious. Voting history for California's 27th Congressional DistrictCalifornia's 27th Congressional District encompasses sections of northern Los Angeles County and the San Fernando and Antelope Valleys, including the city of Santa Clarita, known for Six Flags Magic Mountain theme park. Of this spending, most has come from two Republican sources: the National Republican Congressional Committee and pro-Garcia super PAC Congressional Leadership Fund.

☆ Special interest groups representing Amazon to Uber oppose possible crypto regulation in California
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Caroline Haskins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Industry groups representing Amazon, Apple, Block, Coinbase, Genesis, Google, GrubHub, Lyft, Facebook/Meta, Uber, and other companies wrote to the state assembly opposing the law. Nine organizations representing consumers and advocating for economic justice wrote to the state assembly expressing support for the law. Several tech industry groups representing major companies and venture capital firms wrote in to oppose the law. Several organizations advocating for consumers and economic justice wrote to the state assembly expressing support for the law. Interest groups argued that regulation presents an "undue burden"on crypto companiesBlockchain Advocacy CoalitionThe Blockchain Advocacy Coalition wrote to Assemblymember Grayson on August 26.

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