State of California Government News

Voters will decide between two candidates for one open seat for California’s 5th District of the Assembly on Election Day, Nov. 5.

Expanding California’s unprecedented support for local efforts to create long-term solutions to address homelessness, Governor Gavin Newsom today announced that 37 regional grantees representing 100 local communities and organizations statewide will receive more than $827 million in new state investments to create new housing, shelter and support for those experiencing homelessness.

Former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo has widened the gap between himself and his congressional opponent in their race to represent Silicon Valley.

CALIFORNIA HAS ONE of the most ambitious and highly engineered water delivery systems on the planet, and it’s being eyed for a new extension. The Delta Conveyance Project is Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposal for a 45-mile underground tube that would tap fresh water from its source in the north and carry it beneath a vast wetland to users in the south.

Hoover, Middleton make final push for District 7 as ballots arrive in mail.

Dave Cortese, who most recently stopped by Los Gatos Council during the farewell for former Town Manager Laurel Prevetti, today turned his attention to the plight of those who do the food-production heavy-lifting.

A mailer circulating in Assembly District 26 slams candidate Tara Sreekrishnan for her attendance record on the Cupertino Union School Board — where she has never served.