Alex Lazar, a former aide to San Francisco Democrats Mayor London Breed and Congressmember Nancy Pelosi, is aiming to be one of the first out gay members of the state Legislature elected from the Sacramento region.
Lex Lazar, a self-described Google super commuter with public service and private sector experience, launched a campaign for state Assembly District 6.
Carlos Marquez, a former executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union's California Action lobbying group, announced in an interview with KCRA 3 that he's running to represent Sacramento in the State Assembly.
Family members of those killed in the Surfside condo collapse and developers are at odds over a memorial, another test in how the nation commemorates victims at tragic locations.
The Newsom administration's proposal, which it has discussed with police-reform advocates, would strip a requirement that the state’s police certification commission release documents to the public about decertification of abusive or corrupt officers in California — an element of Senate Bill 2, a hard-won accountability measure.