EDITORIAL: The tale of two Democrats
They are two sons of immigrants with working class roots, who shared similar ideas on health care, immigration, and resistance to President Donald Trump. Both are Democrats.
Category Archives: Xavier Becerra
California legislator wins Democratic fight for House seat
A Hispanic legislator backed by the Democratic Party and powerful labour unions easily won Tuesday's election to a vacant U.S. House seat in Southern California, after turning back a spirited campaign by a self-proclaimed outsider who wanted to become the first Korean-American in Congress in nearly two decades. Assemblyman Jimmy Gomez won 60 per cent of the 33,000 votes counted in the 34th Congressional District, according to an unofficial tally Tuesday.
Jimmy Gomez poised to beat Robert Lee Ahn in California special election
Latino voters appear poised to power one of their own, California Assemblyman Jimmy Gomez, to victory Tuesday in a special congressional election that has turned into a test of the power of two ascendant minority communities. Both finalists for the seat are Democrats who emerged from the April primary as the top two vote-getters in this decidedly blue district in Los Angeles County.
Undercover Planned Parenthood Video Removed from YouTube at Judgea s…
Yesterday evening, the Center for Medical Progress undercover footage - recorded at the 2014 and 2015 National Abortion Federation conventions - was removed from YouTube, supposedly for a violation of the site's Terms of Service agreement. A few hours later, news emerged that Judge William Orrick - the California district judge who granted NAF and Planned Parenthood's request for a preliminary injunction to prevent the release of this video footage - had ordered the CMP's lead investigator David Daleiden and his attorneys to appear at a June 14 hearing to consider holding them in contempt for releasing the footage yesterday morning.
Gov. Browna s views on a oesanctuary statesa has varied
SACRAMENTO >> If Gov. Jerry Brown ends up signing a pending bill to make California a “sanctuary state” for undocumented immigrants, it will be an about-face for the governor, who publicly opposed the idea of sanctuary cities several years ago. While it's often difficult to predict Brown's actions, many Capitol observers expect him to approve it, given both California's political landscape and strong Democratic antipathy toward President Donald Trump.
California cities ready to fight Trumpa s call to punish so-called a sanctuary citiesa
California cities are mobilizing to fight the Trump administration's effort to strip federal funding from so-called sanctuary cities, which do not enforce federal immigration policy. Even as the Justice Department on Friday advised eight local governments and the state of California that they were at risk of losing federal dollars if they don't cooperate, several cities had already directed their lobbyists to oppose such efforts.
California Fights Back
After he was sworn in, he went further, singling out the state for attack. "California," Trump declared in February, "in many ways is out of control."
Eric Holder’s law firm paid $25k a month by California taxpayers to fight Trump policies: Report
Former Obama Attorney General Eric Holder's law firm is reportedly bringing in $25,000 a month in California taxpayers' money for legal counsel about countering the Trump administration. In January the Democrat-dominated California state legislature hired Mr. Holder's and his firm, Covington & Burling, "to assist with legal challenges over everything from immigration to environmental policies," Fox News reported Thursday.
Disclosure Push Threatens Non-Profit Donors’ First Amendment Protections
California elected officials are leading a courtroom charge to bulldoze the 1958 NAACP v. Alabama Supreme Court decision that guarantees anonymity for non-profit donors who might otherwise be subjected to death threats and other forms of intimidation.
Democratic attorneys general in 4 states challenge Trump
Schneiderman says his colleagues and other lawyers are being moved to action because they b... . File - In this Jan. 24, 2017, file photo, Xavier Becerra, California's attorney general, talks to reporters at a news conference in Sacramento, Calif.
3 states: Democratic attorneys general challenge Trump
Schneiderman says his colleagues and other lawyers are being moved to action because they b... . File - In this Jan. 24, 2017, file photo, Xavier Becerra, California's attorney general, talks to reporters at a news conference in Sacramento, Calif.
California governor defiant in face of Trump agenda
Gov. Jerry Brown delivered an aggressive defense on Tuesday of California's liberal policies on immigration, health care and climate change during his State of the State address, vowing to fight the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress if they threaten to roll back state policies. The Democratic governor, who has made fighting climate change a legacy issue, also noted the state's successes in cutting unemployment, closing a multibillion-dollar deficit, boosting school funding and expanding rights for immigrants who are in the country illegally.
Here are the California lawmakers skipping Donald Trumpa s inauguration a ” and the ones who arena t
The state of California has a 53-member House of Representatives delegation and, like all other states, two senators. Here is a list of all 55 members of the California Congressional delegation, and whether or not they are planning to attend Friday's inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States.
California attorney general nominee clears state Assembly
The first chamber of the California Legislature has confirmed U.S. Rep. Xavier Becerra to be the state's next attorney general. Democrats in the California Assembly voted Friday to support the Los Angeles-area Democrat as the state's top law enforcement official.
Backpage.com, CEO plead guilty in California, Texas
The chief executive of a website that authorities have dubbed an "online brothel" pleaded guilty to California money-laundering charges Thursday, while the company itself pleaded guilty to human trafficking in Texas. Carl Ferrer will co-operate in prosecuting Backpage.com's creators and will serve no more than five years in state prison under a California plea agreement.
California hires ex-Attorney General Holder to fight Trump
Vowing to protect California's values and constitutional g... . FILE-- In this May 19, 2016 file photo, State Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de Leon, D-Los Angeles, addresses the Senate in Sacramento, Calif.
California Dems ready to fight Trump’s immigration plans
Six weeks after President-elect Donald Trump's election, people still pack California Senate President Pro Tempore Kevin de Leon's Los Angeles district office. His constituents of Latino, Korean, and Armenian descent wait in his front office, waiting for a moment to share their fears about Trump with California's most powerful state lawmaker.
How anti-illegal immigration activists from California won and lost this November
In Washington, D.C., they now have a president who shares their views on border security and the need to deport undocumented immigrants. But in their home state, legislative leaders are vowing to fight Donald Trump and protect those in this country illegally.
There Is Only One Way To Stop Trump
Blue America hasn't spent precious time since the election asking you to sign petitions for impractical symbolic appeals to the electoral college, or to waste your money on an un-winnable, pointless Senate race in Louisiana. We are very focused on what can be done-- politically-- to break the back on Trumpism.
Entering GOP-led Congress, Democrat Soto no stranger to being outnumbered
Democrat Darren Soto to lean on 'lengthy and unique experience' in minority party as he enters GOP-led U.S. Co Election night was bittersweet for state Sen. Darren Soto, a Democrat who made history as the first Puerto Rican elected to represent Florida in Congress , even as Republican Donald Trump won the state and the presidency. After a decade of toiling in a Republican-controlled state Legislature, Soto will face a familiar uphill climb to pass legislation in Washington, D.C, where the GOP holds both chambers of Congress.