Alexei Koseff
State Capitol Reporter | CalMattersAlexei Koseff is a statehouse and politics reporter for CalMatters, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture explaining California policies and politics, and a JPR news partner.
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The new top Democrat in the state Senate announces his leadership team and new committee chairpersons. He rewarded some allies who helped him win the post, and filled five of seven leadership posts with women or legislators of color. -
A bill would let state legislators, who say they fear for their safety, shield their property holdings from disclosure forms. But critics say that could conceal potential conflicts of interest. -
California鈥檚 Legislative Analyst鈥檚 Office projects a 2024-25 budget deficit twice as large as 2023-24. It says the state could dip into reserves and cut some one-time spending. -
Coming soon to California: a diversity reporting mandate for venture capital firms. Not coming soon to California: a diversity reporting mandate for Gov. Gavin Newsom. -
The governor says he鈥檚 not stopping the president of EMILY鈥檚 List and former University of California regent from running for a full term in the 2024 election. He rebuffed pressure to appoint Rep. Barbara Lee. -
The death of Sen. Dianne Feinstein means that Gov. Newsom has to decide who will fill her seat. He has said he would appoint a caretaker, not one of the three Democrats who are already running. -
Gov. Newsom just signed a tax on firearms and ammunition, among other new gun control laws. California鈥檚 remaining gun manufacturers wonder if they have a future. -
Legislators weren鈥檛 able to reach a compromise that helps insurers with wildfire risk while also protecting homeowners. Interest groups hope to find one in meetings this fall. -
A deal announced today by labor groups and the fast food industry would give workers a $20 minimum wage and pull a measure off the 2024 ballot. The Legislature has until Thursday to approve it. -
Under a system that has long prioritized local control for school districts. state officials now are fighting some recent board decisions regarding LGBTQ students. -
American Medical Response has poured more than $3 million into a November 2024 initiative to raise requirements for levying taxes and fees. The company says it鈥檚 looking out for patients, but local officials say it鈥檚 about the money. -
Frustration runs deep among medical cannabis patients and advocates who say the commercial market created by Proposition 64 in 2016 isn鈥檛 meeting their needs.
