Politics

California Adds to Rally’s Voice, Strength : March: Several representatives from the state speak from the podium while thousands of others travel to Washington to take part in the demonstration.

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Thousands of Californians participated in Sunday’s gay and lesbian march on Washington, hoping, like their counterparts from across the nation, to lower barriers against homosexuals in the same way the landmark 1963 civil rights march furthered the cause of black Americans. “For people to understand why we should have the same civil rights as they … Read more

Trump administration diverts Central America aid to U.S.-backed opposition in Venezuela

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Thousands protest in Caracas, Venezuela. (Miguel Gutierrez / EPA/Shutterstock) The Trump administration plans to divert more than $40 million in humanitarian aid from Central America to the U.S.-backed opposition in Venezuela, according to an internal memo and interviews. The memo, dated July 11 and obtained by The Times, is a notification to Congress from the … Read more

Clinton Vows to Help California : Economy: President is mobbed in campaign-style stops in inner city and Valley College. He says he will pick a ‘compassionate but hard-headed’ INS chief.

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Closing a two-day Western trip, President Clinton on Tuesday pledged to Los Angeles audiences his special commitment to help the California economy, while asking state residents to do their part for the economic plan he is pushing through Congress. Clinton, in mobbed campaign-style stops in South-Central Los Angeles and at Los Angeles Valley College in … Read more

Justice Department says it won’t release names of FBI agents who worked on Jan. 6 cases

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The Justice Department has agreed to refrain from publicly identifying any FBI agents whose conduct is under review. (Mark Schiefelbein / Associated Press) The Justice Department has agreed to refrain from publicly identifying any FBI agents whose conduct is under review as President Trump’s administration examines the investigations into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on … Read more

Must Reads: How eight elite San Francisco families funded Gavin Newsom’s political ascent

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Gavin Newsom wasn’t born rich, but he was born connected — and those alliances have paid handsome dividends throughout his career. A coterie of San Francisco’s wealthiest families has backed him at every step of his political rise, which in November could lead next to his election as California governor. San Francisco society’s “first families” … Read more

On the Issues: 48th District: Rep. Dana Rohrabacher and Harley Rouda

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Voters in California’s 48th Congressional District, in coastal Orange County, are most concerned with the economy, healthcare, gun laws and immigration, according to a recent poll by the UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies. The race between incumbent Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher of Costa Mesa and Democratic challenger Harley Rouda is tight; two pollsreleased recently … Read more

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