He wants to make California Republicans relevant again. So why does the GOP dislike him?
Carl DeMaio aims to revive California's Republican Party with a bold, combative style, promising to challenge Democrats and ...
Crashes and Disasters
Environmentalists say Trump is using the LA fires as cover to seize more control of the state’s precious water. Most Southern ...
California GOP lawmaker wants to end ‘sanctuary state’ protections for sex traffickers
Will this GOP bill targeting undocumented immigrant sex traffickers make it through a Legislature controlled by a Democratic supermajority?
Why Trump’s conditions on LA fire aid put California Republicans in a tough spot
Do they fight for unconditional fight for wildfire victims in their home state? Or fall in line behind President Trump?
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Brash Legislator Seeks to Remake California GOP in Trump’s Image
Longtime conservative activist Carl DeMaio won an Assembly seat last year, arguing the GOP must be more aggressive against Democratic policies. Some Republicans call him a self-promoter who can’t be ...
Cracks Emerge in House GOP After Speaker’s Threat to Saddle California Wildfire Aid With Conditions
Several California Republicans have expressed dismay that state relief could be hitched to Trump's demands over water ...
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Why President Trump’s conditions on Los Angeles fire aid put California Republicans in a tough spot
All the talk about attaching conditions to California’s federal disaster aid have placed the state’s Republican members of Congress in a quandary.
Congress has passed a tough new immigration bill. What does that mean to California?
The Laken Riley Act, named for an Athens, Ga., nursing student murdered last year by an undocumented man, passed in the House ...
California water regulators deny Trump’s claim that US military ‘turned on the water’ in the state
Trump’s comments were the latest in a series of attacks he’s lodged and actions he’s taken against the state’s water policy ...