Laurel Rosenhall

This is landing at a time when there is a lot of anxiety about economic inequality nationwide and also here in California, where the AI explosion just means that some people are so incredibly well off right now, while the masses of people are just struggling for their day-to-day expenses.

My colleague Laurel Rosenhall has been covering the fight over this measure.

She says supporters of the tax say it would raise around $100 billion, most of which would be used to offset federal cuts to Medicaid.

At the same time, opponents argue that it would be a disaster for California's economy, encouraging the biggest earners to leave the state.

Attorney General Todd Blanch said California had received ample warning and was given an opportunity to self-correct its records.

Devlin Barrett and Laurel Rosenhall report for The New York Times.

The League of Women Voters, the Electronic Privacy Information Center, and the League of United Latin American Citizens yesterday sued the Department of Homeland Security.

alleging the government has obtained voter files from at least 47 states and handled the data in a way that violates federal law.

We move now to a story headlined, He's Played It Safe, But He Could Make California History as Governor.

It's by Laurel Rosenhall, Jennifer Medina, and Orlando Mayorquin, reporting from Los Angeles.

The table decorations at a Los Angeles event earlier this year told the story of the guest of honor, Javier Becerra, a son of Mexican immigrants who has emerged as the frontrunner to replace Governor Gavin Newsom in California.

Colorful cards in the style of a Mexican lotería game represented his political rise, in Spanish, from El Congresista to El Fiscal General to El Secretario de Salud.

And that would mean future governors would not be able to execute any of those people.

Laurel Rosenhall is a New York Times reporter who covers California politics and government in Sacramento.

Welcome back.

Thank you.

Thanks, Madeline.

My pleasure.

That's Laurel Rosenhall, New York Times reporter who covers California politics and government in Sacramento.

Coming up, architect Paul Williams, who is Black, is responsible for a lot of what Los Angeles looks like.

[clears throat] Newsom mulls sparing lives of all five hundred and sixty-three prisoners on death row in California.

This was written by Laurel Rosenhall.

Governor Gavin Newsom, a possible presidential candidate, is seriously considering whether to spare the lives of all five hundred and sixty-three prisoners on death row in California as one of his final acts in office, according to two people familiar with his thinking.

Mr. Newsom ramped up conversations with top advisors last week after a botched execution in Tennessee, though he had been deliberating the move for several months.

By resolving a lawsuit filed by a group of states, the media mogul David Ellison removed the last major hurdle he faced in buying Warner Brothers Discovery.

By Benjamin Mullen, David McCabe, Sean Hubler, and Laurel Rosenhall.

Paramount reached an agreement on Monday to resolve an antitrust lawsuit delaying its $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros.

Discovery, eliminating the last significant barrier to the creation of an entertainment and media colossus.