Taryn Luna covers Gov. Gavin Newsom and California politics in Sacramento. Prior to joining the Los Angeles Times in 2018, Luna covered the state Legislature and lobbying industry for the Sacramento Bee. She previously wrote about retail for the Boston Globe and worked as a general assignment reporter for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Luna grew up in Northern California and graduated from Oregon State University.
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Despite the confidence he projected about Proposition 1, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ballot measure on California’s mental health services is leading narrowly.
March 15, 2024
Los votantes de California en las elecciones primarias deciden el destino de la Proposición 1, que el gobernador Gavin Newsom ha defendido para abordar la salud mental y la falta de vivienda.
March 6, 2024
California voters in the primary election decide the fate of Proposition 1, which Gov. Gavin Newsom has championed to address mental health and homelessness.
March 6, 2024
Si los votantes de California aprueban la Proposición 1, el bono para construir más instalaciones de salud mental podría costar $14 mil millones en deuda y pagos de intereses
March 1, 2024
If Proposition 1 is approved by California voters, the bond to build more mental health facilities could cost $14 billion in debt and interest payments.
March 1, 2024
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office called a Bloomberg News story that alleged he exempted bakeries from the state’s fast food wage law to benefit a political donor who owns Panera Bread locations “absurd” and said the restaurant is not exempted from the policy.
Feb. 29, 2024
A group of Republicans involved in the failed 2021 recall of California Gov. Gavin Newsom say they plan to try to remove him from office again.
Feb. 26, 2024
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said Rena Naulls, the mother’s live-in boyfriend, is ‘a person of interest’ in the murder of toddler David Hernandez.
Feb. 24, 2024
With less than two weeks before the March 5 California primary, vote centers opened across the state Saturday to let voters cast their ballots early.
Feb. 24, 2024
Anyone hoping California Gov. Gavin Newsom or some other Democrat will take President Biden’s place on the 2024 ballot is likely to be disappointed.
Feb. 13, 2024