(FOX40.COM) — Southern California Senator Steven Bradford has launched a campaign for lieutenant governor in 2026.  Senator Bradford has served in the State Senate since 2016 and was previously in the Assembly, along with the Gardena City Council.  NewsNation political editor Chris Stirewalt discusses 2024 election, life after FOX News "I have been responsive, I have been engaged, I show up...this is the kind of job that is not about glam, it's about putting your head down and doing the real work, and I've done that for 26 years as an elected official," he added. If elected, Senator ..read more

(Inside California Politics) -- San Francisco Mayor London Breed joined Inside California Politics co-host Nikki Laurenzo to discuss her efforts to help revitalize San Francisco.  Mayor Breed also discusses the problem she sees with the perception of San Francisco, why she believes the city’s mayor should be given more powers to combat the issues facing the city, and her bid to win reelection in November ..read more

(Inside California Politics) -- NewsNation political editor Chris Stirewalt, the host of ‘The Hill Sunday’ joined Inside California Politics co-host Frank Buckley to discuss the 2024 race for President, the U.S. Senate race here in California and his new role at NewsNation after exiting FOX News ..read more

(Inside California Politics) — Loyola Law School Professor Jessica Levinson joined Inside California Politics co-host Frank Buckley to discuss the case being heard in the Supreme Court surrounding the medication abortion pill Mifepristone ..read more

(Inside California Politics) — Republican political strategist Rob Stutzman and Democratic political strategist Ed Emerson joined Inside California Politics co-host Frank Buckley to discuss the presidential race, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s pick for Vice President, and the task ahead for President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.  ..read more

(KTXL) — Former California State Controller Betty Yee officially launched her campaign for governor Wednesday. "Today I am hearing from people across the state that California is more out of balance than ever," Yee said in a video statement announcing her campaign. "We have the grit and the power to make California add up for all of us again ..read more

Los Angeles Times Sacramento Bureau Chief Laurel Rosenhall and KQED-San Francisco Politics and Government editor Scott Shafer joined Inside California Politics co-host Nikki Laurenzo to discuss the razor-thin success of Proposition 1, the headwinds Governor Gavin Newsom is facing here in California, and former Assembly Speaker Willie Brown at 90 ..read more

(Inside California Politics) — Rep. Katie Porter (D) may have lost her race for the U.S. Senate seat formerly held by the late Dianne Feinstein, but she said she is not done with this election cycle. The Orange County representative spoke with Inside California Politics about the reaction to her concession statement and her plans for the rest of her time in Congress. The text of the interview below has been slightly adjusted for clarity. Nikki Laurenzo: Congresswoman Porter, I want to start by asking you about the news that you made this week, clarifying some comments that you posted on Twitte ..read more

(Inside California Politics) -- United States Congresswoman Anna Eshoo, D-Menlo Park, joined Inside California Politics co-host Nikki Laurenzo to discuss the bill passed by the House of Representatives this week targeting TikTok. That bill, which Rep. Eshoo is a co-sponsor of, would call for the banning of TikTok if the social media app is not sold by it's Chinese-based parent company.  Rep. Eshoo says she does not want TikTok to be banned, but believes divestment is appropriate. Rep. Eshoo also says an American company should be the owners of TikTok ..read more

(Inside California Politics) -- California State Senator Steven Bradford, D-Gardena, joined Inside California Politics co-host Frank Buckley to discuss his bill targeting low-level traffic stops. If approved, Senate Bill 50 would prohibit law enforcement from stopping drivers and cyclists for a variety of low-level traffic violations including license plate placement and broken taillights. Senator Bradford says he believes this is needed to help address the disparity of people of color being pulled over by law enforcement in California at disproportional rates compared to their population leve ..read more