The top two primary finishers compete in the state's general election regardless of party, setting up several races between the Democrats' left and even-more-left wings in the nation's most-populous state, races that could signal the direction of the party's future.
"He's really pulling our ponytail hard," Skelton said, citing the administration's recent decisions to open the Pacific Coast to offshore oil drilling, to threaten a crackdown on legal marijuana just as sales began in California and to condemn the state's immigration policy.
In his final State of the State address on Jan. 25, Brown said California is "Prospering," a nod to a growing economy that is the sixth-largest in the world.
Rendon stands at the line where the spirit of resistance meets practical politics, the divide within the state Democratic Party.
Brian Dahle, a seed farmer and the Assembly's Republican leader who represents the northeastern corner of the state, argues that business regulation is too strict, fuel prices due to the recent state gas-tax hike too high, and housing too scarce.
In response, state Attorney General Xavier Becerra, whose mother was born in Mexico and whose father was raised there, warned California businesses that they might be subject to prosecution if they cooperate with federal officials.
State Sen. Kevin de León, the Los Angeles-area Democrat who runs the Senate chamber, wrote the sanctuary state bill.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/think-california-politics-is-on-the-far-left-fringe-just-wait-for-the-next-elections/2018/02/04/80e679c2-05e5-11e8-8777-2a059f168dd2_story.html?utm_term=.abb91b0fb6a4
"He's really pulling our ponytail hard," Skelton said, citing the administration's recent decisions to open the Pacific Coast to offshore oil drilling, to threaten a crackdown on legal marijuana just as sales began in California and to condemn the state's immigration policy.
In his final State of the State address on Jan. 25, Brown said California is "Prospering," a nod to a growing economy that is the sixth-largest in the world.
Rendon stands at the line where the spirit of resistance meets practical politics, the divide within the state Democratic Party.
Brian Dahle, a seed farmer and the Assembly's Republican leader who represents the northeastern corner of the state, argues that business regulation is too strict, fuel prices due to the recent state gas-tax hike too high, and housing too scarce.
In response, state Attorney General Xavier Becerra, whose mother was born in Mexico and whose father was raised there, warned California businesses that they might be subject to prosecution if they cooperate with federal officials.
State Sen. Kevin de León, the Los Angeles-area Democrat who runs the Senate chamber, wrote the sanctuary state bill.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/think-california-politics-is-on-the-far-left-fringe-just-wait-for-the-next-elections/2018/02/04/80e679c2-05e5-11e8-8777-2a059f168dd2_story.html?utm_term=.abb91b0fb6a4
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