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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Gov. Gavin Newsom signs legislation from special session on California gas price spike.
Oct. 14, 2024
Ticket prices for the event at Gov. Gavin Newsom’s home in the suburbs of Sacramento started at $3,300.
Oct. 8, 2024
In the race to represent the northwestern L.A. County swing district in the state Assembly, Patrick Lee Gipson aims to flip Democrat Pilar Schiavo’s seat back to Republicans.
Oct. 3, 2024
Democratic lawyer Kipp Mueller and former Assemblymember Suzette Valladares, a Republican, face off in blue-leaning Santa Clarita Valley for one of the most targeted state Senate seats.
Oct. 3, 2024
Assembly Democrats continued a pattern in California of allowing regulators to adopt more rules for the oil industry that could lower price spikes in the future.
Oct. 1, 2024
The governor said he seeks to balance his desire to preserve California’s role as the vanguard of technology against his job to shield society from potential harm.
Sept. 30, 2024
The formal apology for California’s role in slavery is part of series of bills Gov. Gavin Newsom signed this year that advocates for reparations said didn’t go far enough to atone for the state’s legacy of racism.
Sept. 26, 2024
Senate Bill 976 could inspire legal action by social media companies, which argued the legislation ‘unconstitutionally burdens’ access to content.
Sept. 20, 2024
Gov. Gavin Newsom and California lawmakers in 2020 touted a law to create a state task force to study and propose remedies to atone for the legacy of slavery. Four years later, their work to deliver reparations is more incremental than recording-breaking.
Sept. 1, 2024
The unusual move pushes the Legislature into overtime to address energy affordability just as campaign season heats up in advance of the Nov. 5 election.
Sept. 1, 2024