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6 days ago | 
politico.com | Tyler Katzenberger |Chase DiFeliciantonio |Christine Mui
California and 16 state attorneys general won a legal victory in the effort to break up Google's ad business. | Thibault Camus/AP — Rob Bonta’s potential new tool for taming Big Tech. — S.F.’s mayor marks 100 days, touts tech ties. — AI agents are trending. Policymakers, it’s your move. Welcome to California Decoded! Hope you’re enjoying the Sacramento recess, we promise we’ll be back with bills, bills, bills next week. Send feedback, tips and story ideas to .
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1 week ago | 
politico.com | Chase DiFeliciantonio |Christine Mui |Tyler Katzenberger
— Silicon Valley responds (sort of) after Newsom sued over Trump’s tariffs. — More details from our exclusive AI poll on how race and workplace exposure matter. — Rob Bonta and CPPA team up with five other states on data privacy. Welcome to California Decoded! Send feedback, tips and story ideas to . ANALYSIS: TECH TARIFF TAKEDOWN — Tech groups have made clear their stance against Donald Trump’s tariffs — but so far, that hasn’t translated into full-throated support of Gov.
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1 week ago | 
politico.com | Tyler Katzenberger |Chase DiFeliciantonio |Christine Mui
Tyler Katzenberger is a Sacramento technology reporter for POLITICO. He covers how policy fights in California’s statehouse shape both the local and national tech landscape. Tyler joined POLITICO full-time in 2025 after a six-month internship with the California bureau, during which he covered the 2024 elections and broke an exclusive story on a landmark deal between Google and state lawmakers aimed at funding local newsrooms.
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1 week ago | 
politico.com | Chase DiFeliciantonio |Tyler Katzenberger |Christine Mui
Tyler Katzenberger is a Sacramento technology reporter for POLITICO. He covers how policy fights in California’s statehouse shape both the local and national tech landscape. Tyler joined POLITICO full-time in 2025 after a six-month internship with the California bureau, during which he covered the 2024 elections and broke an exclusive story on a landmark deal between Google and state lawmakers aimed at funding local newsrooms.
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1 week ago | 
politico.com | Chase DiFeliciantonio |Tyler Katzenberger |Christine Mui
Tyler Katzenberger is a Sacramento technology reporter for POLITICO. He covers how policy fights in California’s statehouse shape both the local and national tech landscape. Tyler joined POLITICO full-time in 2025 after a six-month internship with the California bureau, during which he covered the 2024 elections and broke an exclusive story on a landmark deal between Google and state lawmakers aimed at funding local newsrooms.
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1 week ago | 
politico.com | Tyler Katzenberger |Christine Mui
With help from Jeremy B. White President Donald Trump. | Shawn Thew/EPA — Inside the legal snarl holding up a decade-old plan for undocumented immigrant phone discounts. — Gavin Newsom braces California’s economy for tariff whiplash. Welcome to California Decoded! Are you a budget chair whose blood pressure fluctuates with the stock market? Hang in there: the market closes for the weekend in eight hours. Plus, you’re on recess! Send feedback, tips and story ideas to .
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2 weeks ago | 
politico.com | Jeremy B. White |Christine Mui |Camille von Kaenel |Alex Nieves
SACRAMENTO, California — California leaders are still bracing for widespread damage despite President Donald Trump’s tariff reprieve. Major industries that power the nation’s largest economy — from almond growers counting on foreign buyers to Silicon Valley giants reliant on Chinese components — are still tremoring from Trump’s shifting trade policies. The economic uncertainty also threatens to tank the stock market, drying up state tax revenue for schools and health care.
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2 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Jeremy White |Christine Mui |Camille von Kaenel |Alex Nieves
SACRAMENTO, California — California leaders are still bracing for widespread damage despite President Donald Trump’s tariff reprieve. Major industries that power the nation’s largest economy — from almond growers counting on foreign buyers to Silicon Valley giants reliant on Chinese components — are still tremoring from Trump’s shifting trade policies. The economic uncertainty also threatens to tank the stock market, drying up state tax revenue for schools and health care.
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2 weeks ago | 
politico.com | Chase DiFeliciantonio |Tyler Katzenberger |Christine Mui
California Attorney General Rob Bonta. | Damian Dovarganes/AP — Rob Bonta faces pressure to wade into the Musk-OpenAI fight. — A bill on AI (and OpenAI) is now about *checks notes* airplanes. — A first look at Waymo’s latest moves through San Francisco. Welcome to California Decoded! Tariffs on, tariffs off? “The Art of the Deal” says keep ‘em guessing. We’d never leave you hanging like that. Send feedback, tips and story ideas to .
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2 weeks ago | 
politico.com | Christine Mui |Chase DiFeliciantonio |Tyler Katzenberger
Daniel Lurie cast technology as a cornerstone of his campaign to “reclaim our place as the greatest city in the world.” | Chris Tuite for POLITICO — Daniel Lurie’s vision: a tech-fueled revival for a city that has still got something to prove. — OpenAI’s global affairs chief exclusively shares response to Newsom’s AI panel report. — California and New Jersey officials team up to defend state privacy laws in Congress.
