Jeremy B. White

Bay, Sacramento

Senior California Politics and Policy Reporter at POLITICO

Senior California politics+policy reporter for POLITICO. Friend to cats; lover of words, Nationals, my daughter, and @JanelleBitker. Chisme: [email protected]

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Governor hopefuls kiss labor's ring

2 days ago | politico.com | Jeremy B. White |Blake Jones |Dustin Gardiner

Lorena Gonzalez, head of the California Labor Federation, is shown in this file photo. The Labor Fed could play a crucial role in the crowded 2026 race for governor. | Rich Pedroncelli/AP THE BUZZ: SEEKING LABOR’S LOVE — The many California Democrats jostling to be governor are hoping organized labor can help them stand out from the crowd.
Lights, camera, inaction? Trump’s film tariff confuses Hollywood

1 week ago | politico.com | Jeremy B. White |Melanie Mason

California officials and film industry groups agree Hollywood is in trouble. They’re not sure the president’s latest idea would help. An exodus of film production has strained Hollywood and led Gov. Gavin Newsom to propose doubling the state's film tax credit. | David Swanson/Getty Images LOS ANGELES — President Donald Trump wants to show Hollywood the money. Hollywood would like the president to show some specifics.
Bleak budgets test labor’s clout in blue California cities

2 weeks ago | politico.com | Jeremy B. White |Melanie Mason

Trump’s funding cuts and economic turbulence will likely cause cities across the country to face similar challenges. A sign above the bar can be seen, stating that Specs' is an AFL-CIO union bar, at Specs bar, in San Francisco, California.
Dem mayors risk a fight with their friends

2 weeks ago | politico.com | Jeremy B. White |Melanie Mason |Blake Jones |Dustin Gardiner

Union organizer David Green speaks as Los Angeles County workers rally to demand higher wages Tuesday, April 29, 2025, in Los Angeles. | Damian Dovarganes/AP THE BUZZ: LESS MONEY, MORE PROBLEMS — Big city mayors rode labor support into power, but gaping budget deficits are straining their sacred alliances with public sector unions. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass recently floated more than 1,600 layoffs to deal with a shortfall of nearly $1 billion.
A house divided by housing

3 weeks ago | politico.com | Jeremy B. White |Dustin Gardiner |Lindsey Holden

California lawmakers are fighting over housing policies that proponents say are needed to increase the state's housing supply more quickly. | Rich Pedroncelli/AP HOUSING STALEMATE: Nothing unites — and divides — California Democrats quite like housing. Everyone agrees homes and rent are too expensive. (Indeed, housing and homelessness were resoundingly the top issues for California voters in a recent POLITICO poll).
Moderates couldn’t beat Barbara Lee - but they’re not done

3 weeks ago | politico.com | Jeremy B. White

But Taylor’s stronger-than-expected showing highlighted a political dynamic that animated the Oakland mayoral contest and has surfaced in elections throughout the staunchly liberal Bay Area in recent years. An ascendant movement of well-funded moderate groups is determined to exert its influence in left-leaning labor strongholds — home to some of the world’s largest tech companies and their employees — by appealing to a sense among Democrats that liberal governance has failed.
Barbara Lee takes lead in Oakland mayor’s race, stops short of declaring victory

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Jeremy B. White

OAKLAND, California — Former Rep. Barbara Lee on Friday took a healthy lead in the close race to be Oakland’s next mayor, but stopped short of declaring victory. While former council member Loren Taylor jumped out ahead on election night, late-arriving ballots broke decisively for Lee, who called the updated results “encouraging.”Taylor had not conceded the race as of Friday evening, and his campaign couldn’t be immediately reached for comment after the vote update.
Progressives grit their teeth in Oakland

4 weeks ago | politico.com | Jeremy B. White

OAKLAND, California — Forget a Barbara Lee blowout. It’s white-knuckle time for Oakland progressives. Early returns from a special mayoral election show the former representative locked in a too-close-to-call contest with her chief rival, Loren Taylor, a moderate former member of the City Council who campaigned on an anti-establishment message and won over conservative funders.
California voters have Trump-resistance fatigue, poll finds

4 weeks ago | politico.com | Jeremy B. White

California voters are less keen on fighting Trump than their state’s political elite. In a dual survey of California voters and political professionals who are driving the state’s agenda, the electorate is strikingly more likely to want a détente with the White House. Voters are also more divided on issues like immigration and climate change, where Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic state lawmakers have asserted progressive ambitions that rebuff President Donald Trump’s agenda.
Oakland mayor’s race too close to call

4 weeks ago | politico.com | Jeremy B. White

OAKLAND, California — Oakland’s mayoral election was too close to call on Tuesday night, a setback for frontrunner and former Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee that underscores the profound voter frustration animating the progressive city’s politics. As of late Tuesday, former City Council member Loren Taylor held a narrow lead and neither candidate had secured a majority in a 10-candidate field.