Reference

Sources

Every distinct source cited across the guide (297 in all), tagged by type so you can weigh each. Individual pages list the sources specific to them.

News 170

  1. ABC10 — CADEM chair suggests low-polling candidates step aside abc10.com
  2. ABC10 — Tom Steyer abc10.com
  3. ACLU SoCal — California Values Act (SB 54) aclusocal.org
  4. antonio2026.com — One-term pledge antonio2026.com
  5. antonio2026.com — My Plan for an Affordable California antonio2026.com
  6. antonio2026.com — Endorsements antonio2026.com
  7. Axios — How a suspected Chinese spy gained access to California politics (Dec 2020) axios.com
  8. Axios — Realtor mailers against San Diego Measure A axios.com
  9. beinsure — California pushes insurance overhaul / FAIR Plan strain beinsure.com
  10. Brookings — California's AI safety law brookings.edu
  11. C-SPAN — California gubernatorial debate video (Apr 28) c-span.org
  12. CA Gov Tracker — independent expenditures cagovtracker.com
  13. CA Federation of Labor — 2026 endorsements calaborfed.org
  14. CA Budget & Policy Center — California at Risk: Federal Cuts calbudgetcenter.org
  15. Cal Budget Center — First Look: 2026-27 May Revision calbudgetcenter.org
  16. Cal Budget Center — Understanding Proposition 35 calbudgetcenter.org
  17. CalMatters — Swalwell joins crowded governor's race (Nov 2025) calmatters.org
  18. CalMatters — California governor race financials calmatters.org
  19. CalMatters — Lagging in polls and fundraising, Betty Yee drops out (Apr 20, 2026) calmatters.org
  20. CalMatters — Mahan enters race as Newsom critic calmatters.org
  21. CalMatters — Can you trust that post about Tom Steyer? Paid influencers calmatters.org
  22. CalMatters (Walters) — Trump endorsement and the California governorship calmatters.org
  23. CalMatters — GOP convention, no endorsement calmatters.org
  24. CalMatters — Two Republicans and their primary math calmatters.org
  25. CalMatters — Hilton leads fundraising (Feb 2026) calmatters.org
  26. CalMatters — Who are the 2026 California governor candidates? (voter guide) calmatters.org
  27. CalMatters — Porter struggling in governor's race calmatters.org
  28. CalMatters — Former Newsom chief of staff pleads guilty in scheme that bled Becerra account calmatters.org
  29. CalMatters — Final governor debate: rivals gang up on Becerra calmatters.org
  30. CalMatters — Newsom's last budget plan calmatters.org
  31. CalMatters — Delta tunnel fast-track stalls again calmatters.org
  32. CalMatters — cost of getting more CA students into top UCs calmatters.org
  33. CalMatters — 2026 superintendent election / charters absent calmatters.org
  34. CalMatters — candidates on homelessness calmatters.org
  35. CalMatters — state workers return to office calmatters.org
  36. CalMatters — Where is California's homelessness funding going? calmatters.org
  37. CalMatters — Did Newsom's $3.8B hotels-to-housing program pay off? calmatters.org
  38. CalMatters — Governor YIMBY: candidates see eye-to-eye on housing calmatters.org
  39. CalMatters — Newsom proposes Medi-Cal enrollment freeze for undocumented calmatters.org
  40. CalMatters — Newsom, LA and the National Guard calmatters.org
  41. CalMatters — Prop 36 results (Nov 2024) calmatters.org
  42. CalMatters — What candidates would do about health care calmatters.org
  43. CalMatters — For Democrats, single-payer is back calmatters.org
  44. CalMatters — Lawmakers rush $25M to hospitals calmatters.org
  45. CalMatters — Governor race primary debate (Apr 28) calmatters.org
  46. CalMatters — Lieutenant Governor voter guide calmatters.org
  47. CalMatters — Attorney General voter guide calmatters.org
  48. CalMatters — Secretary of State voter guide calmatters.org
  49. CalMatters — Controller race calmatters.org
  50. CalMatters — Treasurer race calmatters.org
  51. CalMatters — Insurance Commissioner candidates calmatters.org
  52. CalMatters — Board of Equalization voter guide calmatters.org
  53. Capradio — California's former top financial officer makes her case (Apr 14, 2026) capradio.org
  54. CapRadio — Billionaire blitz: Steyer's $132 million campaign capradio.org
  55. CapRadio — state workers push for 100% telework capradio.org
  56. California YIMBY — On the race for California governor cayimby.org
  57. CBS 8 — San Diego's Measure A tax on vacant non-primary homes cbs8.com
  58. CBS News — California 2026 candidates on immigrant healthcare, ICE cbsnews.com
  59. Sabato's Crystal Ball — 2026 governors centerforpolitics.org
  60. CHCF — How Massive Federal Cuts Will Challenge Medi-Cal chcf.org
  61. CNN — Trump endorses Hilton cnn.com
  62. CNN — California Senate race and cross-party ad spending cnn.com
  63. California Teachers Association — recommends Steyer cta.org
  64. Davis Vanguard — Durazo calls for reversal; premiums $30→$50 davisvanguard.org
  65. USC Dornsife — Center for the Political Future poll results dornsife.usc.edu
  66. EdSource — Newsom proposes governor control the Dept of Education (Jan 2026) edsource.org
  67. EdSource — Labor unions split among Democratic candidates for state superintendent edsource.org
  68. EdSource — Assembly redefines superintendent's role edsource.org
  69. EdSource — $22B unexpected funding / record per-pupil edsource.org
  70. EdSource — charter enrollment growth amid scrutiny edsource.org
  71. EdSource — Newsom signs literacy bill (AB 1454) edsource.org
  72. EdSource — CTA endorses Tom Steyer edsource.org
  73. Election2026.net — California Primary 2026 summary election2026.net
  74. Emerson College — April 2026 California poll emersoncollegepolling.com
  75. SEIU California — statement rescinding Swalwell endorsement (Apr 11, 2026) facebook.com
  76. BigGo — Hilton flat tax / $80B fraud claim finance.biggo.com
  77. Fortune — Who is Matt Mahan? fortune.com
  78. Fortune — The "class traitor" platform fortune.com
  79. Fox News — Steyer detention investments foxnews.com
  80. Grist — Senate votes to block California's gas-car ban grist.org
  81. Greenberg Traurig — AB 130 / SB 131 CEQA reform gtlaw.com
  82. Health Access — Health4All coalition statement on enrollment freeze health-access.org
  83. Hollywood Reporter — Hilton anti-Newsom debate case hollywoodreporter.com
  84. JPR — Insurance Commissioner candidates float bigger state role ijpr.org
  85. Santa Barbara Independent — Endorsement of Steyer independent.com
  86. Santa Barbara Independent — 2026 endorsements independent.com
  87. iNewsource — San Diego empty homes tax and the housing crisis inewsource.org
  88. iNewsource — San Diego vacant homes tax on the ballot inewsource.org
  89. iNewsource — San Diego vacant homes tax and the San Francisco precedent inewsource.org
  90. iNewsource — Fact check on Measure A campaign claims inewsource.org
  91. KPBS / CalMatters — Yee drops out of governor's race kpbs.org
  92. KPBS — homelessness / "Califordable" kpbs.org
  93. KPBS — Steve Hilton's Califordable plans kpbs.org
  94. KPBS — State Assembly 2026 primary explainer (Districts 74–80) kpbs.org
  95. KPBS — County Treasurer-Tax Collector race explainer kpbs.org
  96. KPBS — Superior Court judge races explainer (Offices 31 & 32) kpbs.org
  97. KPBS — County Board of Education candidates kpbs.org
  98. KPBS — Community College District Board (Areas A & C) kpbs.org
  99. KPBS — County supervisors OK charter reform package for November ballot kpbs.org
  100. KPBS — 2026 primary election: Measure A, the Non-Primary Homes Tax kpbs.org
  101. KPBS — Judge rules ballot materials for Measure A are misleading kpbs.org
  102. KPBS — Board of Equalization District 4 candidates kpbs.org
  103. KQED — Betty Yee becomes latest Democrat to exit kqed.org
  104. KQED — Betty Yee on a lifetime of running the numbers kqed.org
  105. KQED — Council approves Responsibility to Shelter kqed.org
  106. KQED — Tiny Homes, Big Ambitions kqed.org
  107. KQED — Billionaire climate activist Tom Steyer enters 2026 race kqed.org
  108. KQED — Porter focuses on housing, AI at Town Hall kqed.org
  109. KQED — Porter apologizes for viral videos kqed.org
  110. KQED — How California's next governor will change your taxes kqed.org
  111. KQED — Newsom pushes to fast-track $20B Delta tunnel kqed.org
  112. KQED — Tackling rent, insurance and housing costs kqed.org
  113. KQED — Legislature halts science-of-reading mandate kqed.org
  114. KQED — Candidates look to distinguish themselves at chaotic debate (Apr 28) kqed.org
  115. KRON4 — Candidates square off in substantive debate (Apr 22) kron4.com
  116. KRON4 — New governor's race poll after KRON4 debate kron4.com
  117. KVCR — POLITICO report on CDE workplace (Oct 2021) kvcrnews.org
  118. LAist — Mahan interview transcript laist.com
  119. LAist — candidate transcript (May 2026) laist.com
  120. LAist — How the next governor will change your taxes laist.com
  121. LA Times — California sheriffs and the Oath Keepers latimes.com
  122. Mission Local — Ezra Klein housing forum missionlocal.org
  123. NNU — CNA endorses Tom Steyer for governor nationalnursesunited.org
  124. NBC Los Angeles — who is Steve Hilton nbclosangeles.com
  125. NBC News — Candidates tangle over immigration, homelessness nbcnews.com
  126. NBC News — Steyer's unexpected alliance with progressives nbcnews.com
  127. NBC News — Trump endorses Hilton nbcnews.com
  128. NBC News — Porter regrets "rigged" comment nbcnews.com
  129. NBC News — Newscaster suspended after affair with mayor nbcnews.com
  130. NBC San Diego — Montgomery Steppe and the county Board of Supervisors nbcsandiego.com
  131. Newsweek — candidates grapple with insurance rate fixes newsweek.com
  132. NPR — California Senate primary: Schiff, Porter, Garvey npr.org
  133. PBS NewsHour — Candidates tangle in testy debate pbs.org
  134. Press Democrat — superintendent candidates slam Newsom proposal pressdemocrat.com
  135. The American Prospect — "Tom Steyer's Problem" (Meyerson) prospect.org
  136. pv magazine USA — California court upholds NEM 3.0 pv-magazine-usa.com
  137. Race to the WH — California 2026 governor racetothewh.com
  138. RealClearPolling — California open primary for governor realclearpolling.com
  139. Republican Party of San Diego County — voter guide sandiegorepublicans.org
  140. San Jose Inside — California Back to Basics Super Bowl ad sanjoseinside.com
  141. San José Spotlight — Social media use faces criticism sanjosespotlight.com
  142. San José Spotlight — Conservative heads Mahan's campaign sanjosespotlight.com
  143. San José Spotlight — Responsibility to Shelter sanjosespotlight.com
  144. SDCBA — 2026 judicial candidate evaluations sdcba.org
  145. San Diego County Democratic Party — 2026 candidates sddemocrats.org
  146. Seattle Times — Clean-energy advocate's past coal profits seattletimes.com
  147. SEIU Local 1000 — return to office seiu1000.org
  148. SEIU California — elections seiuca.org
  149. Seyfarth Shaw — Trump rescinds California's emission waivers seyfarth.com
  150. SF Examiner — Steyer aims to end Prop 13 commercial limits sfexaminer.com
  151. SF Standard — The sharp divide on Betty Yee's gubernatorial run (Mar 2, 2026) sfstandard.com
  152. SF Standard — Tech titans built Mahan's bid; his plan to regulate them sfstandard.com
  153. SF Standard — "The men keep yelling. Katie Porter is not allowed to." sfstandard.com
  154. SF Standard — The night the knives came out (May 5) sfstandard.com
  155. Sierra Club — endorses Steyer sierraclub.org
  156. So Does It Matter — new Berkeley IGS statewide poll recap sodoesitmatter.com
  157. SolarReviews — NEM 3.0 net billing solarreviews.com
  158. Stanford Daily — "We did this to ourselves" (Jan 21, 2026) stanforddaily.com
  159. Tax Foundation — California Tax Rankings 2026 taxfoundation.org
  160. Teamsters California — endorses Porter teamster.org
  161. The Bulwark — Steyer wants to jail ICE agents thebulwark.com
  162. The Center Square — GOP endorses neither Hilton nor Bianco thecentersquare.com
  163. The Intercept — Our Revolution endorses Steyer theintercept.com
  164. The Real Deal — YIMBY movement split on governor endorsement therealdeal.com
  165. TIME — Porter schools Congress time.com
  166. Transparency USA — California committees transparencyusa.org
  167. USC Annenberg Media — Yee policy vision interview (Nov 17, 2025) uscannenbergmedia.com
  168. Voice of San Diego — SDUSD board candidates run unopposed voiceofsandiego.org
  169. Washington Examiner — Mahan challenges Newsom washingtonexaminer.com
  170. YIMBY Action — candidate scorecard yimbyaction.org

Government 37

  1. California Secretary of State — CAL-ACCESS campaign finance cal-access.sos.ca.gov
  2. CA Dept of Education — Tony Thurmond biography cde.ca.gov
  3. CDE — Thurmond announces Literacy Moonshot (2026) cde.ca.gov
  4. Congress.gov — Katie Porter congress.gov
  5. DHCS — Medi-Cal Eligibility Statistics dhcs.ca.gov
  6. EIA — Gas taxes by state eia.gov
  7. California SoS — 60-day primary 2026 registration report (PDF) elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov
  8. Certified candidate list — CA Secretary of State elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov
  9. Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) fppc.ca.gov
  10. Governor — May Revision statement gov.ca.gov
  11. Newsom — State Farm enforcement / FAIR Plan assessment gov.ca.gov
  12. gov.ca.gov — AB 130 / SB 131 signing gov.ca.gov
  13. gov.ca.gov — SB 53 signing gov.ca.gov
  14. HCAI — Behavioral Health Transformation (Prop 1) hcai.ca.gov
  15. CA DOI — FAIR Plan transformation (Make It FAIR Act) insurance.ca.gov
  16. LAO — Initial Comments on the May Revision lao.ca.gov
  17. LAO — 2026-27 Fiscal Outlook lao.ca.gov
  18. LAO — Top 1% Pays Half of State Income Taxes lao.ca.gov
  19. LAO — 2026-27 LCFF costs lao.ca.gov
  20. LAO — 2026-27 UC budget lao.ca.gov
  21. CA DOJ — Becerra & James lawsuit on healthcare/reproductive rights oag.ca.gov
  22. CA DOJ — Bonta urges court to dismiss SB 54 challenge oag.ca.gov
  23. CA — Register to vote registertovote.ca.gov
  24. CA State Controller's Office — Reflecting on Controller Yee's tenure (Dec 2022) sco.ca.gov
  25. Sen. Wiener — SB 79 transit-housing law sd11.senate.ca.gov
  26. California Secretary of State — voting and elections sos.ca.gov
  27. CA Secretary of State — Qualified statewide ballot measures sos.ca.gov
  28. 2026 California Election Guide — CA Secretary of State sos.ca.gov
  29. CA Secretary of State — Primary Election, June 2, 2026 sos.ca.gov
  30. CA Secretary of State — Key Dates and Deadlines sos.ca.gov
  31. CA Secretary of State — Vote-by-mail (AB 37) sos.ca.gov
  32. CA Secretary of State — Top-two open primary (Prop 14) sos.ca.gov
  33. CA Secretary of State — Voter's Choice Act sos.ca.gov
  34. CA Secretary of State — Conditional Voter Registration sos.ca.gov
  35. CA Secretary of State — Vote-by-mail ballot status (Where's My Ballot) sos.ca.gov
  36. CA — Find your vote center or drop box vote.ca.gov
  37. CA — Track your ballot (Where's My Ballot) wheresmyballot.sos.ca.gov

Reference 34

  1. Ballotpedia — Chad Bianco ballotpedia.org
  2. Ballotpedia — Betty Yee ballotpedia.org
  3. Ballotpedia — Tony Thurmond ballotpedia.org
  4. Ballotpedia — Antonio Villaraigosa ballotpedia.org
  5. Ballotpedia — 2026 California one-time wealth tax initiative ballotpedia.org
  6. Ballotpedia — 2018 California gubernatorial top-two primary ballotpedia.org
  7. Ballotpedia — 2022 U.S. Senate election in California ballotpedia.org
  8. Ballotpedia — California gubernatorial election, 2026 ballotpedia.org
  9. Ballotpedia — California's 50th Congressional District election, 2026 ballotpedia.org
  10. Ballotpedia — California State Assembly District 78 ballotpedia.org
  11. Ballotpedia — Stephen Whitburn ballotpedia.org
  12. Ballotpedia — San Diego Measure A, Vacant Homes Tax (June 2026) ballotpedia.org
  13. Ballotpedia — California Attorney General election, 2026 ballotpedia.org
  14. Cook Political Report — 2026 California governor rating cookpolitical.com
  15. Wikipedia — Eric Swalwell en.wikipedia.org
  16. Wikipedia — Chad Bianco en.wikipedia.org
  17. Wikipedia — Betty Yee en.wikipedia.org
  18. Wikipedia — Matt Mahan en.wikipedia.org
  19. Wikipedia — Tom Steyer en.wikipedia.org
  20. Wikipedia — Steve Hilton en.wikipedia.org
  21. Wikipedia — Tony Thurmond en.wikipedia.org
  22. Wikipedia — Katie Porter en.wikipedia.org
  23. Wikipedia — Xavier Becerra en.wikipedia.org
  24. Wikipedia — Antonio Villaraigosa en.wikipedia.org
  25. Wikipedia — June 2025 Los Angeles protests against mass deportation en.wikipedia.org
  26. Wikipedia — 2016 U.S. Senate election in California en.wikipedia.org
  27. Wikipedia — 2026 California State Controller election en.wikipedia.org
  28. Berkeley IGS — 2026 poll releases igs.berkeley.edu
  29. PolitiFact — fact-check of "rigged" claim politifact.com
  30. PPIC — Up for grabs: 5-way tie (Feb 2026) ppic.org
  31. PPIC — Transitional Kindergarten expansion ppic.org
  32. PPIC — Is LCFF spending reaching high-need students? ppic.org
  33. PPIC — California's Housing Market ppic.org
  34. PPIC — California voters and the top-two primary ppic.org

Campaign 56

  1. ABC7 — Manhattan DA investigating sexual-assault allegation abc7.com
  2. American Community Media — Thurmond stakes out progressive flank americancommunitymedia.org
  3. Axios — House Ethics ends Swalwell investigation (May 2023) axios.com
  4. Bianco for Governor — campaign site biancoforgovernor.com
  5. Bianco for Governor — endorsements biancoforgovernor.com
  6. Bianco campaign — Bianco vs. Hilton biancoforgovernor.com
  7. Britannica — Antonio Villaraigosa britannica.com
  8. California Courier — Bianco sheriffs endorsement californiacourier.news
  9. CalMatters — unsealed warrants behind Bianco's ballot seizures calmatters.org
  10. CalMatters — court denies CA bid to halt ballot recount calmatters.org
  11. CalMatters — What has Tony Thurmond done as California schools chief? calmatters.org
  12. CalMatters — Becerra's playbook: never say you're sorry calmatters.org
  13. CalMatters (Dan Walters) — Becerra a target at debate calmatters.org
  14. CalMatters (Skelton) — Hilton, Becerra and the governor poll calmatters.org
  15. CBS Los Angeles — Riverside deputies won't make immigration arrests cbsnews.com
  16. CityWatch LA — Villaraigosa's transportation legacy citywatchla.com
  17. CMA — CMA endorses Xavier Becerra for Governor cmadocs.org
  18. CNN — Four women describe sexual misconduct by Rep. Swalwell (Apr 10, 2026) cnn.com
  19. CNN — Democrats withdraw endorsements, demand he end bid (Apr 10, 2026) cnn.com
  20. CNN — Swalwell, Gonzales resign under threat of expulsion (Apr 14, 2026) cnn.com
  21. CNN — Bianco "very proud" of Oath Keeper support cnn.com
  22. EdSource — Tuck and Thurmond to square off in runoff (2018) edsource.org
  23. Emerson College — May 2026 poll emersoncollegepolling.com
  24. factually.co — Chad Bianco's key policies factually.co
  25. Katie Porter campaign — Priorities katieporter.com
  26. Katie Porter campaign — SF Chronicle endorsement katieporter.com
  27. Sen. Elizabeth Warren — endorses Porter katieporter.com
  28. KEYT — Thurmond outlines vision for California (May 15, 2026) keyt.com
  29. KFF Health News — Single payer as litmus test kffhealthnews.org
  30. KQED — final pre-primary poll, Hilton/Becerra lead kqed.org
  31. KQED — Becerra backpedals on single payer as he woos doctors lobby kqed.org
  32. KQED — Becerra says he will fight for California; who did he fight for as AG? kqed.org
  33. LAist — What has Tony Thurmond done as California schools chief? laist.com
  34. Mahan for California — endorsements mahanforcalifornia.com
  35. Miller Center — Xavier Becerra (2021–2025) millercenter.org
  36. NBC News — Swalwell drops bid nbcnews.com
  37. NBC News — Swalwell exit gives Democrats a fresh look at the race nbcnews.com
  38. NOTUS — Former top Newsom aide pleads guilty in campaign embezzlement scheme notus.org
  39. NPR — Swalwell suspends bid for California governor (Apr 12, 2026) npr.org
  40. NPR — Swalwell will resign from Congress (Apr 13, 2026) npr.org
  41. NPR — Bianco defends Oath Keepers membership npr.org
  42. Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California — endorses Becerra plannedparenthoodaction.org
  43. SF Standard — Former staffer accuses Swalwell of sexual assault (Apr 10, 2026) sfstandard.com
  44. Steve Hilton for Governor — campaign site stevehiltonforgovernor.com
  45. Hilton — A Califordable Tax Plan stevehiltonforgovernor.com
  46. The Hill — Becerra, Steyer front-runners after Swalwell exit thehill.com
  47. The Hill — Becerra leads in new California governor poll thehill.com
  48. The Real Deal — Real estate execs back Villaraigosa therealdeal.com
  49. Times of San Diego — Villaraigosa announces bid timesofsandiego.com
  50. Tom Steyer campaign — Yee endorsement (Apr 21, 2026) tomsteyer.com
  51. Tom Steyer campaign — Issues platform tomsteyer.com
  52. Tom Steyer campaign — "Porter flip-flops on single payer" tomsteyer.com
  53. tomsteyer.com — Electricity / utility plan tomsteyer.com
  54. Tom Steyer — Abolish ICE / Stop ICE plan tomsteyer.com
  55. Washington Times — Bianco vows to end CA sanctuary law twt-assets.washtimes.com
  56. Becerra 2026 campaign — homepage xavierbecerra2026.com