California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a budget bill this week that strengthens oversight of the state's troubled Next Generation 911 project by requiring an independent audit, quarterly reporting. California Secretary of State Alex Padilla will be appointed to the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, sources confirmed to NBC Bay Area on Tuesday. 1:35 New state legislation would allow SF, cities break up with PG&E State and local leaders are piecing together a way for cities to be able to separate from PG&E. Ginger Conejero Saab reports. California special election to fill Swalwell's Congressional District 14 seat State Sen. Aisha Wahab and Melissa Hernandez, a Bay Area Rapid Transit director, received the most votes during the. Four candidates vying for California's open U.S. Senate seat will face off during a one-hour live televised debate on NBC4 and Telemundo 52 on Tuesday. Democratic Congress members Adam Schiff. Senate Bill 747, known as the No Kings Act, was introduced in September 2025 by state Sen. Scott Wiener. The debate over daylight saving time is heated. Here's the latest on lawmakers pushing to change it in California and at the federal level. Laphonza Butler, the woman chosen by California Gov. Gavin Newsom to finish out the late Dianne Feinstein’s Senate term, was officially sworn in Tuesday. Christine Pelosi, the daughter of San Francisco's longtime Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, announced her plans to run for office. Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin announced he will be giving up his seat as mayor to run for a seat in the California State Senate.