Debra Kahn

Stung by the party’s sweeping losses in November and desperate to win back working-class voters, the Democratic Party is in retreat on climate change. Nowhere is that retrenchment more jarring than in California, @JeremyBWhite and @cvonka write.

NEW: How the California Environmental Quality Act went from a green landmark to a housing bogeyman, culminating in @GavinNewsom pushing through changes that had eluded governors for decades. CEQA's story is also a story of changing California politics: politico.com/news/2025/07/1…

"No one's paying attention. The No. 1 thing in Sacramento is affordability, and $300 million just went poof." @debra_kahn banger on rhetoric and reality in California's gas price wars: politico.com/news/magazine/…

Californians paid an extra $300 million due to how the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) is passed down to consumers through OPIS pricing methodology. I am glad Politico reported on this issue. CARB, CEC, Gov office are now aware of it. What is to come of the $300 million?

California's governor took a victory lap after gas prices didn't appear to go up because of his new fuel standards — but they actually already had. politico.com/news/magazine/…

California's updated low-carbon fuel standard went into effect July 1 — but refiners started passing along the costs back in January. At 5-8 cents per gallon, they collected roughly $300 million before the rules even kicked in. politico.com/news/magazine/…

COLUMN: Newsom is worried gas prices will go up. They already did — and no one noticed, writes our @debra_kahn. ow.ly/bQIH50Wrm52

Newsom has been fighting for more than a year with Republicans and members of his own party about whether his fuel standards will raise gas prices for Californians. Turns out, they already have. But no one noticed. @debra_kahn scoop: politico.com/news/magazine/…

The atomic age is upon us, right? Well, maybe ... Read @debra_kahn on the formidable obstacles to a nuclear energy future 👇 politico.com/news/magazine/…

Even by the standards of recent @politicoca titles, this is very good. Well done, @alexdrnieves and @cvonka.

The best insights into New York politics rarely come from the wooded mountain passes of Northern California. But that’s where @sissenberg found Jerry Brown, who spoke about the Cuomos, being the son of a legendary pol and returning to local government politico.com/news/2025/06/2…

The Trump administration is promoting a perpetual political football - Cadiz’s proposal to pull water from under the Mojave Desert, @AnnElizabeth18 and @cvonka report

Trump promised to break California’s water rules wide open. So far, he’s mostly working within them, @cvonka writes

Good morning! 👀👀 on 9th Circuit today as @GavinNewsom and @realDonaldTrump go another round over POTUS National Guard deployment. What's at stake? Could this go to SCOTUS? Our legal eagle @kyledcheney broke it down: politico.com/newsletters/ca…

COLUMN: Trump just revoked California's clean-car rules. The architect of those EV rules understands why, writes our CA policy editor @debra_kahn. politico.com/news/magazine/…

The White House is rolling back California’s vehicle emission standards, sidelining renewable energy. “The Trump administration is making it very clear that they have zero interest in addressing issues of climate,” @DashaBurns says on #playbookpod: ow.ly/lxBp50W8fg8

Trump revokes California’s nation-leading electric vehicle mandate ow.ly/yafh106bHhQ

Scoop by @alexdrnieves - President Donald Trump plans to sign a trio of resolutions Thursday to revoke California’s nation-leading vehicle emissions standards.

EXCLUSIVE: Trump plans to sign a trio of resolutions Thursday to revoke California’s nation-leading vehicle emissions standards. “If it’s a day ending in Y, it’s another day of Trump’s war on California. We’re fighting back,” said a spokesperson for Newsom.…

Enviro-backed zero-emission appliance push that would have imposed hefty surcharges on the installation of gas furnaces and other appliances for 17 million people in Southern California fails on a 7-5 vote.