The scrappy resistance looking to block Big Tech's urbanist utopia ow.ly/hpbO105wPLu

Today we announced an agreement with CA Gov Newsom to create a first-in-the-nation effort to invest in developing technology to prevent pandemics. californiansagainstpandemics.com/news/newsom-ca… 🧵

Big Tech-backed plan for new California city gets pulled from local ballot ow.ly/eVGa105BMkk

LA Council member Kevin de Leon’s ballot measure shell game ow.ly/jE0r105Etm7

A new California rallying cry: “Fund the Police Forever” ow.ly/8gC6105G2Sx

Great to see Will McCarthy's Longreads essay, "The Strangely Beautiful Experience of Google Reviews," win a 2024 ASJA Award in the Technology category. Congratulations! Read Will's piece, which was also our most-read original last year: longreads.com/2023/01/03/the…

This California city’s $550 million deal with Chevron could be a national model for environmentalists politico.com/news/2024/09/0…

Can an election save the crown jewel of this tiny California town? ow.ly/jPT6105IUfO

Today's edition of POLITICO's Ballot Measure Weekly: politico.com/newsletters/ca…

Nice look at a super-local ballot measure in Northern California, via Will McCarthy

SF nonprofit spent thousands on pricey steakhouse dinners, cognac and 1st-class flights. “I don’t need to answer any questions,” its executive director told me. w/Noah Baustin, @jonahowenlamb & help from Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez sfstandard.com/2024/09/25/san…

Is there still any pop left in California’s fight against soda? ow.ly/16tY105MsNw

Man behind country's costliest ballot initiatives is at a crossroads ow.ly/psXa105NT0T

In which Will McCarthy travels to Cameron County, where on the sand a shattered visage lies ... and Elon Musk is building a company town politico.com/news/magazine/…

Read @POLITICO's Will McCarthy for POLITICO Magazine from Boca Chica Village. tinyurl.com/mabbdcmu

"After a period in which Musk was seen as a shadow president, he will now become the de-facto mayor of his own small town." Will McCarthy for @POLITICO POLITICO Magazine: politico.com/news/magazine/…

What happens when a Republican with no power in Sacramento suddenly finds it on the streets of Los Angeles? ⁦⁦Will McCarthy⁩ on Bill Essayli’s revenge tour politico.com/news/2025/06/1…

The man behind the movement to make California its own country claims to be a business tycoon. But he's broke. Meet the CEO of Calexit👇 politico.com/news/magazine/…

Schwarzenegger ready to fight Newsom on redistricting ow.ly/SGpX106hXHQ

Fascinating Will McCarthy profile of the man behind California's gerrymander politico.com/news/2025/08/1…