Midterms cast a pall on coming Capitol session

The 2025 Capitol session was dominated by some particularly contentious political battles, with our Legislature focused on thwarting the Texas Legislature’s pro-GOP redistricting efforts. California lawmakers placed gerrymandered wildly congressional maps before voters, which they approved. The maps will potentially give Democrats five more seats in the 2026 midterms. It wasn’t the Legislature’s (or voters’) finest hour, but lawmakers acted sensibly on some other issues.

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 79...