Nancy Pelosi
San Francisco congresswoman and former Democratic Home speaker appears nice for protecting her caucus collectively regardless of having had the identical slim majority as Republicans, who've battled chaotically over their management.
Nancy Ward
What timing! Deputy director of the California Workplace of Emergency Providers takes over as chief of the company after the earlier director retires, solely to have flooding and different storm mayhem hit on her first week in cost.
Gavin Newsom
California governor begins a second time period after landslide victory with inaugural occasion at state Capitol, but now faces a $25 billion price range deficit and fewer federal cash coming in amid the GOP Home takeover.