On this week's California Underground: the election results and what's still uncounted, what Texas Democrats did to flip a state after 32 years, Newsom's death-row commutations and the constitutional rule that gives the California Supreme Court the final say, and Governor-elect Becerra telling reporters "don't play this game" when asked to commit.
WHAT WE COVER
Election update: California voters rejected the billionaire tax (Prop 40). We explain the rule that could have voided it even if it passed, plus the close House races and the LA mayor's race.
The Texas playbook: 13 years, a candidate in every seat, and seven lessons — and how Texas in 2026 mirrors California after Prop 187.
Newsom's commutations: what they do, what they don't, and who decides the 382 cases that need Supreme Court approval.
Becerra and the press: what he said, the ~$4 billion Medi-Cal question behind it, and the pattern that came before.
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