SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Six years after he entered office vowing to be California’s “health care governor,” Democrat Gavin Newsom has steered tens of billions in public funding to safety net ...

Food dyes, pasteurized milk and seed oils are among the common items he has criticized, sometimes making health claims that are not backed up by science. Though Newsom didn’t mention Kennedy ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) ramped up efforts Friday to crack down on “ultra-processed” foods, signing an executive order aimed at investigating health risks linked to synthetic food dyes ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order Friday ordering state agencies to investigate the health impacts of ultra-processed foods and synthetic food dyes, and to increase access to ...

KFF Health News journalists made the rounds on regional media recently to discuss topical stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.

Gavin Newsom promised to build millions of homes to alleviate a housing shortage, end chronic homelessness, and institute a statewide single payer health care system, three of his most frequently ...