Taryn Luna

Taryn Luna covers Gov. Gavin Newsom and California politics in Sacramento. Prior to joining the Los Angeles Times in 2018, Luna covered the state Legislature and lobbying industry for the Sacramento Bee. She previously wrote about retail for the Boston Globe and worked as a general assignment reporter for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Luna grew up in Northern California and graduated from Oregon State University.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom gives the inaugural address after taking the oath of office at his inauguration ceremony at the Capitol Mall on Friday, Jan. 6, 2023, in Sacramento, Calif.

Gov. Gavin Newsom launches national campaign to fight ‘authoritarian leaders’

March 31, 2023 at 8:44 a.m.

The Democratic governor transferred $10 million of his state campaign funds to a new federal political action committee dubbed the “Campaign for Democracy,” which he said he created to boost...

Shoppers — some wearing masks, some not — make their way along Santee Alley in Los Angeles on Dec. 6, 2022.

Newsom rescinds California’s COVID-19 state of emergency, marking an end to the pandemic era

February 28, 2023 at 12:33 p.m.

California's COVID-19 state of emergency officially ends Tuesday, bringing a symbolic close to one of the most challenging chapters of state history and of Gov. Gavin Newsom's political career.

The Chevron Richmond Refinery in Richmond, Calif., on Monday, Oct. 18, 2021. (Photo: Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)

Newsom, accusing oil industry of price gouging, unveils plan to cap refinery profits

December 5, 2022 at 3:01 p.m.

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday unveiled an outline of his plan to place a cap on oil refinery profits in California, a proposal he's asking lawmakers to approve in hopes...

The Legislature opens the special session Monday to consider approving penalties on oil companies that make excessive profits. (Photo: Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times)

With California battered by high gas prices, Newsom wants to penalize big oil companies

December 5, 2022 at 11:56 a.m.

A new class of state lawmakers will be sworn in Monday and thrust into the middle of Gov. Gavin Newsom's political fight with oil companies, testing the clout of an...

Gov. Gavin Newsom unveils his budget proposal for 2022-23 in Sacramento on Jan. 10, 2022. (Photo: Miguel Gutierrez Jr./CalMatters)

Newsom feels pressure to show results for California in second term

November 14, 2022 at 8:37 a.m.

Donald Trump often denied that he watched CNN, but Gavin Newsom readily admits he's a regular Fox News viewer. And he hates what he hears about California.

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