Laurel Rosenhall leads the Los Angeles Times’ coverage of California politics, supervising a team that includes journalists in Sacramento, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. Based in the Sacramento bureau, she manages coverage of the California Capitol and the state’s Congressional delegation. Rosenhall joined the company in 2021 and spent a year as a member of the editorial board writing about California politics and policy. Previously, she covered state politics for CalMatters and the Sacramento Bee. A lifelong Californian, Rosenhall grew up in San Francisco and graduated from the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.
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