Linh Tat

After a few mos of transitioning, I recently made the official switch to the politics beat. I'm now covering state/federal lawmakers who represent LA County + political news -- primarily for an LA County audience. Email/DM me with story tips, suggestions on whom to follow, etc.

California Democrats tell Rep. Eric Swalwell to drop out of governor’s race — and resign from Congress — following sexual assault allegations ✍️ w/ @Linh_Tat ocregister.com/2026/04/10/cal…

US attack on Iran needed congressional approval, Southern California Democratic lawmakers say ocregister.com/2026/02/28/us-…

NEW: The U.S. Justice Department is suing California over Prop. 50 in an attempt to invalidate the new congressional maps for the upcoming elections. @ocregister @Linh_Tat Read more: ocregister.com/2025/11/13/tru…

How Southern California lawmakers voted on ending the government shutdown dailynews.com/2025/11/12/how… via @ladailynews

A little scoop: Rep. @LindaTSanchez will run for re-election in the new California’s 41st Congressional District. Proposition 50 has divided the district she represents now, making her decision not a question of if but rather where. @ocregister @ladailynews ocregister.com/2025/11/10/rep…

Story w/ @K_Schallhorn

California Republicans sue to block Prop. 50 after voters approved the redistricting measure dailynews.com/2025/11/05/cal… via @ladailynews

CA's elections chief Shirley Weber warns of "inaccurate" text msg re: ballot statuses that didn't come from the @CASOSVote office. Her office says it's "working to get to the bottom of it." dailynews.com/2025/10/30/cal… via @ladailynews

Check out other stories that my colleagues & I have published in the past several days about #AlisoCanyon as part of our anniversary coverage @yinmengliu25 @stevscaz @hollyverde @JasonMHenry @KurtSnibbe: dailynews.com/tag/aliso-cany…

Today marks the 10-year anniversary of the #AlisoCanyon blowout - the largest gas leak in U.S. history. A decade later, some residents & activists are still demanding the closure of this gas storage facility in the San Fernando Valley. dailynews.com/2025/10/23/wil… via @ladailynews

Check out LA County’s voter registration numbers ahead of the redistricting election. The only 2 congressional districts to lose voters since Feb. (and by thousands) were the 2 whose communities were hit hardest by January's wildfires. dailynews.com/2025/10/22/her… via @ladailynews

Gov. Newsom has signed #SB79, a controversial bill allowing taller & denser housing developments near transit -- even in single-family neighborhoods dailynews.com/2025/10/10/gov… via @ladailynews

BREAKING: LA County’s Hilda Solis is running for Congress — if redistricting passes. Great team reporting w/ @AnissaRiv0901 @ryinie @K_Schallhorn dailynews.com/2025/08/28/la-… via @ladailynews

With Gov. @GavinNewsom's signature, California will have a redistricting special election in November. Story w/ @Linh_Tat @ocregister dailynews.com/2025/08/21/cal…

It was 60 years ago today that the Watts Riots -- or Watts Rebellion, as many in the Watts community prefer to call it -- broke out, leading to 6 days of civil unrest. dailynews.com/2025/08/08/wat… via @ladailynews

Marines to withdraw from LA after weeks of deployment dailynews.com/2025/07/21/mar… via @ladailynews

President @realDonaldTrump hints at possibly withholding wildfire aid to CA b/c of the latest feud between him & @CAgovernor Newsom over immigration raids & the sending in of military troops dailynews.com/2025/06/18/pre… via @ladailynews

“It’s not just about immigrant communities or ... the state of CA. It’s about every single American who values their constitutional rights,” @SenAlexPadilla said. Democracy is at stake, he said, criticizing the Trump administration. dailynews.com/2025/06/17/sen… via @ladailynews

Anyone curious about @SenAlexPadilla's journey as a kid from a largely working-class Latino neighborhood, raised by immigrant parents, to the U.S. Senate should check out this story by @ryinie & @heyallysonrae: dailynews.com/2025/06/13/in-… via @ladailynews

President Trump's use of the California National Guard was "illegal," a federal judge ruled this evening. Trump is blocked from deploying members of the Guard to LA and must return control to the governor, the judge said. White House spokesperson Anna Kelly said the ruling "is unprecedented and puts our brave federal officials in danger." dailynews.com/2025/06/12/cal…