Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer heading to Lake Tahoe with President Obama, Gov. Jerry Brown and The Killers

Essential Politics: Lawmakers send Gov. Jerry Brown sweeping bills to extend climate change efforts Aug. 24, 2016, 3:17 p.m. Welcome to Essential Politics, our daily feed on California government and politics news. We've got a number of big stories that we're following: Lawmakers finished work...