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Today’s introduction comes from Jennifer Medina, a national correspondent based in Los Angeles.

Lawmakers in Sacramento have been reeling for weeks over accusations that the Capitol tolerates a culture of sexual harassment.

Amid the steady stream of accusations came a report in The Sacramento Bee last week that State Senator Tony Mendoza, a Democrat from Los Angeles, invited a 23-year-old woman working in his office to a home he shares with several legislators. One of those roommates was Kevin de León, the Democratic leader of the State Senate since 2014 who recently announced his challenge against United States Senator Dianne Feinstein.

Over the weekend, Senator de León moved out of the house and announced that an outside legal firm will now handle investigations of sexual harassment, rather than an internal committee he oversees.