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California Democratic Party chair urges candidates to drop out of governor’s race
SACRAMENTO — The leader of the California Democratic Party on Tuesday began publicly urging Democrats to drop out of the governor’s race because of the possibility they will be locked out of the general election. About 45% of California voters are registered Democrats, compared with about 25% registered as Republicans. But nine candidates are splitting the […]
Gavin Newsom’s Gerrymandering Gambit Pushes Republican Into Battle He’s All But Certain To Lose
A GOP lawmaker scrambling to win reelection after Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s gerrymander demolished his district stunningly chose to run in a heavily Democratic seat rather than face a fellow Republican. California Republican Rep. Kevin Kiley announced Monday he will run against a crowded field of Democratic contenders to represent the Golden State’s newly drawn 6th congressional district, […]
Committee Versus Floor Lobbying
Lobbying is lobbying, after all Should you tackle committee lobbying differently than you do floor lobbying? Lobbying is lobbying, after all. While there are certainly some similarities between the two venues, there are also some important differences between lobbying legislation in a policy or fiscal committee, or on the Senate or Assembly Floors. Click Here […]
5 candidates pull ahead in governor race, but no frontrunner
(Inside California Politics) — A new poll shows five leading candidates all within striking distance in the crowded race for California governor. This June, voters will decide which two advance to the November general election — a contest that will decide who will replace Gov. Gavin Newsom when he is termed out. The Public Policy […]
Los Angeles Schools Chief Is Placed on Leave Following F.B.I. Raid
Alberto Carvalho, superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District, was placed on paid leave after F.B.I. agents raided his home and district office this week. The Los Angeles Unified School District placed its superintendent, Alberto Carvalho, on paid administrative leave Friday, two days after the F.B.I. raided his home and his office, throwing the nation’s […]
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Newsom’s Proposition 50 gerrymander upheld by divided Federal Court
Strong dissent filed. Elections to Congress in California will not be competitive with Democrats having huge advantages if ruling holds. The Three-Judge Federal panel sitting in Los Angeles filed its decision today, after some delay, on the Plaintiffs’ and U.S. Department of Justice’s Motion for a Preliminary Injunction to declare Gavin Newsom’s Proposition 50’s highly […]
Delay in decision points to Federal Court upholding Proposition 50 constitutionality
Three-Judge Federal court hearing the challenge to Newsom’s Congressional gerrymander was expected to act by December 19, still has not filed an Opinion Order Though the initial time-line was never mandated, the Federal Court in Los Angeles reviewing the constitutional challenge to the Congressional District revisions under Proposition 50 was expected to act last week, […]
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Life on the American River
…the colors of the rainbow, so pretty in the sky, are also on the faces, of people going by,I see friends shaking hands, saying how do you do, they’re really saying, I love you…– What a Wonderful World, sang by Louis Armstrong in 1967 The American River runs through the heart of Sacramento, from the bedroom […]
‘Hidden Truths Stripped From the National Dialogue’ – The president’s power over foreign policy
From the book “Hidden Truths Stripped From the National Dialogue” by Bruce Herschensohn MOST OFTEN REPORTED AND TAUGHT: “IT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL FOR THE PRESIDENT TO KEEP NATIONAL SECURITY SECRETS FROM THE CONGRESS” THE TRUTH: THE SUPREME COURT WROTE DIFFERENTLY The most pertinent excerpts follow from the decision of United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corporation in […]
Why Libertarians Are Unwitting Enablers of Socialism
“There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves […]
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‘It feels empty’: is Hollywood film and TV production in a death spiral?
Filming in Los Angeles is at a historic low, with some suggesting the city might go the way of Detroit When screenwriter David Scarpa visits the great Hollywood studios these days, he is struck by what is missing. “It used to be you’d walk around those back lots and you’d see many people and they were very […]
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Supreme Court backs CA parents’ right to be told about trans students
One set of parents said they weren’t told their junior-high daughter was being treated as male at school. Others said teachers lied to them about how their daughter was referred to as at school. WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on March 2 backed parents’ right to be told if their child changes their name, or pronouns they’re using […]
Newsom threatens California counties for failing to use his new mental health court
Welcome to CalMatters, the only nonprofit newsroom devoted solely to covering issues that affect all Californians. Sign up for WhatMatters to receive the latest news and commentary on the most important issues in the Golden State. Frustrated by the slow adoption of one of his signature efforts to get Californians with severe mental illness off the streets, […]
Californians are staying insured — but settling for health coverage they may not use
Welcome to CalMatters, the only nonprofit newsroom devoted solely to covering issues that affect all Californians. Sign up for WhatMatters to receive the latest news and commentary on the most important issues in the Golden State. Despite the loss of federal subsidies that lowered costs for millions, California’s private health insurance marketplace held nearly steady this enrollment […]
Race for redrawn California’s 40th Congressional District is starting to take shape
Momentum, money and ‘politically homeless’ voters are vital in a race that could determine which party controls the House after the midterms With all the changes California’s mid-cycle redistricting maneuvers brought to congressional districts this year, one nestled in Orange County and the Inland Empire is considered still to be a safe seat for Republicans to control. […]
From Pete Wilson’s California to One-Party Decline: Steve Hilton’s Poll Lead Gives Me Hope
California does not need more government programs or higher taxes to pay for failed experiments and sanctuary mandates I landed in California in 1990 as a young man fresh out of Northeastern University with a bachelor’s degree. Pete Wilson was governor, the economy was strong, and the state still embodied Ronald Reagan’s “Morning in America.” […]
