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California’s roads improve, but still are troubled according to new study
SACRAMENTO – Despite its well-documented inefficiencies and travails, California’s Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has managed to improve the state’s system of roads, bridges and freeways incrementally in recent years, according to a newly released annual survey of state highway systems
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Tobacco-tax fact checks miss the mark
Twice now we’ve seen fact-checkers panning the anti-tobacco tax campaign’s claim in a radio ad that Prop. 56, an increase of $2 per pack on cigarettes and other tobacco and nicotine products, “cheats schools out of at least $600 million
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Democrats seek to link CA House candidates to Donald Trump
Two months ago, Republican operatives feared that presidential nominee Donald Trump would destroy their chances to retain control of Congress. Now things look much brighter for the party after a rough stretch for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. The Senate appears
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Bay Area police turmoil spreads to Berkeley
A tumultuous year in Bay Area law enforcement continued last week when Berkeley Police Chief Michael Meehan abruptly resigned after six years on the job. Meehan won national attention — and rebukes — for a 2012 decision to send an
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CalWatchdog Morning Read – September 26
Inequality in San Francisco breeds political unease FPPC to investigate contributions made to Gov. Brown, but not Brown himself Union pressures L.A. County to make it easier to promote probation workers with discipline problems Volunteer imposter causing trouble for Assembly candidate?
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CalWatchdog Morning Read – September 23
Is another NFL team joining the Rams in Los Angeles? Los Angeles City Council to battle high-speed rail? CA doing little to keep guns from felons and others disqualified Pot legalization political funding is difficult to track Ballot measures explained in haiku
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San Francisco inequality breeds political unease
As San Francisco’s sharp inequality draws national attention this election year, California Democrats have begun to question how to explain their role in fostering — and reversing — the trend. The gulf between the progressive city’s richest and poorest,
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Fate of San Diego Chargers and Oakland Raiders still up in the air
The St. Louis Rams may have once again become the Los Angeles Rams, capping off the biggest suspense story in the National Football League, but the controversy over the city’s final lineup of teams has flared up yet again. Chargers ’16 In
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CalWatchdog Morning Read – September 22
Could felons soon vote from jail? Bad news for marijuana advocates More bad news for marijuana advocates Vehicle registration fees in SoCal may soon rise to fund smog reduction programs “Prop. 13: It’s better if you’re wealthier” Good morning. So close
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Gov. Brown could sign vote-from-jail law
Heightening the stakes in the criminal justice debate roiling the country at large, Gov. Jerry Brown could soon greenlight a law that would allow some state felons to vote from jail. California has wound up in the middle of the pack on state
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