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CalWatchdog Morning Read – November 3
Trump supporters to “watch” polls next week School construction bond in trouble? Leaked emails show strange relationship between Bay Area billionaire and Clinton strategist Environmentalists top list of lobbyist employers in CA Is Rep. Janice Hahn in trouble in L.A.
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CA GOP pivots to save down ballot races
The shifts and splits that have long beleaguered the California Republican Party have culminated in historic unpopularity this election year, presenting officials with an open question as to how the party can best retool in the wake of Donald
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CalWatchdog Morning Read – November 2
Democrats abandon incumbent assemblywoman Will closing of nuclear plant spur fossil fuel use? Another Democrat jumps in 2018 race for governor San Diego kills proposed ban on Airbnb/short-term rentals Consumer group sues Anthem Blue Cross for “bait and switch” Good morning.
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Will closing Diablo Canyon spur more CA fossil fuel use?
In June, when Pacific Gas & Electric announced that it would close the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant near San Luis Obispo, the giant utility service in Central and Northern California won enthusiastic media coverage. The PG&E announcement was called “a
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Air Resources Board plots new zero-emission vehicle plan
California’s environmental regulators have revisited their credit program for zero emissions vehicles, which hasn’t done enough to position the state for the kind of carbon savings needed to meet future targets. The zero-emissions subsidy hasn’t suffered from a lack of
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Democrats leave incumbent assemblywoman high and dry
Parties and legislative leaders always protect their incumbents. Well, maybe not always, as is the case with Assemblywoman Patty Lopez, a pariah in the Democratic Party since she knocked off Raul Bocanegra, a popular incumbent, two years ago. Up for re-election
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CalWatchdog Morning Read – November 1
DMV meltdown latest IT issue in the state CA guard can’t find a bunch of soldiers Assembly candidate says climate change good to hurt Muslims Study: Warm temps, not dry conditions, prompted weak 2015 snowfall Villaraigosa preparing for 2018 run for governor
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San Diego council chief trying to quickly push through Airbnb ‘ban’
A common spectacle takes place at the state Capitol at the end of every session. Legislative leaders who have been unsuccessful advancing their bills through the usual system move them ahead instead through the gut-and-amend process. Language from an innocuous
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Study: 30% of CA police killings not reported to state
California won national applause in September when Attorney General Kamala Harris announced the implementation of a new online system under which all California police agencies will have to report not just fatal police shootings but encounters in which civilians are
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