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Why CTA is spending millions to pass Prop. 55
California voters face a daunting challenge in November in that they’ll be asked to become familiar with a stunning 17 ballot measures. Some consultants fear that this will overwhelm many voters, who will choose either to vote no on everything
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Former Marine giving high-profile CA congressman a close race
Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, isn’t the only high-profile House Republican in an unexpectedly difficult re-election fight. A case can be made that former House government oversight committee chairman Darrell Issa, the eight-term Vista Republican and wealthy tech tycoon, may even
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CA property tax revenue surges despite Prop. 13
Proposition 13 — the 1978 ballot measure setting property taxes at 1 percent of assessed value and limiting annual increases in property taxes to 2 percent for homes and businesses which don’t change owners — is perhaps the most controversial
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Environmentalists’ clout may be waning in CA Legislature
California environmentalists have long been one of the most powerful forces in the Legislature. But in 2015, the centerpiece of the green agenda — a provision in a broader measure that would have mandated a 50 percent reduction in gasoline
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Police reform measures struggling in Sacramento
Against a national backdrop of discord over police killings of black men and deadly anti-police violence, state lawmakers who back law enforcement conduct and transparency reforms are making little progress in Sacramento. Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, introduced Senate Bill
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Court: Police can’t charge public for cost of redacting videos
While California has strong government openness laws, some public agencies still seek to place obstacles to obtaining public information. A common tactic is to agree to provide records but only if those requesting the information pay heavy fees to cover
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Why Stanford rape uproar may buffet Gov. Brown, AG Harris
Proposition 57 — the newly numbered November “parole reform” ballot measure championed by Gov. Jerry Brown — has already proven controversial. The measure was revised and expanded dramatically late in the authorization process. The California Supreme Court gave its blessing to
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Tension builds in San Francisco over police conduct
Recent attention has focused on the Oakland Police Department scandal, in which evidence shows several officers took advantage of a young prostitute. But across the bay, the tension between police and community leaders keeps building in San Francisco one month after
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‘Jungle primary’ effects could doom AB32’s renewal
California’s shift to “jungle primaries” in which the top two candidates advance regardless of party hasn’t resulted in significant changes in state politics, Mother Jones reported in early 2015. A 2014 Los Angeles Times op-ed was similarly dismissive of the
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Will CA voters scrap daylight savings time?
The time has come to do away with daylight savings in California, according to Assemblyman Kansen Chu, D-San Jose. Chu’s bill to ask state voters if California should become the third state to opt out of changing the clocks once
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