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Gavin Newsom’s weird year at the California ballot
1 month ago

Gavin Newsom’s weird year at the California ballot

Politico  

The box-office returns were mixed. Newsom’s efforts to shape the fall ballot yielded some major successes and one notable, humiliating failure, but his low-key entry into the Prop 33 battle may have proven decisive. “Perhaps you can read between those many, many lines.” Newsom spoke out more forcefully against Prop 36, which he mocked as “an unfunded mandate to guarantee …

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A California ballot measure wants to ban slavery. Why is it losing?
1 month, 3 weeks ago

A California ballot measure wants to ban slavery. Why is it losing?

Politico  

Prop 6 would eliminate the so-called “slavery loophole” in California’s constitution. “If you don’t know what it’s about, you go with the status quo and you vote ‘no.’” The title and summary drafted by the attorney general’s office — which includes the phrase “involuntary servitude,” rather than “slavery” — makes that task harder, said Esteban Núñez, who runs communications for …

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Yes on Proposition 36 campaign gives $1 million to the California Republican Party weeks ahead of election
2 months, 1 week ago

Yes on Proposition 36 campaign gives $1 million to the California Republican Party weeks ahead of election

LA Times  

Neighbors and business owners join to support Proposition 36 at a news conference in Venice on Sept. 30, 2024. The political committee behind Proposition 36, which has touted the anti-crime measure’s support from top local Democratic leaders, donated $1 million to the California Republican Party in recent weeks. The California GOP endorsed Proposition 36 and, according to state campaign finance …

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Judge blocks California law that targeted deepfake campaign ads
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Judge blocks California law that targeted deepfake campaign ads

LA Times  

Vice President Kamala Harris, shown at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, is one of the politicians targeted by AI-manipulated campaign material this year. With deepfake video and audio making their way into political campaigns, California enacted its toughest restrictions yet in September: a law prohibiting political ads within 120 days of an election that include deceptive, digitally generated or …

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Newsom’s office announces new California environmental campaign at Climate Week NYC
3 months ago

Newsom’s office announces new California environmental campaign at Climate Week NYC

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom’s office announced a new campaign Monday at Climate Week NYC to encourage 1 million Californians to take everyday actions to help combat climate change. The campaign builds upon the California Climate Action Corps, a volunteer program aimed at addressing climate change, which the governor’s office announced at Climate Week NYC four years ago. “What we’re hoping to do …

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Kamala Harris: Vice president on front lines of political crisis
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Kamala Harris: Vice president on front lines of political crisis

LA Times  

Kamala Harris, photographed in Los Angeles on Nov. 21. “The good news for her is that the way she would prove that she is ready to take the top spot is by saying and doing all the things she would be doing as a running mate anyway.” For decades, San Francisco dominated Golden State politics, its status cemented by the …

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Trump plans to raise money in California in the aftermath of felony conviction
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump plans to raise money in California in the aftermath of felony conviction

LA Times  

President Biden and Donald Trump will both head to California in June for big-ticket campaign fundraisers. In the wake of former President Trump’s conviction on 34 felony charges, he is heading to California next week to raise campaign cash at high-dollar events in San Francisco, Beverly Hills and Newport Beach. “A sham trial designed for one purpose: to brand Donald …

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New safety campaign for deadly PCH strip urges drivers to ‘slow the fast down’
7 months, 2 weeks ago

New safety campaign for deadly PCH strip urges drivers to ‘slow the fast down’

LA Times  

State agencies hold a news conference to announce the “Go Safely PCH” education campaign at the Ghost Tire Memorial along Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu. State and local leaders convened Wednesday at Malibu’s Ghost Tire Memorial, a tribute to dozens of lives lost on that stretch of PCH, to announce the campaign. Dubbed “Go Safely PCH,” it’s the latest in …

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Voters approve Proposition 1, Newsom’s overhaul of the California mental health system
9 months ago

Voters approve Proposition 1, Newsom’s overhaul of the California mental health system

LA Times  

The close contest over Gov. Gavin Newsom’s $6.4-billion bond measure to transform California’s mental health system finally ended Wednesday, more than two weeks after the primary election. The Californians Against Proposition 1 campaign said the measure wasn’t a huge win for Newsom, but “an embarrassing squeaker of a victory.” “By cutting off services and reducing early intervention programs, Prop. Luna …

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Schiff supporters air ads focused on GOP rival Steve Garvey in California Senate race
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Schiff supporters air ads focused on GOP rival Steve Garvey in California Senate race

LA Times  

Rep. Katie Porter and former baseball player Steve Garvey take part in a Jan. 22 televised debate for candidates in the race to succeed the late California Sen. Dianne Feinstein. Supporters of Democratic Rep. Adam B. Schiff’s Senate bid plan to spend millions of dollars before the March 5 California primary airing television ads focused solely on Republican candidate Steve …

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Marianne Williamson suspends her presidential campaign, ending long-shot primary challenge to Biden
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Marianne Williamson suspends her presidential campaign, ending long-shot primary challenge to Biden

LA Times  

Self-help author and spiritual guru Marianne Williamson on Wednesday announced the end of her long-shot Democratic challenge to President Biden. The 71-year-old onetime spiritual advisor to Oprah Winfrey contemplated suspending her campaign last month after winning just 5,000 votes in New Hampshire’s primary, writing that she “had to decide whether now is the time for a dignified exit or continue …

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Opinion: Is Steve Garvey, or his California campaign, for real?
11 months ago

Opinion: Is Steve Garvey, or his California campaign, for real?

LA Times  

Former baseball player Steve Garvey speaks during a televised debate for candidates in the Senate race to succeed the late California Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Monday. Even all these years later, what a tidy little description of the man who stood on stage at USC’s Bovard Auditorium on Monday evening, uttering platitudes and nonsense during a very serious debate among …

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Newsom versus DeSantis: How, when and where to watch the governors debate
1 year ago

Newsom versus DeSantis: How, when and where to watch the governors debate

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom and Ron DeSantis will face off Thursday evening in a one-of-a-kind debate that pits California against Florida. Gavin Newsom and Ron DeSantis will take the stage in Georgia on Thursday evening for a one-of-a-kind debate pitting California against Florida. Fox News Channel is hosting the event, which it’s dubbed “DeSantis vs. Newsom: The Great Red vs. Blue State …

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Will she run or won’t she? Laphonza Butler’s appointment could scramble California Senate race
1 year, 2 months ago

Will she run or won’t she? Laphonza Butler’s appointment could scramble California Senate race

LA Times  

The death of California Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Friday and Gov. “Butler would be a very formidable candidate who’s capable of making it into the top two,” advancing from the primary to the general election, said Feinstein’s 2018 campaign manager Jeff Millman, citing her fundraising prowess. Lee, Porter and Schiff applauded Newsom’s pick, with the Oakland representative saying she looked …

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​Sen. Kyrsten Sinema no longer a California winery intern
1 year, 7 months ago

​Sen. Kyrsten Sinema no longer a California winery intern

Raw Story  

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s new personal financial disclosure is notable for something that doesn't appear on the document. In all, Sinema’s campaign committee spent nearly $20,000 on wine since 2021, according to federal records analyzed by the New York Post. RELATED ARTICLE: Why Kyrsten Sinema jumped the Democratic Party after they took a 51-seat Senate majority The New York Post report …

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Column: Can Gavin Newsom kinda but not really run for president and still do his job as California governor?
1 year, 8 months ago

Column: Can Gavin Newsom kinda but not really run for president and still do his job as California governor?

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom launched a political action committee with the hallmarks of a presidential campaign. Then, just last week, California’s gallivanting governor announced the formation of a nationally focused political action committee, accompanied by all the trappings of a budding White House bid: A fundraising blitz. There are still plenty of reasons to doubt that Newsom is waging a flat-out White …

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Rep. Barbara Lee kicks off Senate campaign to replace Feinstein
1 year, 10 months ago

Rep. Barbara Lee kicks off Senate campaign to replace Feinstein

LA Times  

Rep. Barbara Lee, seen on the House floor in 2020, announced Tuesday that she’s joining the 2024 Senate race. My lived experience and the work I’ve done — trying to lift people out of poverty, addressing issues around reproductive justice, the climate crisis, public safety, and working to get the job done on behalf of people — is what the …

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Rep. Barbara Lee tells colleagues she plans to run for Feinstein’s Senate seat in 2024
1 year, 11 months ago

Rep. Barbara Lee tells colleagues she plans to run for Feinstein’s Senate seat in 2024

LA Times  

Rep. Barbara Lee was considered a top contender for a potential appointment to replace Sen. Dianne Feinstein if the senator were to vacate her seat before her term expires. Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee of Oakland, a seasoned progressive with more than three decades immersed in California politics, on Wednesday told congressional colleagues she plans to run for Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s …

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Money for nothing and other tales of how California propositions fared on election day
2 years, 1 month ago

Money for nothing and other tales of how California propositions fared on election day

LA Times  

Workers at the Orange County Registrar of Voters processed vote-by-mail ballots on Wednesday as tallies continue after the November election. “These companies so underestimated the political equity and resolve of the California tribes to protect their sovereign ability to exclusively operate gaming in the state.” But California’s wealthy gaming tribes also didn’t receive that much voter good will for their …

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California voters approve ban on sale of flavored tobacco products
2 years, 1 month ago

California voters approve ban on sale of flavored tobacco products

LA Times  

Supporters of Proposition 31 argued that it would disincentivize tobacco use among kids by eliminating youth-friendly flavors such as bubblegum, cotton candy and cherry. California voters on Tuesday passed a ballot measure to uphold a 2020 law that banned the sale of most flavored tobacco products, giving anti-tobacco advocates an expected victory in a multiyear fight against the industry to …

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Despite scandals, key California politicians glide toward reelection. Here’s why
2 years, 2 months ago

Despite scandals, key California politicians glide toward reelection. Here’s why

LA Times  

A California insurance commissioner who billed taxpayers for long-distance living expenses and broke a vow not to accept campaign donations from members of the industry he was elected to regulate. “That is not a great place to be when we’re talking about really important positions.” Aside from the governor and possibly the state attorney general, California’s statewide officers typically face …

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Proposition 31 will let voters decide whether they want to ban flavored tobacco products
2 years, 3 months ago

Proposition 31 will let voters decide whether they want to ban flavored tobacco products

LA Times  

Solana Beach became the latest California city to crack down on flavored tobacco. Lindsey Freitas, advocacy director for the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, said passing Proposition 31 is critical to stopping the sale of products she describes as the industry’s way “to hook a new generation.” “These youth are drawn in by the flavors but hooked by the nicotine,” …

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The June primary for California attorney general is a fight for second place
2 years, 6 months ago

The June primary for California attorney general is a fight for second place

LA Times  

Three of the candidates running to replace Atty. Bonta’s top contenders include the California Republican Party-endorsed candidate Nathan Hochman, a former assistant U.S. attorney general, and Eric Early, a Los Angeles lawyer who is running a more politically far-right campaign. Unaffiliated voters don’t reliably vote for “no party preference” candidates, said Matt Rexroad, Hochman’s campaign strategist, while Republicans and Democrats …

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Showdown between reform and tough-on-crime policies in California attorney general’s race
2 years, 7 months ago

Showdown between reform and tough-on-crime policies in California attorney general’s race

LA Times  

Rob Bonta, who was appointed by Gov. The most contentious and closely watched California election in 2022 is likely to be the race for attorney general, where voters will choose in June from the liberal incumbent who was appointed to the job last year, three unheralded challengers and an openly gay career prosecutor whose campaign could hinge on the public’s …

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