November 4, 2020

California prepared for the worst but voters largely were masked and socially distanced, and unrest was limited to isolated protests.

The Golden State will gain a strong ally in the White House and new national influence with a Californian as Joe Biden’s second-in-command.

Over the last three decades, Californians have swung from “tough on crime” conservatism to a more lenient, less punitive approach to criminal justice. Based on the results of this year’s election, it doesn’t look like the pendulum is swinging back anytime soon. Already the state had gradually eased up on sentencing standards, made it easier […]

California se preparó para lo peor, pero los votantes en gran parte estaban enmascarados y socialmente distanciados, y el malestar se limitó a protestas aisladas.

A lopsided victory for the measure to keep Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and Instacart drivers classified as contractors with limited job benefits puts labor groups on defense.

Election Day in Vallejo and Benicia offered a new feature: free bus service from the suburban residential areas into polling stations scattered across the two small cities in Solano County on the edge of the San Francisco Bay. From 6:30 a.m. until the polls closed last night at 8:00, the county bus service, SolTrans, provided […]

Wealthy companies whose chief executive is paid 100 times more than their median worker will pay a higher gross receipts tax.

La Proposición 16 fracasó, pero los estudiantes de las universidades públicas y las universidades de California han estado tratando de aumentar la representación de los estudiantes de color en sus campus durante años y continuarán sus esfuerzos.

Proposition 16 failed, but students at public colleges and universities in California have been trying to increase representation of students of color at their campuses for years and will continue their efforts.

Voters in blue California are favoring Joe Biden and other Democrats but unions are faring poorly vis-a-vis corporations.