November 4, 2024

En el sur de California, los candidatos y los comités de acción política están gastando cientos de miles de dólares en campañas para conseguir escaños en las juntas directivas de los colegios comunitarios.

Independent expenditure committees have put nearly $100 million into legislative races, funding ads to support, and often attack, candidates. The outside, unlimited spending is increasing with each election.

In Southern California, candidates and political action committees are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaigns for community college board seats. Elsewhere, the races are uncontested.

In the last two weeks before the election, CalMatters hosted voter education events at ten branches of the San Mateo County Libraries.

CalMatters contributor Jim Newton reflects on his interactions with Kamala Harris over the years, and the qualities that helped her stand out during her time in political office in California.