Jeremia is a data journalist who uses code and data to make policy and politicians easier to understand. He was previously a graphics editor at the COVID Tracking Project and a data journalist at NBC News covering elections and national politics. He grew up in California and is excited to be back home after an extended time as a New Yorker. When he isn’t on the computer you can find him out in the garden or on a bicycle.
La Asociación de Oficiales de Paz Correccionales de California enfrenta un entorno político complicado a medida que disminuye la población de reclusos y aumentan los llamados a cerrar las prisiones.
The California Correctional Peace Officers Association faces a complicated political environment as inmate populations decline and calls to close prisons increase.
La cartera total de acciones de la Legislatura valía hasta 112 millones de dólares el año pasado, pero los expertos dicen que el público debería saber más sobre la riqueza total de un político.
The total stock portfolio of the Legislature was worth as much as $112 million last year but experts say the public should know more about a politician’s total wealth.
Se gastaron más de $114 millones para cabildear al gobierno estatal de California en el primer trimestre de este año, aproximadamente la misma cantidad que el año pasado, cuando los defensores establecieron un récord de gasto en esfuerzos de influencia.
More than $114 million was spent to lobby California state government in the first quarter of this year, about the same amount as last year when advocates set a record for spending on influence efforts.
Las divulgaciones financieras muestran que los legisladores estatales recibieron más de 330,000 dólares en obsequios, además de más de 1.1 millones de dólares en viajes patrocinados por grupos de interés. Ese total el año pasado es un 28% mayor que en 2022.
Financial disclosures show that state lawmakers were showered with more than $330,000 in gifts, plus more than $1.1 million in travel sponsored by interest groups. That total last year is 28% higher than in 2022.
Los poderosos casinos tribales de California y sus antiguos rivales, las salas de juego de propiedad privada, están gastando enormes sumas de dinero para influir en los legisladores. La lucha legislativa podría remodelar la multimillonaria industria del juego del estado.
California’s powerful tribal casinos and their longtime rivals, privately owned gambling halls, are spending huge sums of money to influence lawmakers. The legislative fight could reshape the state’s multi-billion dollar gambling industry.
Jeremia is a data journalist who uses code and data to make policy and politicians easier to understand. He was previously a graphics editor at the COVID Tracking Project and a data journalist at NBC News covering elections and national politics. He grew up in California and is excited to be back home after an extended time as a New Yorker. When he isn’t on the computer you can find him out in the garden or on a bicycle.