Election 2020

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The developer bonus tucked into the school bond on your ballot

Tucked into a $15 billion school bond measure is a break to encourage developers building apartments around transit. Some fear it could hurt certain school districts.

에 의해 맷 레빈 • 2월 24, 2020

국회 의사당

Brace for the deluge: Special interests are spending millions to get the California legislators they want

Nearly half of all unlimited outside spending comes from old-guard industries: Oil and gas. Realtors. Car dealers. Also some rich folks.

에 의해 벤 크리스토퍼 • 2월 20, 2020

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California’s declining school enrollment doesn’t justify $15 billion Proposition 13 school bond

Mark Fulmer and Jerrold Jensen: With current staffing levels, California’s projected enrollment loss will eliminate the need for about 1,000 teachers and 1,000 classrooms and hundreds of non-classroom employees. So why are Californians being asked to approve a $15 billion school construction bond?

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 2월 19, 2020

중요한 것은 무엇인가

A politician’s charity + Bernie Sanders’ rise + A personal note

Charity starts at home for one assemblyman. Sexual abuse suits lead to Boy Scouts bankruptcy. Sanders pulls ahead in California primary poll.

에 의해 Dan Morain • 2월 19, 2020

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Podcast: Housing crisis? Presidential candidates have a plan for that

Which presidential candidate's housing plan will do the most for you, California voter? On this episode of "Gimme Shelter," CalMatters' Matt Levin and The Los Angeles Times' Liam Dillon break down the housing proposals of the major remaining presidential candidates.

에 의해 Jakob Lazzaro • 2월 18, 2020

중요한 것은 무엇인가

Charities and politicians + Bloomberg’s California play + Sex offenders and parole

Legislative nonprofits test campaign finance law. Bloomberg makes a play for California. Why some sex offenders are eligible for early parole.

에 의해 Dan Morain • 2월 18, 2020

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Bloomberg’s plan for fire and forest protection

Ken Pimlott, former chief of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection: Executed well, Bloomberg’s fire and forestry proposal will reduce loss of life and property over the next four years, saving the U.S. economy billions of dollars each year.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 2월 14, 2020

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Newsom’s homeless plan faces local opposition + Texas sues California

Newsom's homeless plan draws local backlash. Texas sues California over state travel ban. New worker law survives initial court challenge.

에 의해 Dan Morain • 2월 11, 2020

선거

Presidential candidates to California’s small donors: Give us our daily bread crumbs

Meet the people who've sent the 2020 presidential candidates small campaign contributions — hundreds of times. These add up. Just ask Bernie Sanders. 

에 의해 Elizabeth Castillo • 2월 11, 2020

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Mitt Romney’s vote to remove President Trump made this Californian especially proud

Rob Stutzman, Mitt Romney campaign alum: Many of us hope that Mitt Romney’s decision is a moment of leadership that sears consciences and emboldens people to treat our politics with more dignity and complexity than Trump, cable news and the petulance of many Democrats present to us daily. A good place to start in doing your part to resist our slouch toward banal tribalism is in defending Romney for his act of conscience, even if you disagree.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 2월 6, 2020