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This is a modified version of the original story by Michael Lozano for use in classrooms. Raymiro Gomez-Galiano knocked on more than a thousand doors in Santa Clarita for the March primary. He was urging Latinos and other infrequent voters to turn out. Just 17 at that time, the teen couldn’t even vote yet. “I made sure to […]

This is a modified version of the original story by Sameea Kamal and Ariel Gans for use in classrooms. A gift or a curse?  For Angelique Ashby, running as a “women’s advocate” in a heated state Senate race in Sacramento might be a little of both. Her competitor, Dave Jones, a fellow Democrat, went to court to block Ashby from using that […]

This is a modified version of the original story by Sameea Kamal and Ariel Gans for use in classrooms. A gift or a curse?  For Democrat Angelique Ashby, running as a “women’s advocate” in a heated state Senate race in Sacramento might be a little of both. Dave Jones is also a Democrat. He is running against Ashby. He went […]

This is a modified version of the original story by Sameea Kamal and Ariel Gans for use in classrooms. A gift or a curse?  For Democrat Angelique Ashby, running as a “women’s advocate” in a heated state Senate race in Sacramento might be a little of both. Dave Jones is also a Democrat. He is running against Ashby. He went […]

Track the most consequential and interesting bills in California as the 2022 legislative session comes to a close.

This is a modified version of the original story by Elena Neale-Sacks for use in classrooms. A proposal to give younger people a greater voice in elections was rejected in November 2020 by about 55% of California voters. Proposition 18 would have allowed 17-year-olds to vote in primary elections if they turned 18 by the next general election. […]

This is a modified version of the original story by Elena Neale-Sacks for use in classrooms. A proposal to give younger people a greater voice in elections was resoundingly rejected in November 2020 by about 55% of California voters. By some measures Proposition 18, which would have allowed 17-year-olds to vote in primary elections if they turned 18 […]

This is a modified version of the original story by Elena Neale-Sacks for use in classrooms. A proposal to give younger people a greater voice in elections was resoundingly rejected in November 2020 by about 55% of California voters. By some measures Proposition 18, which would have allowed 17-year-olds to vote in primary elections if they turned 18 […]

This is excerpted for classroom use from the CalMatters Explainer about this year’s ballot propositions by reporters Ben Christopher and Sameea Kamal. After months of signature gathering, fundraising and legislative wrangling, we have details on the ballot measures that you can vote on this fall. Proposition 1: Putting abortion safeguards in the California constitution: After the […]

This is a modified version of the original story by CalMatters reporter Sameea Kamal for use in classrooms. The 2020 Census confirms California’s status as one of the nation’s most diverse states — second behind only Hawaii, despite a likely undercount of Latino and Black voters. About 40 percent of Californians speak a language other […]