Elections

Also on the November ballot? Lots and lots of school bonds

One of the biggest items on the November ballot will be mostly invisible to most voters—100 or more local proposals to sell bonds for school construction projects that, if passed, could total more than $12 billion in local borrowing in coming years.

By

Ricardo Cano

• September 30, 2018

Elections

Majority Report: The backlash, bucks and bad stuff edition

In California congressional campaign news this week: getting personal about sexual assault, scooping up millions of dollars, getting nasty with campaign ads, and rethinking Nancy Pelosi.

By

Ben Christopher

• September 28, 2018

Community members gather for a rally in support of Christine Blasey Ford in front of City Hall on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018, in Palo Alto, Calif. Ford, testified during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing about her allegations that Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh attempted to rape her in the early 1980s. Photo by Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group

Elections

As experts predict a second “Year of the Woman,” female candidates in California set record

Post-Trump, nearly one-third of the top two vote-receiving candidates across all statewide, federal, and legislative races in California are women—a higher percentage than any other election this century.

By

Ben Christopher

• September 27, 2018

Elections

Wording matters: Decoding mixed messages on gas tax and rent control from new poll

Ballot measures to repeal a recent increase in the state gas tax and expand rent control may both be in trouble, according to a new voter poll.

By

Ben Christopher

• September 26, 2018

Lt. Gov. candidates Ed Hernandez and Eleni Kounalakis debate in San Francisco.

Elections

Different backgrounds, similar visions: Lt. Gov candidates on higher ed

For voters who have trouble distinguishing between the positions of lieutenant governor candidates Eleni Kounalakis and Ed Hernandez—or remembering what the so-called “Lite Gov” does, anyway—their backgrounds provide a contrast.

By

Felicia Mello

• September 26, 2018

President Donald Trump on the campaign trail. Photo by Michael Vadon

Elections

California insiders: Trump won’t help the GOP here, but he’s not going anywhere

California Republicans shouldn't count on the president to hold back a blue wave, insiders say in a new survey.

By

Ben Christopher

• September 25, 2018

Elections

Goal of holiday and college Ballot Bowl: get more people registered to vote

Today is National Voter Registration Day—a reminder to eligible Californians not yet registered that they have until Oct. 22 to do so in order to vote in the Nov. 6 midterms.

By

Elizabeth Castillo

• September 25, 2018

Elections

Majority Report: With Friends Like These Edition

A Democrat turns on his own party’s committee. Fox News hosts turn on a sitting Republican congressman. A Trump son turns out to help a political ally—only to provide political fodder to the opposition. Here’s a quick recap of what happened this week across California’s 53 congressional districts:

By

Ben Christopher

• September 21, 2018

Elections

GOP candidate for Attorney General has a surprising view on police oversight

Republican Steven Bailey thinks police shootings should be investigated by the state, rather than local prosecutors—a view shared by some progressive Democrats.

By

Laurel Rosenhall

• September 21, 2018

The state prison officers' union is backing Tony Thurmond, right, in his race for schools chief against Marshall Tuck, left.

Elections

Prison officers’ union jumps into race for schools chief

California's prison officers' union has emerged as a player in the race for the state schools chief, disclosing a $500,000 expenditure for television ads to help elect Assemblyman Tony Thurmond as Superintendent of Public Instruction.

By

Dan Morain

• September 20, 2018