TOP POLITICAL STORIES Who will be the next governor of California? It’s a mystery to these voters Los Angeles Times The fight to succeed Democrat Jerry Brown is likely to be the most wide-open and unpredictable California governor’s race since at least 1998… Here’s how $183 billion in taxpayer dollars will be spent in California’s new budget LA […]
TOP POLITICAL STORIES After 9,000 columns, he’s still watching California – now from a new perch Fresno Bee / CALmatters Dan Walters is back! So here I am again, beginning the third incarnation of my running commentary on all things California, but particularly its politics. Having written more than 9,000 California-centric columns over the […]
TOP POLITICAL STORIES Nunes: “No Indication” Congressional Shooting Was ISIS Or Al-Qaeda Follower KMJ-AF1 Valley Congressman Devin Nunes says there’s “no indication” that the suspect behind the shooting at the Republican congressional baseball team practice was a follower of ISIS or Al-Qaeda. PolitiFact statements about The 2018 California Governor’s Race The “Tracking The […]
TOP POLITICAL STORIES UC Berkeley poll finds Gavin Newsom in the lead for California governor race SFGate Former San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom, who currently serves as California’s lieutenant governor, is in the lead in the 2018 state gubernatorial race, according to a recent UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll. Political Road Map: Here’s how that gas […]
TOP POLITICAL STORIES What Awaits California’s Next Governor Fox and Hounds Daily California’s governors always look good when the economy looks good but, to quote Warren Buffett, you only find out who has been swimming naked when the tide goes out. John Chiang kicks off campaign with swipe at Newsom San Francisco Chronicle Chiang isn’t exactly a […]
TOP POLITICAL STORIES Sikh community begins campaign: ‘Sikh values are American values’ Fresno Bee Sikhs from the central San Joaquin Valley joined Fresno Mayor Lee Brand on Thursday to announce the “We are Sikhs” awareness campaign. Kern County supervisors set to field battle over PACE financing program The Bakersfield Californian Tuesday afternoon is likely to get hotter […]
TOP POLITICAL STORIES A Democrat is gaining ground in California governor’s race, and it isn’t Gavin Newsom Sacramento Bee A new poll of likely statewide voters suggests the upcoming contest to replace Gov. Jerry Brown could be a competitive one. And it could come down to two Democrats. Newsom still leads California governor’s race, but Villaraigosa […]
TOP POLITICAL STORIES Bruce Freeman captures Ward 5 Bakersfield City Council seat The Bakersfield Californian – 8 hours ago Political observers said the make-up of Ward 5, where registered Republicans outnumber Democrats substantially, was more welcoming to Freeman, whose business background and criticisms of city employee pension costs plays well with local … Well-known attorney says Sheriff’s Office damaged his reputation. […]
TOP POLITICAL STORIES Without Washington, Jerry Brown makes clean energy deals with China Sacramento Bee The goal is to spur new investment in the renewable energy sector in both California and China. WORTH REPEATING: “Take that, Oregon. California Supreme Court expands taxpayers’ right to sue SFGate The court unanimously overturned several decades of lower-court decisions that allowed only […]
TOP POLITICAL STORIES California’s 2018 governor’s race is going to be big. Find out who’s in and what’s next Los Angeles Times “This is a place that embodies the future – ethnically, economically and attitudinally,” said Darry Sragow, a veteran Democratic consultant in Los Angeles who is unaligned in the race. Longtime Villaraigosa ally Jose Huizar […]
