POLICY & POLITICS California can help provide opportunity for its heartland. Here’s how CALmatters While we aspire to build a #CaliforniaForAll, our state faces serious divides between regions of enormous wealth and regions of deep poverty. See also: ● Calif governor looking to turn around region with persistent poverty CNBC North SJ Valley: Eliza Garza set to […]
POLICY & POLITICS North SJ Valley: What should Modesto’s downtown look like? City hires consultant to create plan Modesto Bee Modesto wants to build off the momentum it sees in downtown by working with a consultant to create a master plan that would serve as the city center’s blueprint over a couple of decades. Central […]
POLICY & POLITICS North SJ Valley: McCarthy introduces legislation to rename Success Dam Porterville Recorder Congressman Kevin McCarthy introduced legislation H.R. 2695 on Tuesday, May 14, to rename the Success Dam after local businessman and longtime Tule River Water Master, Richard L. Schafer. Central SJ Valley: Assemblyman Arambula depicted as ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ as child […]
POLICY & POLITICS Regions Rise Together: building a plan for inclusive, sustainable growth across California Press Enterprise By many economic measures, California’s economy is booming. We are the fifth largest economy in the world. But this growth is not shared across the entire state. In fact, it’s heavily concentrated along our coast. North SJ Valley: […]
Blake interned in Assemblyman Jim Patterson’s Sacramento office in the summer of 2016. In the summer of 2018, he interned in Congressman Devin Nunes’ office in Washington, D.C.. While at Fresno State, Blake served as Student Body President working closely with local, state, and federal representatives and advocating for a better educational experience for all. […]
Lazaro interned in the Fall of 2008 in the USDA office of Rural Development in Fresno, the USDA office of Plant Protection and Quarantine in Fresno in the Spring of 2019 and his last scholarship through the Maddy Institute was with Congressman Jim Costa’s Fresno office in the Spring of 2010. Lazaro is originally from Santa Cruz, California. […]
Selena interned in Congressman Jim Costa’s Washington D.C. office in the Summer of 2010.She majored in Philosophy and Anthropology at California State University, Fresno. “Getting to live and work in Washington DC was an irreplaceable experience. I was able to meet some of the most influential people in government, experience the day to day life of working […]
Scott interned in the Merced office of Senator Jeff Denham in the Fall of 2007 and in the Sacramento office of Assemblymember Michael Villines in the Summer of 2008. He majored in Political Science with a minor in Philosophy at California State University, Fresno graduating summa cum laude. “My internships were an interesting and highly educational […]
POLICY & POLITICS North SJ Valley: Congressman McClintock’s ongoing defense of White House getting hard to believe Sierra Star Last week, as a member of the House Judiciary Committee voting against a resolution holding Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress, McClintock presented prepared remarks containing dozens of lies, faithfully parroting the party line […]
POLICY & POLITICS California’s governor looking to turn around the Central Valley – a region that suffers from persistent poverty CNBC California’s Central Valley continues to grow in population even though it suffers some of the highest unemployment in the state. The state’s new Democratic governor is pushing economic development in the agriculturally dominated region, […]
