November 2026 – California Globe

The Transit Watchdogs Couldn’t Even Get BART’s Operating Expenses Right – What Else Did They Get Wrong?

November 2, 2026 3:00 pmNovember 2, 2026 3:01 pm

Its first major review used the wrong financial numbers, materially understated BART’s operating expense growth and credited the agency with hundreds of millions in questionable “cost savings.” The report was then approved by the very committee appointed to oversee the...

Dark Money Mailers Attacking Flippo in Nevada CD-2 Prompts FBI Investigation

November 2, 2026 2:47 pmNovember 2, 2026 2:47 pm

A shadowy dark-money group is flooding Northern Nevada mailboxes with attacks on Republican nominee David Flippo in the race for Nevada’s 2nd Congressional District, promoting Independent American Party candidate Lynn Chapman in a pattern Republicans elsewhere call a deliberate Democratic...

General Provisions of Capital Access Company Law

November 2, 2026 2:00 pmNovember 2, 2026 2:01 pm

Corporations Code Title 4, Division 3, Chapter 1, Article 1 deals with construction of capital access companies under California securities laws. Section 28000 provides the title of this division as the “Capital Access Company Law.” Section 28001 requires this division...

Exclusive: Rep Steve Montenegro Warns Arizona Against Following California’s Political Path

November 2, 2026 11:39 amNovember 2, 2026 11:39 am

Arizona House Speaker Steve Montenegro told the California Globe that House Republicans are preparing an agenda focused on water, parental rights, affordability, and public safety as they work to preserve their legislative majorities in the November 3 election. Montenegro also...

DOJ Asks SCOTUS to Sequester 20,000 Suspected Noncitizen Ballots in California

November 2, 2026 11:23 amNovember 2, 2026 11:41 am

On the eve of the November 3, 2026, midterm elections, the Trump administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court for an emergency order requiring California to segregate roughly 20,000 mail-in ballots tied to individuals the Department of Justice identifies as...

The Midterm Slot Machine

November 2, 2026 11:12 amNovember 2, 2026 11:59 am

The midterm elections have been the subject of disputed media polling numbers. The 2026 midterm races will be like a gigantic slot machine, with different combinations spinning nonstop. A handful of combinations let the Republicans thread the needle and pull...

Gov. Newsom Claims President Trump is Trying to ‘Steal’ the 2026 Midterm Elections

November 2, 2026 10:47 amNovember 2, 2026 10:47 am

California Governor Gavin Newsom is parading around friendly media outlets trumpeting that President Donald Trump is attempting to steal the midterm election. Newsom has repeatedly and publicly claimed that President Trump is trying to “steal,” “rig,” or undermine the 2026...