Author: Evan Symon
Evan V. Symon is the Senior Editor for the California Globe. Prior to the Globe, he reported for the Pasadena Independent, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, and was head of the Personal Experiences section at Cracked. He can be reached at evan@californiaglobe.com.
Gov. Newsom Replaces Orange County Water Board Member Over Desalination Plant
On Wednesday, Governor Gavin Newsom removed a director of the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board after months of criticisms and questions over a proposed desalination plant in Huntington Beach. Director William von Blasingame had repeatedly challenged the Governor...
2020 General Election Preview: 1st Assembly District
Comprising of all or part of 9 different counties, the 1st Assembly district takes up a rough triangle in far north California, going from Lake Tahoe, to the Oregon border north of Redding, east to the California, Oregon, and Nevada...
Sacramento County Superior Court Rules Against AG Becerra Over GOP Ballot Box Order
On Wednesday, Sacramento County Superior Court Judge David Brown sided with the California Republican Party against the order of Attorney General Xavier Becerra and Secretary of State Alex Padilla to give the state information on the party’s ballot box drop...
CDCR Announces That 8 Prisoner Wildfire Camps Will Close by End of Year
Earlier this week, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) announced that 8 of it’s 43 prisoner wildfire camps, known as Conservation Camps, will be closing at the end of the year. The closures will be split between Northern...
2020 General Election Preview: 15th Senate District
The 15th Senate District is located entirely within Santa Clara County. Most of San Jose and a few wealthy suburbs like Cupertino and Campbell dwell inside, as does the Apple campus and several different ethnic neighborhoods. Whites, Hispanics, and Asian-Americans...
Compton Announces Launch Of Privately-Funded Universal Income Program
On Monday, Compton Mayor Aja Brown announced in a statement that the city will be launching a universal income pilot program for 800 low-income residents. In the announcement, Mayor Brown said that the program, called the Compton Pledge, would begin...