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2020 General Election Preview: San Diego Mayoral

October 9, 2020 6:44 amOctober 12, 2020 11:15 am

San Diego: For the longest time, “America’s Finest City” was as reliably Republican as Orange County or any inland Northern California county above the Bay. But the city began trickling in Democrats a few decades ago, culminating with the city...

FPPC Probing Weinstein’s AIDS Health Foundation for Campaign Finance Violations

July 17, 2020 3:53 pmJuly 17, 2020 3:53 pm

The California Fair Political Practices Commission, the state’s campaign finance watchdog is moving forward with an investigation of drug company executive Michael Weinstein’s AIDS Health Foundation on a complaint by California YIMBY for allegedly failing to report tens of thousands of...

Senator Wiener Introduces ‘SB 50 Lite’ Housing Bill to End Single-Family Zoning in CA

May 22, 2020 5:37 pmMay 22, 2020 5:40 pm

On Thursday, final amendments were made to Senate Bill 902, which would effectively end almost all single-family zoning in California. A ‘lighter’ SB 50 SB 902, written by Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) was designed as a ‘lighter SB 50‘,...

California Assembly Reconvenes, Senate to Follow on May 11th

May 5, 2020 5:46 pmMay 5, 2020 5:47 pm

On Monday, members of the Assembly reconvened at the Capitol Building in Sacramento for the first time in almost two months. Assembly back for the first time since March While expected workloads of bills, committees, and the annual budget are...

Church and Hospital Land Housing Bill Back After Amendment Change

March 9, 2020 2:40 pm

On Friday, a bill that would block zoning restrictions on land owned by churches and hospitals to build housing units was brought back to the Senate again following amendment changes. Senate Bill 899, authored by Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco),...

California Government is the Reason for California’s Housing Shortage

March 5, 2020 9:15 amMarch 6, 2020 8:40 am

The homebuilder Lennar has new affordable homes for sale in San Antonio, Texas with nine different floor plans to choose from at a variety of price points – starting in the $130,000s. In California, permits and development fees often total...

2020 March Primary Preview: Democratic and Republican Presidential Primaries

March 2, 2020 3:17 pmMarch 3, 2020 11:18 am

With the California Primary now only days away, the California Globe takes a look at the six top performing candidates in the Democratic and Republican primaries, as well as where they stand on the five biggest issues Californian’s face today....