Tag: Anthony Rendon
Democrats in Tied San Jose Congressional Election Try to Stop the Recount
Six weeks after voters went to the polls on March 5, the candidates in congressional district 16 remain unknown. And now the leading Democrats have turned on each other with election-denying language and efforts to shut down recounts that would...
Senator Mike McGuire Announced As Next CA Senate Pro Tem
Senate Pro Tem Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) announced late on Monday that she would be stepping down from being the Senate leader early next year, with Senator Mike McGuire (D-Healdsburg) named her replacement following a unanimous vote by the Democratic...
Tenure of California Assembly Speakers
With Speaker of the California Assembly Robert Rivas being sworn into office on June 30, 2023, the following is a look back over the past four decades of legislators holding this powerful position. 67 persons have held this position during...
Assemblyman Robert Rivas Sworn In As Next Speaker Of the California Assembly
Assemblyman Robert Rivas (D-Hollister) was sworn in as the new Speaker of the California Assembly on Friday, replacing Assemblyman Anthony Rendon (D-Lakewood) after a years-long power struggle. Born in Henderson, Nevada, Rivas grew up in the farm communities of Paicines...
Ignorant Cancel Culture Comes for 3 Sacramento City Schools
In June 2020, CBS13 reported on a Sacramento woman who announced that she wanted to change the name of Sutter Middle School, named after John Sutter, famous for the discovery of gold on the American River, after reports that he...
CA State Capitol Evacuated Following ‘Credible Threat’ by Known Shooting Suspect
The California State Capitol in Sacramento was closed for several hours Thursday when a man linked to a hospital window shooting incident in Roseville the day before made a “credible threat” on the Capitol Building. On Wednesday, 30-year-old Jackson Pinney...