Carl DeMaio Archives - California Globe

Election Results Surprise Many Across the Country and in California

November 3, 2021 12:56 pmApril 3, 2022 8:09 am

The country is abuzz over the Virginia Governor’s race with Republican Glenn Youngkin defeating Democrat and former VA Governor Terry McAuliffe. It appears the parent revolution resonated. Press play to hear a narrated version of this story, presented by AudioHopper....

We Must Hang Together, Or Surely We Shall Hang Separately

May 12, 2021 6:20 amMay 13, 2021 5:38 am

The special election to recall Gavin Newsom is coming up this Fall, and the two questions on the ballot might serve as a metaphor for the dilemma confronting Republicans in California. Question one is binary: Do you want to recall...

Former Congressman Duncan Hunter Pardoned By Donald Trump

December 24, 2020 10:02 pm

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump issued a wave of presidential pardons, including former Californian Congressman Duncan Hunter. In 2018 and 2019, Hunter, the Congressman for the 50th Congressional District in the San-Diego area from 2013 to early 2020, along with...

California Supreme Court Finally Rules on Case Affecting Pensions

July 30, 2020 3:32 pmJuly 31, 2020 9:20 am

On Thursday the California Supreme Court issued its ruling in the case Alameda County Deputy Sheriff’s Association vs Alameda County Employees’ Retirement Association. In plain English, this was a case where attorneys representing government unions were challenging pension reforms enacted by...

2020 Q1 Campaign Finance: What 50th Congressional District Candidates Raised and Spent

April 15, 2020 2:06 amApril 15, 2020 1:47 pm

Last year at this time, the 50th Congressional District, a large swath of land that stretches from the San Diego suburbs to the outskirts of the Salton Sea, was considered a lock for former Representative Duncan Hunter. However a scandal...

Grassroots Infrastructure for Initiatives and Recalls is Growing in California

March 21, 2020 9:22 amMarch 23, 2020 6:14 am

What California’s state legislators and elite power structure have not reckoned on, however, is the growing potential for activists, linked together and coordinated using online resources, to put transformative initiatives, referendums and recalls onto the state ballot. Earlier this...

Congressman Duncan Hunter Changes Plea to Guilty Over Campaign Fund Misuse

December 3, 2019 3:33 pmDecember 4, 2019 1:12 pm

The campaign finance scandal trial of Representative Duncan Hunter, a California Republican serving the 50th Congressional district in San Diego, took an unusual turn Monday as he changed his plea to guilty. 60 criminal counts and plane tickets for a...