Chad Bianco – California Globe

Huntington Beach Loses Legal Challenge to California’s Sanctuary Law

December 3, 2025 1:12 pmDecember 3, 2025 1:23 pm

A federal judge appointed by former President Joe Biden has dismissed without prejudice Huntington Beach’s lawsuit challenging Senate Bill 54 (SB 54), also known as the California Values Act (CVA), signed by former Governor Jerry Brown in 2018. Judge Sunshine...

Governor Swalwell? Rep Eric Swalwell Eyes Gubernatorial Bid

November 18, 2025 2:32 pmNovember 18, 2025 2:33 pm

“Not if but when” POLITICO reports on the near certainty that California Congresssman Eric Swalwell will run for California governor as a “moderate alternative to Katie Porter.” With the bar set that low, Swalwell will simply need to answer a...

CDCR To Close California Rehabilitation Center In Riverside County Next Year

August 6, 2025 2:45 amAugust 6, 2025 2:46 am

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation announced on Monday that the California Rehabilitation Center in Norco is set to close by the fall of 2026 because of a declining number of prisoners and the latest state budget demanding at...

SF County Sheriff Miyamoto and His Official Endorsement of Bianco for Governor

August 5, 2025 2:45 amAugust 5, 2025 2:46 am

The San Francisco Chronicle, the SFist, and other San Francisco publications have all asked the same question over the last several days: Why did San Francisco County Sheriff Paul Miyamoto officially endorse Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, a Republican and...

Gubernatorial Candidate Steve Hilton Shows Better than Expected Results First 100 Days of Campaign

August 1, 2025 4:30 pmAugust 1, 2025 4:30 pm

With most of the 2026 California Gubernatorial race media focus on Democrat candidates, the top GOP candidates have managed to top most Democrats in terms of money raised, poll support, and other key areas. Right now, the major Democrat candidates,...

Where Fundraising Stands In A Post-Harris 2026 Gubernatorial Race

August 1, 2025 6:51 amAugust 1, 2025 6:51 am

With former Vice President Kamala Harris now out of the 2026 Gubernatorial race, she also leaves behind one of the main things that made her competitive: her fundraising machine. For her 2024 presidential run she raised well over a billion...

Greenberg: Kamala Harris Decides Against Run for Governor in 2026

July 30, 2025 5:02 pmJuly 31, 2025 7:38 am

Today, former Vice President Kamala Harris announced she would not run for California governor next year, a decision that echoes Joe Biden’s 2015 choice to forego a presidential run in 2016, only to reverse course and win the presidency in...