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Senator Scott Wiener: ‘Fascists’ and ‘Thugs’ ‘Physically Assaulted Fellow Victim Alex Padilla

June 13, 2025 5:25 pmJune 13, 2025 5:25 pm

Following the ridiculous and really bad political performance art Thursday by U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA), the Democrat fundraising began. Padilla, who no one really knows, was forcibly removed and handcuffed at a press conference for Department of Homeland Security...

The Greenberg Brief: The San Francisco Mayoral Election That Isn’t

November 7, 2023 2:50 amNovember 7, 2023 2:51 am

The mayors of San Francisco could be household names- if they had wanted to be. Joining Chicago’s Daley, Los Angeles’ Bradley and Garcetti, New York City’s Koch, Giuliani and Bloomberg, our San Francisco’s mayors could have been elevated to nationally-recognized celebrity status. It’s...

Final Election Results Are Here at Last, and California’s GOP is Still in Decline

December 20, 2022 6:51 amDecember 20, 2022 7:42 am

On December 16, nearly 40 days after the November mid-term elections, California’s Secretary of State finally released the “Statement of Vote.” This document is the official and final record of the winners and losers. What is belatedly certain is what...

What Is in California’s Elections Code?

March 28, 2022 5:42 pmMarch 28, 2022 5:47 pm

The California Elections Code is one of 29 Codes that contain state statutes. The Elections Code contains several sections of general provisions, followed by 22 Divisions. There are also numerous parts, chapters, and articles containing hundreds of code sections, or...

Election Contests in California

February 9, 2022 6:46 amFebruary 9, 2022 6:58 am

There are extensive rules for conducting election contests in the State of California. These rules are contained in Division 16 of the state’s Election Code. Chapter 1 deals with General Provisions. Section 16000 requires the general election contest provisions of...

Challenging a Voter in California

January 29, 2022 7:37 amJanuary 29, 2022 7:41 am

California’s Elections Code allows for challenging a voter in Division 14 dealing with election day procedures, Chapter 3, dealing with procedures at polls, Article 3. Article 3 contains Sections 14240 to 14253 and was enacted in 1994. Section 14240 provides...

California Election Nominations

January 18, 2022 6:48 amJanuary 18, 2022 7:03 am

The California Elections Code provides for nominations in Chapter 3 of Division 0.5. There are three short sections contained in Chapter 3. Section 200 requires the declaration of candidacy for any primary or final election to provide “in full” the...