Gov. Newsom, Sen. Dahle Advance in State Gubernatorial Race

June 9, 2022 2:15 amJune 9, 2022 6:27 am

Governor Gavin Newsom and Senator Brian Dahle (R-Bieber) became the official candidates for Governor early Wednesday following the Gubernatorial primary election on Tuesday. With no major challenger from within his party or outside of it, Governor Newsom easily coasted to...

2022 CAGOP Convention: Renewed Optimism for California Republicans

April 22, 2022 7:27 pmApril 24, 2022 9:33 am

The 2022 CAGOP Convention opened in Anaheim on Friday. During the first day candidates, delegates, guests and others said one word more than most: Optimism. Amid California facing worsening crime rates, a stagnating state government, low voter turnout, high gas...

Recall Digital Spending Report Shows Democrats Spent $3.5M on Google Ads in 3 Months

September 16, 2021 3:29 pmSeptember 16, 2021 4:05 pm

A new report from Majority Strategies breaking down digital online advertising spending in the California Recall Election by the two political parties, various “advertisers” supporting candidates, and individual candidates, shows a great divide. Most evident of this divide was online...

What Recall Candidates Say About COVID’s Personal Impacts, and Impacts to the State

September 12, 2021 2:34 amSeptember 12, 2021 10:52 am

It has been the driving force around the world for 18 months. It has killed millions of people, sickened tens of millions more, devastated economies, obliterated education, and sown fear and distrust on a monumental scale throughout the world. It...

What the Recall Candidates are Saying About Homelessness

September 5, 2021 1:07 pmSeptember 6, 2021 11:53 am

It is heart-wrenching and mind-boggling. It is self-harm and societal-harm. It is exasperating and infuriating. It is depressing and destructive. It is sympathy and dystopia. It is empathy and myopia. It is the homeless problem in California. With an estimated...

What the Recall Candidates are Saying About Infrastructure

August 30, 2021 2:31 amSeptember 1, 2021 11:41 am

There is a saying in California politics (popularized by Willie Brown) that, when it comes to big projects, one should just “start digging a hole and make it so big, there’s no alternative to coming up with the money to...

What the Recall Candidates Are Saying About the California Dream

August 16, 2021 7:15 amAugust 18, 2021 10:29 am

Over the past 40 years, at least, the topic of illegal immigration has played a central role in California politics. But now the topic of legal out-migration is rearing its depressing head. Despite attempts by many to either dismiss the...