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New Poll Shows 47% Of Californians Against Prop. 16, 22% Undecided

September 18, 2020 7:03 amSeptember 18, 2020 7:32 am

On Thursday, a new Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) poll found that a near majority of voters plan to vote against Proposition 16, the ballot measure to reverse 1996’s Proposition 209 and reinstate affirmative action in California. 47% of...

Here’s a Look at the Coronavirus Hit to California Economy

May 18, 2020 2:49 pmMay 18, 2020 3:06 pm

As of March, the private sector lost 110,609 jobs while government added 21,000 jobs, according to a report in the Orange County Register, April 19, 2020 The overall mortality rate from coronavirus in California as of May 14 is 0.01%...

Governor Newsom Reaffirms the State May Take Control of PG&E this Summer

January 30, 2020 6:46 pmJanuary 31, 2020 9:10 am

‘It has to to be completely re-imagined, completely transformed company. If PG&E can’t do it, we’ll do it for them.’ During a Public Policy Institute of California event on Wednesday, Governor Gavin Newsom confirmed that that California would takeover...

Post-Reprieve PPIC Poll Comforts Gov. Newsom on Death Penalty Reversal

April 4, 2019 8:26 amApril 5, 2019 7:41 am

Nearly one year ago, on April 24, 2018, Sacramento District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert announced the arrest of Joseph James DeAngelo, 72. Authorities across the state were charging that DeAngelo was the East Area Rapist and Golden State Killer, responsible...