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The Last Thing California Needs is Katie Porter, Kamala Harris, and Gavin Newsom

March 17, 2025 10:41 amMarch 17, 2025 10:42 am

As expected, former Representative Katie Porter declared that she is running for Governor of California. This followed an announcement that former Vice President Kamala Harris will decide by the end of Summer 2025 on whether she will run for governor...

Globe Contributor Publishes ‘Practical Guide on Direct Democracy’

April 29, 2024 2:30 amApril 29, 2024 2:31 am

Long-time California Globe contributor Chris Micheli has published the newest edition of his series of “practical guides” on California state government topics. The short book is titled “A Practical Guide to Direct Democracy in California.” It covers the three forms...

The Globe Quiz on California Direct Democracy

April 15, 2023 7:16 amApril 15, 2023 7:21 am

This quiz is to test your knowledge about California’s forms of direct democracy. True or False? The three forms of direct democracy are initiative, referendum, and recall. An initiative in California can enact changes to statutes or the state Constitution. A...

Election Petitions and Petition Signers in California

February 5, 2022 5:33 amFebruary 4, 2022 9:43 pm

The California Elections Code regulates petitions and petition signers in Chapter 2 of Division 0.5 in Sections 100 to 108. Section 100 provides that, whenever an initiative, referendum, recall, nominating petition or paper, or any other petition or paper, is...

California Democrats Call For Recall ‘Reform’ Process

September 15, 2021 8:06 amSeptember 15, 2021 8:18 am

California Gov. Gavin Newsom defeated the recall effort and will remain in office in what some in the media are calling a landslide, after calling the race within the first hour after polls closed at 8:00pm Tuesday evening. By 8:55pm,...

What the Recall Candidates are Saying About the State’s Most Dysfunctional Agency

August 2, 2021 5:05 pmAugust 2, 2021 4:19 pm

One of the hot button issues of the entire recall effort has been California’s Employment Development Department’s disastrous handling of the massive unemployment increase, a result of the pandemic and its concomitant state-ordered business lockdowns. The mishandling – which managed...

Hollywood Elites Leave a Trail of Suffering and Increased Crime in California

August 2, 2021 12:11 pmAugust 2, 2021 3:47 pm

By Hector Barajas and Mike Vallante Do you think that Brad Pitt and Olivia Wilde realized the law they sponsored reclassified violent felonies such as the rape of an unconscious person, domestic violence, and the human trafficking of a child...