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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...

Former Congressman Gil Cisneros Nominated For Pentagon Position By President Biden

April 13, 2021 11:10 amApril 13, 2021 11:21 am

Former Congressman Gil Cisneros was nominated by President Joe Biden on Monday to be the next Under Secretary of Defense, Personnel and Readiness at the Department of Defense, becoming only the latest prominent Californian to be nominated by the White...

Asian American Lawmakers Push For Gov. Newsom To Select Asian Attorney General

March 18, 2021 6:31 am

Prominent Californian Asian American lawmakers came together this week and called for Governor Gavin Newsom to select an Attorney General of Asian descent. The lawmakers made the push due to the impending approval of current Attorney General Xavier Becerra as...

California Secretary of State Proposes Regulations Restricting Access to Voter Registration Data

January 7, 2021 1:48 pmJanuary 8, 2021 11:19 am

On the heels of a very contentious Presidential Election, California Secretary of State Alex Padilla has proposed regulations to restrict access to voter registration data. This is a very contentious maneuver which will only further prevent members of the public...

Californians challenge Biden’s 55 electoral votes in court

January 6, 2021 8:20 amJanuary 8, 2021 11:15 am

In twin court salvos, congressional candidates and legal groups sued California election officials, charging Gov. Gavin Newsom with overseeing a fraudulent and unconstitutional November general election. A lawsuit filed this week includes hundreds of sworn eyewitness reports of election code violations,...

California Politicos, Hollywood, Lawyers, Contribute to Kamala Harris

April 29, 2019 12:54 pmApril 30, 2019 12:14 pm

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has raised $13.2 million from more than 218,000 individual contributions in the first quarter of 2019. Of those, 7,278 were California donors. Harris is known for her digital following, as well as small-donor fund-raising operations....

Kamala Harris Bags a String of Early Endorsers

February 19, 2019 6:15 amFebruary 19, 2019 11:32 am

California Senator Kamala Harris received endorsements for her presidential bid late last week from Governor Gavin Newsom and Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-Oakland), a former Congressional Black Caucus chair. Will these high-profile nods actually do her any good among primary voters?...