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Congresswoman Anna Eshoo Announces She Won’t Run In 2024

November 22, 2023 1:19 pmNovember 22, 2023 1:19 pm

Silicon Valley-area Congresswoman Anna Eshoo announced on Tuesday that she will not be running for reelection in 2024, leaving her 16th district for an open election next year for the first time since 1992. Eshoo began her political career in...

Congressman Tony Cardenas Announces He Won’t Run For Reelection In 2024

November 21, 2023 2:30 amNovember 21, 2023 6:39 am

San Fernando Valley-area Congressman Tony Cardenas (D-CA) announced on Monday that he will not be running for reelection in 2024, ending a nearly non-stop political career that dates back to his first elected win in the mid 1990s. Cardenas began...

Sen. Rand Paul’s Annual ‘Festivus’ Report: $482,276,543,907 of Government Waste

December 27, 2022 10:22 am

U.S. Sen. Rand Paul just released his annual “Festivus Report” of wasteful government spending. The 2022 listing does not disappoint – until you remember you are paying for this abuse of taxpayers’ funds by electing the congressional wastrels. Festivus is...

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...

Californians Redistricted Out of Old State Senate Districts

September 21, 2022 8:07 amSeptember 21, 2022 8:11 am

Were you redistricted right out of your old Senate district? With state Senate districts recently redrawn, new district lines take effect in a staggered manner – half of the districts taking effect immediately after redistricting, and the other lines taking...

What Are ‘Notwithstanding Clauses’ in California Legislation?

December 3, 2021 4:29 pmDecember 8, 2021 3:43 pm

A common occurrence in California legislation is a bill that contains in the text of the measure the phrase, “notwithstanding any other provision of law…” or something similar. What does this phrase mean? And why would this phrase be used...

Senate Passes Joint Resolution Urging Congress to Fix Social Security Payment Formula

June 18, 2021 2:14 amJune 24, 2021 6:39 am

A joint resolution that would urge the United States Congress to change the way that Social Security payments are formulated to prevent a decrease in benefits was passed unanimously in the California state Senate on Thursday. Senate Joint Resolution 5,...