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Senator Padilla Announces Proposal to Federally Protect Over 1 Million More Acres in California

May 4, 2021 2:51 pm

Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) announced on Monday that he will propose an expansion of over 1,000,000 acres of federally protected land in California. The Senator’s proposal, known as the PUBLIC Lands Act, would combine 3 previously passed House bills by...

Part ll: Who Are the 2020 Citizens Redistricting Commission Members?

April 30, 2021 1:43 pmApril 30, 2021 1:44 pm

Earlier this week, the Globe sought information about the 2020 Citizens Redistricting Commission members, and ran into a brick wall. We found a non-partisan elections analysis blog that reported last July 2020 that “initial selections were made for the California Citizens...

California to Lose 1 Congressional Seat, Electoral Vote According to 2020 U.S. Census

April 26, 2021 3:10 pmNovember 12, 2021 3:03 am

Official U.S. Census figures were unveiled on Monday showing that California will lose one congressional seat and electoral vote due to a massive slowdown of population growth. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the population of the United States in...

House Republicans Add More Pressure To Stop Funding for California High-Speed Rail

April 19, 2021 2:50 pm

In the last week, pressure has grown in Washington for Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Pete Buttigieg to not fund or support California High-Speed Rail (CHSR). While there has always been significant opposition against the federal government from funding CHSR,...

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...

California Senators, Representatives Push For Year-Round Wildfire Fighting Services

March 30, 2021 2:45 pm

On Monday, 23 Californian Senators and members of Congress sent a letter to the Departments of Agriculture and Interior, asking that they make wildland firefighters available year round instead of seasonal to combat the growing out-of-season wildfire threats in California...

House Speaker Pelosi Urges CA Democrats Not To Run In Recall Election

March 25, 2021 8:57 pmMarch 27, 2021 8:51 am

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) gave a press conference Thursday in which she lent her support to Governor Gavin Newsom in his impending recall election later this year and warned other California Democrats not to run to maintain...