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Measures Given Numbers for November Ballot

June 26, 2026 5:27 pmJune 26, 2026 5:27 pm

One of the dozen or so budget trailer bills introduced on Friday, June 26 would designate the measures placed on the November 3 statewide ballot by the Legislature. AB 182 (Pellerin/Wiener) is an urgency measure related to elections, which means...

Measures Appearing on the November 2026 Statewide Ballot

June 26, 2026 5:17 pmJune 26, 2026 5:17 pm

The following measures will be placed before the voters of the State of California on the November 3, 2026 statewide ballot, according to the Secretary of State’s website. These measures include those placed on the ballot by the Legislature as...

Susie Lee and Adam Gray Among Just 15 Democrats to Sign ‘Not Socialist’ Pledge

June 26, 2026 12:00 pmJune 26, 2026 12:05 pm

Democrats have reached the self-parody stage of their socialist meltdown. Rep. Susie Lee (D-NV), Rep. Adam Gray (D-CA), and just a handful of colleagues felt compelled to sign a “Promise to America” pledge declaring “We are capitalist, not socialist”— even...

Tempe Democrat Files Lawsuit to Block Arizona’s Secure Elections Act

June 26, 2026 10:16 amJune 26, 2026 10:18 am

In what critics are calling a desperate attempt to prevent Arizona voters from having their say on election security, Tempe City Councilman Randy Keating filed a lawsuit on Thursday challenging the placement of the Arizona Secure Elections Act on the...

Asymmetric Pension Smoothing: A Prudent Reform to Strengthen CalPERS and CalSTRS Funded Ratios

June 26, 2026 8:00 amJune 26, 2026 8:01 am

Public pension systems in California, particularly CalPERS and CalSTRS, face persistent challenges in achieving full funding despite periodic strong investment returns. With CalPERS’ funded ratio recently improving to approximately 79% following solid market performance, meaningful structural reforms are essential to...

Sacramento’s Newest Trick: Making You Pay to Watch Them

June 26, 2026 7:11 amJune 26, 2026 7:11 am

The California Public Records Act turns 58 this year. It was born from a simple premise: the government works for the people, and the people have a right to see what their government is doing. For nearly six decades, that...

Napa County Is Unjustly Trying to Bankrupt a Family Winery

June 25, 2026 3:00 pmJune 25, 2026 3:01 pm

Imagine you’ve spent decades building something — a family business, a home, a legacy. You got the required licenses and even received written confirmation from the local government that everything you were doing was legal. Then, one day, the county...