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Assemblyman Fong Advances In 20th House District Special Election

March 20, 2024 12:08 pmMarch 20, 2024 12:11 pm

Assemblyman Vince Fong (R-Bakersfield) advanced to the May 21st runoff election for the 2oth U.S. Congressional District on Tuesday in a special election to replace former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who retired from the House late last year. After a...

Can I Get a Witness? Sure – Got $100K?

March 20, 2024 2:55 amMarch 21, 2024 10:13 am

Can I get a witness? Sure – got $100K? The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors this afternoon unanimously approved to spend about $100,000 to re-hire former George Gascon’s former chief of staff so she can act as a “central...

California High Speed Rail Authority Announces Over 13,000 Jobs Have Been Created

March 20, 2024 2:30 amMarch 20, 2024 2:31 am

The California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) announced on Tuesday that over 13,000 construction jobs have now been created for the project, with a majority of them in the Central Valley. According to the CHSRA, 4,222 jobs alone have been created...

Congress Probing Berkeley Over Anti-Semitism

March 19, 2024 4:17 pmMarch 19, 2024 4:17 pm

You can now add the University of California, Berkeley to the list of high profile, high powered universities that are being investigated by Congress over how they have reacted to the wave of antisemitism that has roiled campuses since the...

Katie Porter Walks Back Claim that U.S. Senate Primary Was ‘Rigged’

March 19, 2024 12:10 pmMarch 19, 2024 12:10 pm

During a “Pod Save America” podcast released Tuesday, Congresswoman and former U.S. Senate candidate Katie Porter (D-CA) said that she regretted saying that the U.S. Senate primary election on March 5th was “rigged,” following major backlash from both Republican and...

Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg Head Fake: Calls for Gaza Cease-Fire with $66 Million Budget Deficit

March 19, 2024 7:19 amMarch 19, 2024 7:19 am

Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg thinks he’s doing a clever head fake – he announced last week that he will bring a resolution to the city council calling for a Israel-Hamas cease-fire in Gaza – 7,365 miles away from California’s Capitol...

The Greenberg Brief: San Francisco’s Democratic Clubs Deserve Scrutiny

March 19, 2024 5:05 amMarch 19, 2024 5:06 am

Nancy Pelosi’s campaign brochure arrived at San Francisco voters’ homes just prior to the March 5th Primary elections. It joined the incoming avalanche of dozens of similar political fliers from local candidates, ballot measures, and independent PACs vying for your...