LOS ANGELES — California conservatives are feeling a strange sense of invigoration these days. Yes, they are vastly outnumbered, shouted off college campuses and scolded that their way of politics is an anachronism in this bright blue bulwark of the liberal resistance.Source: In the Heart of ‘The Resistance,’ California Conservatives Are Invigorated...
Last week, Governor Jerry Brown signed the California DISCLOSE ACT, AB 249, which by some standards makes California’s campaign-advertisement disclosure laws the toughest in the country.Source: California’s Campaign-Advertisement Disclosure Laws Become Toughest in the Country...
An initiative to split California into three states started to circulate in California on April 24. To qualify, it needs 365,880 valid signatures by April 2018. If passed, the Governor of California would be required to ask Congress to approve the idea. The proponent is Timothy Draper.Source: Initiative to Split California Into Three States Begins to Circulate...
Democratic Governor Jerry Brown vetoed a bill on Sunday that was hailed as an effort to force President Donald Trump and future White House hopefuls to disclose their personal tax returns in order to be put on the California ballot.Source: Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown vetoes presidential candidate tax return disclosure bill...
A sweeping effort designed to give Californians more information about the biggest donors to ballot measure campaigns was signed by Gov. Jerry Brown on Saturday, a major victory for groups that insist the current system fails to help voters make an informed choice.Source: The people paying for California political ads might be easier to identify under this new state law...
There’s sometimes a fine line between good governance and trolling. One of this year’s most controversial—if not quite as consequential—state bills is a proposal by Democratic Sen.Source: ‘Show your taxes’—Could California really make presidential contenders do it?...
Governor Brown signed SB 568, which moves all of California’s partisan primaries from June to the first week in March, in midterm years as well as presidential years. The change is effective after 2018.Source: California’s Shift to a March Primary Likely Dooms Top-Two System...
Backing an effort for California to claim a bigger share of the attention from presidential candidates, Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill moving the state's primary elections to early March.Source: California moves its presidential primary to March in push for electoral relevance...
A sure sign of political manipulation of an election is delaying it. Troubled states like the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Somalia, and Haiti have recently come under United Nations scrutiny for delaying their elections.Source: California postpones an election to help one of its own...
On the final day the California legislature was in session for 2017, both chambers did what state legislatures often do at the close of a year: in short, legislate. The volume and pace of activity tends to markedly tick up as some bills make it through while others fall by the wayside.Source: California Primary Bill Passes Legislature. What It Means...
