
Activists enraged by California’s runaway spending have begun a campaign for the “Stop Blanks Check” ballot initiative. The measure, sure to make the ballot next November, thanks to $3 million in contributions and loans from wealthy Stockton-area formers and business owners Dean and Joan Cortopassi, aims to make sure that big-ticket multi-billion dollar spending projects have to be approved by the voters before they can move forward.
by Jon Fleischman31 Jul 2015, 7:28 AM PST0

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Huntington Beach) has filed a criminal complaint against his former campaign treasurer, Jack Wu, for allegedly embezzling over $170,000 in campaign funds.
by Adelle Nazarian25 Jun 2015, 12:26 PM PST0

The governor and Democrat legislative leaders are presenting GOP legislators, who have enough votes when unified to block any tax increases, with a false choice: either increase government revenues or let our roads, highways and bridges crumble.
by Jon Fleischman21 Jun 2015, 6:43 AM PST0

Despite the presence of Republican presidential contenders in the Golden State this weekend, a pair of Field Polls released late last week look grim for the GOP. One shows President Barack Obama’s approval rating among likely voters in the Golden State rising to 57%, “the best appraisal of Obama in over two years by Californians.” The other shows that fewer than one in five Californians approve of Congress, and a near-majority say Republican control of both houses of Congress is a bad thing.
by Joel B. Pollak22 Feb 2015, 6:14 AM PST0

California Governor Jerry Brown is set to be sworn in for his fourth term at the state capitol today, and will combine the ceremony with his annual ‘State of the State’ address. The governor won re-election comfortably in November, and
by Joel B. Pollak5 Jan 2015, 4:32 AM PST0