Chriss W. Street

California Democrats with lots of seniority are expected to dominate the leadership of the U.S. House of Representatives if their party flips 23 Republican House seats on Tuesday.

The San Francisco Bay Area kicked in another $500,000 to Democrat challenger Josh Harder’s campaign in October in an all-out effort to flip California’s 10th congressional district House in the Central Valley, held by Republican incumbent Jeff Denham.

The Independent Institute on Wednesday gave its latest Golden Fleece Award to the State of California for using $21.3 million in taxpayer cash to settle sexual misconduct claims.

Although there are still no suspects in the early Wednesday morning defacing of a synagogue with antisemitic graffiti, the City of Irvine proclaimed solidarity against intolerance.

Leaders of the “Yes on Prop 6” campaign promised Monday to recall California Attorney General Xavier Becerra for assigning a misleading and deceptive ballot title to Proposition 6, if the repeal effort fails.

Democrats Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) and gubernatorial candidate Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Monday that they will tour Southern California to campaign for Democrats in four “toss-up” U.S. House seats.

“You have to be a part of this community if you want to represent it in Congress,” incumbent Republican Jeff Denham said of Democrat Josh Harder.

Apparently having secured Republican control of the U.S. Senate, President Trump is focusing on vulnerable House seats and may be planning to campaign in California just before Election Day.

Republican governor candidate John Cox and the “Yes on Proposition 6″ gas tax repeal campaign barnstormed on the :Big Yellow Bus” through Silicon Valley on Monday, part of a statewide tour.

Elon Musk tweeted on Sunday that the Boring Company will begin offering free public passenger tunnel rides under the SpaceX Headquarters on December 11. As CEO of “The Boring Company” start-up, Musk released a cool Instagram simulation video in early 2017 of

Advocates qualified a 2020 ballot measure to erode California’s Proposition 13 protections against unlimited property tax increases by splitting the tax roll to spike business taxes by up to $10.5 billion.

San Diego won the 2017 crown as top U.S. city per capita for spending on alcohol beverages at $1,112 per person, based on an analysis of two decades of government data.

Large numbers of U.S. citizens convicted and serving time in county jails will be legally eligible to vote under California law in the November 2018 mid-term elections.

An October 19 poll revealed that Proposition 10 to expand rent control in California is in big trouble, with just 41 percent support in the campaign’s final weeks.

Lobbyists working with the state to stop Proposition 6 also discussed opinion pieces targeting Darrell Issa and three other vulnerable Republicans.

California Democrat candidates raised $21.6 million in a determined effort to pick-up seven highly contested GOP-held U.S House seats, versus $4.2 million raise by the Republicans.

Orange County Republicans look to stop the Democrats’ “blue wave” to take the U.S. House by stoking anti-tax resentment in what used to be “America’s Most Republican County.”

The Proposition 10 campaign to extend rent control is primarily being funded by the not-for-profit AIDS Healthcare Foundation, which generates $1 billion in annual revenue.

The $8.9 billion Proposition 3 water bond on California’s November ballot has gained bipartisan support because most of its proceeds will fund watershed and water infrastructure.

A highly effective mailer sent on Tuesday by the “Yes on Proposition 6” gas tax repeal campaign titled “Election Ballot Correction” caused an uproar by the “No” campaign.

Venture capital-backed companies are on track to pocket over $100 billion by the end of 2018, according to the PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor through the third quarter.

California voting officially kicked off on October 8 as County election officials began mailing vote-by-mail ballots with just 29 days left before the November 6 election.

Republican John Cox and Democrat Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom square off on Monday morning for their only debate in the race for governor of California as the polls have tightened.

Cal Fire investigators revealed on Friday that July’s 96,901-acre Ferguson Fire near Yosemite National Park was started by a super-heated catalytic converter. The California Department of Forestry (Cal Fire) determined that Ferguson Fire — which killed two firefighters, injured another

The No campaign for the gas tax repeal only has slim lead despite what the San Francisco Chronicle deemed “a hostile official ballot title.”

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti was forced to go all-in starting Wednesday to oppose  gas tax repeal on the November ballot that would save the average family $779 a year.

A California law that registers every citizen to vote when they apply for a driver’s license also has resulted in over twice the number signing up as Democrats versus Republicans. The California Motor Voter Program (AB-1407) was passed in February

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from Silicon Valley multi-billionaire Vinod Khosla, who will now have to open a gate and allow beachfront access to Martin’s Beach in front of his private compound.

With Elon Musk forced in an SEC settlement to give up Tesla Chairmanship, Al Gore’s name is being floated by a top venture capitalist as a potential candidate to Chair the new Board.

Prop 6 Gas Tax Repeal sponsors told Breitbart News Monday night they are “cautiously optimistic” the voter initiative will pass despite a 7 to 1 fundraising disadvantage.

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra filed California’s 40th lawsuit against the Trump administration on Friday, claiming that U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has failed to uphold the United Nations’ refugee and gender policy.

The United Farm Workers (UFW) were booted on Thursday as the union representatives for 3,000 workers at Gerawan Farming by the California Agricultural Labor Relations Board (ALRB) after a court battle that lasted half a decade. According to the Los

San Francisco evacuated passengers and closed off traffic on Tuesday after workmen found a potentially catastrophic beam crack under its new $2.26 billion transit center.

The South Coast Air Basin (SCAB) reported 87 days of days of unhealthy air due to an atmospheric high-pressure dome that raised ocean temperatures and drove wildfires.

California on Thursday allowed cities and counties to waive public health laws to allow sale of up to $50,000 a year of food prepared by unregulated home and mobile kitchens.

Gov. Brown signed 41 bills into law on Thursday including banning restaurants from automatically distributing plastic straws or advertising kid’s meals with a soda.