Political Stories Top stories Why the big Latino voting block is nowhere near as large as it could be –  By all accounts, the Central Valley is a place where Latino candidates should win elections. Latino political activism here dates back to the farmworker movement of the 1960s. In one congressional district that stretches up […]
Receive the Maddy Daily in your inbox every morning! To subscribe or unsubscribe, please send an email to Ana Melendez at ajovelmelendez@csufresno.edu! Political Stories Top stories Governor, top lawmakers ready to modify climate change measure as negotiations continue — Gov. Jerry Brown and legislative leaders have outlined potential changes to controversial climate change legislation, such as modifying […]
Political Stories Top stories Final rush of legislating follows Labor Day events – Four days remain before Friday’s midnight legislative deadline. Hundreds of bills await floor votes; lobbying is intense on multiple measures; and three of the Legislature’s four caucuses have picked new leaders or leaders-elect in recent days, possibly injecting a new dynamic into […]
Political Stories Top stories Dan Walters: Unions are strong in California now, but face peril — It appears that unions are pushing their agendas more vigorously than usual this year, and dozens of other union-backed bills are certain to reach Brown, who has a seesaw relationship with labor leaders. Perhaps the intensity has something to […]
Political Stories Top stories Dan Walters: California shows class bias in green subsidies — Obviously, those who can afford Teslas are a very small portion of the state’s residents. Obviously, too, the $10,000 rebates may not be major factors in their decisions to buy. But it illustrates a dirty little secret of the wide array […]
Political Stories Top stories California union fees case spurring late-session talks at Capitol – Education unions want Gov. Jerry Brown to embrace a late-session measure they hope would shield them from possibly debilitating financial effects of a pending U.S. Supreme Court decision. Sacramento Bee article Amended assisted death bill heads to Assembly floor – The […]
Political Stories Top stories Jerry Brown’s transportation plan includes taxes, cap-and-trade dollars — A draft proposal from Brown’s office, shared by a group supportive of more funding that was briefed by the Governor’s Office, incorporates ideas that have been pushed by both Democrats and by Republicans, who agree on the need for more funding but not on […]
Top stories California bills on guns, police video and pension funds await governor’s signature — State lawmakers on Wednesday sent the governor bills that would ban concealed guns from schools and college campuses in California, make it a felony for police officers to alter or delete video evidence, and require the state’s public pension funds to […]
Receive the Maddy Daily in your inbox every morning! To subscribe or unsubscribe, please send an email to Ana Melendez at ajovelmelendez@csufresno.edu! Political Briefs Top stories Speculation flares on Kristin Olsen’s political ambition – Kristin Olsen wasn’t ready to reveal her next political move, even as California Assembly Republicans on Tuesday selected someone to replace her as […]
Political Briefs Top stories Democratic hopes for California tax increase hinge on GOP votes — A handful of Republicans would have to join majority Democrats to raise taxes in the special session – a political risk even a vigilant tax-fighter like Fleischman now believes is unlikely. Sacramento Bee article Democrats have lots of ideas on […]
