Political Stories Top stories California governor set to approve highest minimum wage – California’s governor is setting in motion the most populous state’s climb toward the nation’s highest statewide minimum wage of $15 an hour to take effect by 2022. AP article George Skelton: The do-something Legislature outshines a do-nothing Congress – The California public’s view of the […]
Political Stories Top stories AD 31: Contentious race has statewide implications — For Republicans, it’s the best chance in decades to steal away the 31st District, which has been in Democratic Party hands for 40 years. For Democrats, there is the strong desire of Rendon to start his tenure on the right foot. Losing a seat […]
Political Stories Top stories Will California’s new minimum wage law make sense in Bakersfield? – The prospect of a $15 minimum in every corner of California has raised questions about what the impact will be in areas of the state where wage levels are significantly lower. In parts of the Central Valley and inland Southern California, […]
Political Stories Top stories California lawmakers send Jerry Brown historic $15 minimum wage — California lawmakers moved swiftly Thursday to ratify a deal boosting the state minimum wage to $15, sending legislation to Gov. Jerry Brown just days after the governor announced a deal with labor leaders. Sacramento Bee article; AP article; LA Times article; KQED report; San Francisco Chronicle article; ‘How […]
Political Stories Top stories Dan Walters: California’s nonvoters lean more to the left — Voters have repeatedly displayed their liberal tendencies, particularly on social issues, in ballot measures. Notwithstanding all of that, the state would be even more liberal – much more – were its voters to reflect its adult population, a new study by the Public Policy Institute […]
Political Stories Top stories Dan Walters: California lawmakers redefine adulthood — The Legislature is grappling with redefining adulthood this year, as well as the larger question of how far government should go to protect adults from their own foibles. Walters column in Sacramento Bee News of minimum wage hike deal in California is met with relief – […]
Political Stories Top stories Deal reached to boost California’s minimum wage to $15, avoiding ballot box battle — California lawmakers and labor unions have struck a tentative deal to raise the statewide minimum wage to $10.50 an hour next year and then gradually to $15, averting a costly political campaign this fall and possibly putting California […]
Political Stories Top stories Proponents put brakes on California proposal to divert high-speed rail money — Proponents of a proposed initiative to divert high-speed rail funding to water projects said Friday that they are pulling their petitions from the street and instead will pursue a place on the 2018 ballot. Sacramento Bee article; LA Times article Browns out: […]
Political Stories Top stories Feinstein, Republicans ask Obama for more water pumping from Sacramento Delta — Adding to the debate over Northern California’s winter stormwaters, U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein and congressional Republicans asked President Obama on Thursday to increase the volume of water pumped through the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to the drought-stricken San Joaquin Valley. Sacramento Bee […]
Political Stories Top stories AD 31: Hopefuls debate high-speed rail, water, roads – The contenders in a special election for the 31st Assembly District squared off Wednesday afternoon in a debate to clarify their positions on high-speed rail, water, education, the California economy, health care and other hot-button issues. Fresno Bee article Donald Trump has big lead […]
