POLICY & POLITICS North SJ Valley: Merced could add 50% more land to the city. Not everyone is happy about that Fresno Bee The city’s first public meeting on the possible 7,670-acre annexation area north and northeast of Merced revealed many possible issues that could sprout up as city planners and consultants work with neighboring […]
POLICY & POLITICS North SJ Valley: Ex-Stockton mayor Silva pleads no contest to conflict charge; embezzlement charge dropped Fresno Bee Former Stockton mayor Anthony Silva pleaded no contest to a single count of conflict of interest Monday connected to money he steered to a youth club while he was mayor. SJ supervisors agree to revisit […]
POLICY & POLITICS North SJ Valley: All but one charge dropped after former Stockton Mayor Silva accepts plea deal Stockton Record Former Stockton Mayor Anthony Silva pleaded no contest to a single conflict-of-interest charge Monday morning after the prosecution agreed to drop all of the other counts of financial malfeasance he was facing. Bob Elliott […]
POLICY & POLITICS California can help provide opportunity for its heartland. Here’s how CALmatters While we aspire to build a #CaliforniaForAll, our state faces serious divides between regions of enormous wealth and regions of deep poverty. See also: ● Calif governor looking to turn around region with persistent poverty CNBC North SJ Valley: Eliza Garza set to […]
Blake interned in Assemblyman Jim Patterson’s Sacramento office in the summer of 2016. In the summer of 2018, he interned in Congressman Devin Nunes’ office in Washington, D.C.. While at Fresno State, Blake served as Student Body President working closely with local, state, and federal representatives and advocating for a better educational experience for all. […]
Lazaro interned in the Fall of 2008 in the USDA office of Rural Development in Fresno, the USDA office of Plant Protection and Quarantine in Fresno in the Spring of 2019 and his last scholarship through the Maddy Institute was with Congressman Jim Costa’s Fresno office in the Spring of 2010. Lazaro is originally from Santa Cruz, California. […]
Selena interned in Congressman Jim Costa’s Washington D.C. office in the Summer of 2010.She majored in Philosophy and Anthropology at California State University, Fresno. “Getting to live and work in Washington DC was an irreplaceable experience. I was able to meet some of the most influential people in government, experience the day to day life of working […]
Scott interned in the Merced office of Senator Jeff Denham in the Fall of 2007 and in the Sacramento office of Assemblymember Michael Villines in the Summer of 2008. He majored in Political Science with a minor in Philosophy at California State University, Fresno graduating summa cum laude. “My internships were an interesting and highly educational […]
Today, Monday, May 6th, The Maddy Institute will be hosting its annual “Big 5 Reception”, with Governor Gavin Newsom and the California Legislative Leadership in a private event at the California Museum in Sacramento to help celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Legislature’s unanimous vote to create the non-partisan Maddy Institute. The funds raised will support the work of The Maddy Institute, including its Bob Beverly […]
State Sen. Anna Caballero (D-Salinas), State Sen. Melissa Hurtado (D-Sanger), State Sen. Andreas Borgeas (R- Fresno), Mindy Romero, USC Price School of Public Policy; John Myers, LA Times; and SOS Padilla
