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Gov. Newsom Proposes Universal Health Coverage For All Immigrants in Budget

January 11, 2022 4:21 pmMarch 13, 2022 8:32 am

A proposal in California Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposed $286.4 billion 2022-2023 budget announced on Monday would give universal health coverage to all immigrants, regardless of current residency status. Press play to hear a narrated version of this story, presented by...

California’s Top-Two Primary System

January 11, 2022 2:59 pmJanuary 11, 2022 3:04 pm

California’s electorate adopted its “top-two” primary system at the June 2010 statewide election by passing Proposition 14. It became operative on January 1, 2011 and amended Section 5 of Article II of the California Constitution. Existing constitutional law provides a...

Bill To Change CSU Board of Trustee Student Representation Introduced in Assembly

January 11, 2022 12:15 pmJanuary 11, 2022 3:26 pm

A bill that would change student representation on the Board of Trustees of the California State University (CSU) was introduced in the Assembly on Monday. Assembly Bill 1625, authored by Assemblyman Jose Medina (D-Riverside), would allow student members of the...

Non-Partisan Races in California

January 11, 2022 7:59 amJanuary 11, 2022 7:47 am

California’s Constitution, in Article II, Section 6(a), states that all judicial, school, county, and city offices, including the Superintendent of Public Instruction, are to be nonpartisan. As a result of this provision, individuals running to be a superior court judge...

San Francisco Advises Resident To Not Call 911 Unless For A Life-Threatening Emergency

January 11, 2022 2:19 amJanuary 10, 2022 9:49 pm

Over the recent weekend, the San Francisco Department of Emergency Management advised city residents to not call 911 unless it was for a life-threatening medical emergency due to both the rapid spread of the Omicron COVID-19 variant in the area,...

CalRecycle Loses $200 Million a Year Due to Bottle Deposit Fraud

January 10, 2022 3:26 pm

According to a just-released Consumer Watchdog report, the bottle deposit program of the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) loses at least $200 million a year to criminals. The report notes that criminals use many fraudulent methods to...

California’s Voluntary Candidate Spending Limits

January 10, 2022 3:10 pmJanuary 10, 2022 12:54 pm

Initially enacted by the state’s voters in June 1988 by Prop. 73, there are “voluntary expenditure ceilings in the California Government Code, Title 9 (Political Reform), Chapter 5 (Limitations on Contributions), Article 4, containing Sections 85400 – 85403. Article 4...