This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateFor the third time in 18 months, this time by a group citing the economic disruption caused by the governor’s tough response to the coronavirus pandemic.Orrin Heatlie, a retired deputy sheriff from Yolo County, received permission Wednesday from the secretary of state to start circulating his petition. Backers need to gather just under 1.5 million valid signatures by Nov. 7 to force an election asking voters whether Newsom should be ousted from office.The two earlier recall efforts but Heatlie and other recall backers are...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateFor the third time in 18 months, this time by a group citing the economic disruption caused by the governor’s tough response to the coronavirus pandemic.Orrin Heatlie, a retired deputy sheriff from Yolo County, received permission Wednesday from the secretary of state to start circulating his petition. Backers need to gather just under 1.5 million valid signatures by Nov. 7 to force an election asking voters whether Newsom should be ousted from office.The two earlier recall efforts but Heatlie and other recall backers are...WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateA Sutter County judge granted a request Friday by two GOP legislators to temporarily block an executive order by Gov. Gavin Newsom that would require that all active California voters receive a mail ballot for the November election.The order provoked a fiery response from Secretary of State Alex Padilla, who dismissed the assemblymen’s legal challenge as “a reckless publicity stunt.”The temporary restraining order by Superior Court Judge Perry Parker, which was sought by Assemblymen James Gallagher of Nicolaus (Sutter County) and...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateA Sutter County judge granted a request Friday by two GOP legislators to temporarily block an executive order by Gov. Gavin Newsom that would require that all active California voters receive a mail ballot for the November election.The order provoked a fiery response from Secretary of State Alex Padilla, who dismissed the assemblymen’s legal challenge as “a reckless publicity stunt.”The temporary restraining order by Superior Court Judge Perry Parker, which was sought by Assemblymen James Gallagher of Nicolaus (Sutter County) and...WW…

Progressives and conservatives alike are quickly moving to seize political advantage in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death in police custody and outraged protests over law enforcement brutality toward African Americans.Reaction to Floyd’s May 25 death in Minneapolis is rapidly becoming a partisan demarcation line, serving as shorthand for separating President Trump’s supporters from his opponents, Republicans from Democrats and police supporters from those calling for sweeping changes in the ways laws are enforced — and who enforces them.San Francisco Mayor London Breed says she intends...…Progressives and conservatives alike are quickly moving to seize political advantage in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death in police custody and outraged protests over law enforcement brutality toward African Americans.Reaction to Floyd’s May 25 death in Minneapolis is rapidly becoming a partisan demarcation line, serving as shorthand for separating President Trump’s supporters from his opponents, Republicans from Democrats and police supporters from those calling for sweeping changes in the ways laws are enforced — and who enforces them.San Francisco Mayor London Breed says she intends...WW…

A revised state initiative that would boost property taxes on large commercial and industrial property by allowing it to be reappraised more frequently has qualified for the November ballot.The measure, which supporters say will raise as much as $12 billion each year for schools and local government, would rewrite California’s landmark Proposition 13, a 1978 measure that set limits on property tax increases and allowed both residential and commercial property to be reassessed only when it was sold.The new initiative, dubbedby its authors, would maintain the Prop. 13 limits for small...…A revised state initiative that would boost property taxes on large commercial and industrial property by allowing it to be reappraised more frequently has qualified for the November ballot.The measure, which supporters say will raise as much as $12 billion each year for schools and local government, would rewrite California’s landmark Proposition 13, a 1978 measure that set limits on property tax increases and allowed both residential and commercial property to be reassessed only when it was sold.The new initiative, dubbedby its authors, would maintain the Prop. 13 limits for small...WW…

Gov. Gavin Newsom, other state elected officials and legislators won’t be getting a raise this year, and the chair of the panel that sets their pay urged them to give back some of their salaries.The four members of the voted unanimously Thursday to leave the salaries as they are. While the damage the coronavirus pandemic has done to the state’s economy and its budget eliminated any possibility of a raise, they argued, there’s still not enough information about future costs to justify a pay cut.But Tom Dalzell, a union official who holds one of the two “labor” seats on the commission, said...…Gov. Gavin Newsom, other state elected officials and legislators won’t be getting a raise this year, and the chair of the panel that sets their pay urged them to give back some of their salaries.The four members of the voted unanimously Thursday to leave the salaries as they are. While the damage the coronavirus pandemic has done to the state’s economy and its budget eliminated any possibility of a raise, they argued, there’s still not enough information about future costs to justify a pay cut.But Tom Dalzell, a union official who holds one of the two “labor” seats on the commission, said...WW…

In a rare visit to California in February, President Trump paused during a speech on water policy in Bakersfield to give a shout-out to former GOP Rep. David Valadao.Pointing to Valadao in the VIP section of the crowd, as “an incredible guy. ... We really need him badly in Washington.”Fast-forward to August. Valadao, locked in a tight contest with Democratic Rep. TJ Cox of Fresno, who beat him in 2018, highlighting his work with ... former Democratic President Barack Obama.“An independent problem solver, (Valadao) worked with President Obama to bring more water to the Central Valley, made...…In a rare visit to California in February, President Trump paused during a speech on water policy in Bakersfield to give a shout-out to former GOP Rep. David Valadao.Pointing to Valadao in the VIP section of the crowd, as “an incredible guy. ... We really need him badly in Washington.”Fast-forward to August. Valadao, locked in a tight contest with Democratic Rep. TJ Cox of Fresno, who beat him in 2018, highlighting his work with ... former Democratic President Barack Obama.“An independent problem solver, (Valadao) worked with President Obama to bring more water to the Central Valley, made...WW…

California voters are strongly opposed to lifting the state’s 24-year-old restrictions on affirmative action, but seem willing to make major revisions to 1978’s Proposition 13, a new poll indicates.Proposition 16, which would rescind a 1996 ballot measure barring the use of race as a consideration for public university admission and government employment and contracting, is opposed by 47% of California’s likely voters, with 31% in favor. But more than a fifth of those surveyed are undecided, less than three weeks before ballots are mailed for the Nov. 3 election.The numbers are more settled...…California voters are strongly opposed to lifting the state’s 24-year-old restrictions on affirmative action, but seem willing to make major revisions to 1978’s Proposition 13, a new poll indicates.Proposition 16, which would rescind a 1996 ballot measure barring the use of race as a consideration for public university admission and government employment and contracting, is opposed by 47% of California’s likely voters, with 31% in favor. But more than a fifth of those surveyed are undecided, less than three weeks before ballots are mailed for the Nov. 3 election.The numbers are more settled...WW…

Central Valley Democratic Rep. Josh Harder has opened up a huge financial lead in his re-election race against Republican Ted Howze, whose financial support virtually disappeared after reports of on his social media accounts.With about 100 days left until the Nov. 3 election, two other California Democrats who flipped GOP-held congressional seats in 2018 also have extensive leads in the campaign money race, financial reports released by the Federal Election Commission show. But the cash is flowing on both sides in the state’s four other closely fought contests.While California’s political...…Central Valley Democratic Rep. Josh Harder has opened up a huge financial lead in his re-election race against Republican Ted Howze, whose financial support virtually disappeared after reports of on his social media accounts.With about 100 days left until the Nov. 3 election, two other California Democrats who flipped GOP-held congressional seats in 2018 also have extensive leads in the campaign money race, financial reports released by the Federal Election Commission show. But the cash is flowing on both sides in the state’s four other closely fought contests.While California’s political...WW…

With the prospect of a virtually all-mail election looming this fall, more than 6 million Californians received an email from the secretary of state this week asking them to check online to make sure their voter registration information is up to date.That sounds like a lot of emails, but California has 20.6 million registered voters, a number larger than the total population of all but two other states. With every active California voter getting a mail ballot for the November presidential contest, election officials need to have updated registration information.“To make sure you get your...…With the prospect of a virtually all-mail election looming this fall, more than 6 million Californians received an email from the secretary of state this week asking them to check online to make sure their voter registration information is up to date.That sounds like a lot of emails, but California has 20.6 million registered voters, a number larger than the total population of all but two other states. With every active California voter getting a mail ballot for the November presidential contest, election officials need to have updated registration information.“To make sure you get your...WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateThe executive director of the Sierra Club apologized Wednesday for its “substantial role in perpetuating white supremacy,” and said John Muir, the club’s founder and an icon of the environmentalist movement, was a racist.on the organization’s website, Michael Brune said that just as Black Lives Matter activists are pulling down monuments to Confederate leaders, the club must re-examine its past and “take down some of our own monuments.”That includes Muir, who Brune admitted was beloved by many of the club’s members and whose...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateThe executive director of the Sierra Club apologized Wednesday for its “substantial role in perpetuating white supremacy,” and said John Muir, the club’s founder and an icon of the environmentalist movement, was a racist.on the organization’s website, Michael Brune said that just as Black Lives Matter activists are pulling down monuments to Confederate leaders, the club must re-examine its past and “take down some of our own monuments.”That includes Muir, who Brune admitted was beloved by many of the club’s members and whose...WW…