Category: Issues

Why does it take so long to count votes in California? Here’s why the process may feel even slower this election

By Austin Turner/ Jeff Nguyen Updated on: June 4, 2026 / 4:38 PM PDT / CBS LA Add CBS News on Google Millions of Californians filled out their 2026 primary election ballots over the last several weeks either at home or at the polls, expressing their constitutional right to vote in a free and fair …

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Prop 50: What to know about California’s 2025 special election

from San Francisco Chronicle https://www.sfchronicle.com/ Sophia Bollag Mon, October 6, 2025 at 4:00 AM PDT 7 min read California Gov. Gavin Newsom discusses the Election Rigging Response Act at a press conference in Los Angeles on Aug. 14, 2025. (Mario Tama/TNS) Ballots are arriving in mailboxes across California for the upcoming Nov. 4 special election …

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JD Vance to meet with top Trump officials to plot Epstein strategy – report Gathering reportedly to include Pam Bondi, Kash Patel and Susan Wiles to discuss strategy for dealing with scandal in the Guardian  https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/06/jeffrey-epstein-jd-vance-trump-meeting Anna Betts in New York Wed 6 Aug 2025 13.20 EDT JD Vance, the US vice-president, will reportedly host …

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Trump’s 100 Days Top 10 Failures!

1. Supreme Court defiance 2. Environmental degradation 3. Those ‘beautiful’ tariffs 4. The war on DEI 5. Illegal deportations 6. Shaming Zelensky 7. Claiming transgender people do not exist 8. Appointing a Keystone-Cops cabinet 9. Gutting funds for medical research 10. Remaking the world map Source- READ MORE AT https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/editorials/article305246606.html

FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces New Actions to Secure the Border

New actions will bar migrants who cross our Southern border unlawfully from receiving asylum Biden taking action as Congressional Republicans put partisan politics ahead of national security, twice voting against toughest reforms in decades Since his first day in office, President Biden has called on Congress to secure our border and address our broken immigration …

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America’s gun violence problem by the numbers Gun violence-related deaths rose to nearly 21,000 last year, excluding suicide.

See: https://abcnews.go.com/US/americas-gun-violence-problem-numbers/story?id=85136358 Video byCaterina Andreano ByNadine El-bawab June 07, 2022, 5:04 AM

How Democrats can win in 2022 and beyond

BY DAN HELMER, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 11/12/21 01:00 PM EST  454 THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL Election Day was a tough night for Democrats across the country. In Virginia, we lost all statewide races and a Democratic majority in the House of Delegates. In reliably blue New …

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State COVID-19 Data and Policy Actions

COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates In the face of another surge in COVID-19 cases, some states are requiring certain workers to be vaccinated or comply with mask and COVID-19 testing requirements. The map and tables show which states have adopted mandates and which populations are subject to the mandates. COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates, as of November 30, 2021 …

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Newsom’s call now: California Legislature passes top 21 bills of ’21

by CalMatters staff September 8, 2021Updated October 4, 2021 The second year of the coronavirus pandemic in California was shaped by two political undercurrents at the state Capitol: a budget awash with cash, thanks to a booming stock market and federal aid, and a looming recall election asking voters to throw Gov. Gavin Newsom out …

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San Bernardino County Declares Racism a Public health Crisis

  https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-06-23/san-bernardino-county-declares-racism-public-health-crisis By Andrew J. CampaStaff Writer  June 23, 2020 8:04 PM While the COVID-19 pandemic has topped more than 10,000 confirmed cases in San Bernardino County, the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday declared it was the first California county to actively recognize another public health crisis: racism. By a 5-0 vote Tuesday, the board adopted …

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