by jpitney | Mar 16, 2024 | California Politics, Housing
As of the morning of March 16, Prop 1 leads by fewer than 20,000 votes statewide, with about 287,000 left to count. George Skelton at LAT: Gov. Gavin Newsom should have learned this four years ago: You don’t try to sell voters on more government spending in a primary...
by jpitney | Mar 15, 2024 | California Politics, Journalism, Journalists, Uncategorized
Jeremy B. White at Politico CA Playbook: Lawmakers agree the news industry is in a dire situation, but they appear to be less certain how to help it. Sen. Steve Glazer convened a hearing today [3/13] that he described as an effort to diagnose and treat the crisis....
by jpitney | Mar 9, 2024 | California Politics, Economic Policy
Don Lee at LAT: U.S. employers continued hiring new workers at a brisk pace last month, providing fresh evidence that the overall economy remains sturdy, but the new data showed that California is still looking like an underachiever. California’s job growth has been...
by jpitney | Feb 25, 2024 | California Politics, Journalism, Journalists
Cameron Joseph at The Columbia Journalism Review: Now California lawmakers are seriously considering the California Journalism Preservation Act, a bill modeled on those countries’ laws with the aim of arresting and reversing the decline in local media. It would be the...
by jpitney | Feb 21, 2024 | California Politics, Congress, Public Service
Democratic congressional candidate Aditya Pai has released a new documentary on his campaign for U.S. Congress to represent Artesia, Cerritos, Hawaiian Gardens, and north Orange County. Pai’s candidacy focuses on a need for more public service and less politics in...
by jpitney | Feb 19, 2024 | California Politics, Polarization, Public Opinion
A Leger survey for the LAT finds that 29% of Americans — and 48% of Republicans think that California is “not really American.” Other findings: Over one-third of U.S. residents believe that California is a model other states should avoid (39%),...