by jpitney | Sep 4, 2023 | California Politics, Redistricting
Claremont McKenna College alums Ryder Smith, Douglas Johnson, and Christopher Skinnell discuss voting rights and redistricting in California local government.
by jpitney | Aug 11, 2023 | California Politics, Congress, Public Service
Nick Robertson at The Hill: California congressional candidate Aditya Pai has turned over nearly his entire campaign staff as he does a “complete reset” of campaign culture. The move was decided weeks ago, but was sparked into action fully when a letter falsely...
by jpitney | Aug 6, 2023 | California Politics, Poverty
At Reason, Steven Greenhut writes about former Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs and his group, End Poverty In California (EPIC): Tubb’s group is correct that poverty rates in California are atrocious. “California has the highest rate of poverty at 13.2% of any...
by jpitney | Aug 3, 2023 | Bipartisanship, California Politics, Civility
At LAT, Mark Z. Barabak writes of the unlikely friendship of Democatic Rep. Ami Bera and Republican operative Rob Stutzman: It helped that Bera tends toward the center-left, with a business-friendly bent. (“Organized labor does not like Bera and neither do we,” the...
by jpitney | Jul 25, 2023 | California Politics, Journalism, Journalists, Newspapers
Michael Sainato at The Guardian: The longest-running newspaper in southern California has ceased publication after filing for bankruptcy. The Santa Barbara News-Press has posted its last online edition after ceasing print publication about a month ago. The paper had...
by jpitney | Jul 11, 2023 | California Politics, Journalism, Journalists
Alden, the infamous chop shop of American journalism, has taken The San Diego Union-Tribune: Will Huntsberry and Scott Lewis, the Voice of San Diego San Diego’s daily paper of record, the Union-Tribune, was sold by billionaire owner Patrick Soon-Shiong and his family...
