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LAist’s coverage of civic life and citizen issues in Southern California. We cover elections, examine who gets listened to and why, and provide a guide for anyone who wants to more fully participate in civic life.
Marilyn “Mari” Barke will have to pay more than $100,000 in penalties, according to a judge's ruling last week.
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Rushdie was apparently stabbed in the neck by an attacker who rushed the stage at the Chautauqua Institution. The suspect was taken into custody and Rushdie was transported to a nearby hospital.
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On suspense file day, state legislators killed dozens of bills, including some controversial proposals on health care costs, social media regulation, pay transparency, climate change and much, more more.
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Governor Newsom has nominated Justice Patricia Guerrero to be the next Chief Justice, a first in the state's Supreme Court history. In California, bench representation is worse for Latinos than any other racial group.
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There have been five presidents who won the electoral vote but not the popular vote, including George W. Bush and Donald Trump.
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Govern For California is using a network of local chapters to amplify the influence of its donors on legislative races. Among the biggest beneficiaries so far is Assemblymember Robert Rivas, who wants to become the next Assembly speaker.
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Meet Your Mayor is a quiz that asks you and the candidates the same questions so that we can "match" you with the candidate who's closest to you on key issues.
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In California elections, it only takes a handful of signatures and votes for legislative write-in candidates to get on the November ballot. Eleven made it this year, though some won very little support.
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A judge rules that a proposition to raise the California minimum wage to $18 an hour can’t go before voters until 2024. The same judge gave backers of recalling Gov. Gavin Newsom more time to qualify, but in this case he backed the Secretary of State, who said proponents missed a key deadline to qualify in time for this November.
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This was the final hearing planned so far for the summer.
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Newly released documents confirm the Trump administration's push for a citizenship question was part of a bid to alter the census numbers used to divide up seats in Congress and the Electoral College.
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Two Senators are closer than ever before on an immigration-related bill that would provide a much-needed workforce for agriculture. But can they get the Farm Bureau on board the final sticking point?
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A ballot measure that would have taxed California millionaires to boost public health funding will not be on the November ballot. But the tech titans who bankrolled the effort say they are negotiating with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration to get more money without imposing new taxes.
