Proposition 68 authorizes the allocation of $4 billion to state parks and water quality projects. These projects will serve the more than 100 California state parks as well as other park- and environment-related projects, including conservation and waterway cleanup efforts. Read more...

It’s time for a fresh face to represent California in the U.S. Senate, and Kevin de León fits the bill. De León, an incumbent state senator, has presented a progressive vision that is must needed in the Senate. Read more...

Here’s one: California’s next governor is inheriting a debilitating housing crisis, an impending economic downturn, a rapidly changing climate and numerous underperforming schools. There’s also this one: Gov. Read more...

Gov. Jerry Brown struck a deal with state Republicans last year when he sought to preserve the state’s carbon emissions reduction program. Consequently, California voters are now being asked via Proposition 70 if they want funding for that program, where companies must buy permits to emit greenhouse gases, to require a supermajority from the state Legislature in 2024. Read more...

Every vote counts – except for when they haven’t actually been counted. Ballots can take up to several weeks to be officially counted. But ballot initiatives are put into law almost immediately – a problematic practice, to say the least. Read more...