2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (590+ words) While voicing concerns about possible voter confusion and state-law violations, a Newport Beach City Council majority voted on Friday, Sept. 11, to move forward with preparing for a court-ordered special election on Nov. 3 that will let voters weigh in on three…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (286+ words) Proposition 39 on the November ballot would implement voter ID requirements in California. Although 36 states already have voter ID laws, opponents are acting as if this measure is the end of democracy. At a rally on Wednesday, high-profile Democrats characterized Prop....

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (350+ words) Taxation is theft, libertarian thinkers have long asserted, and Proposition 40 on the November ballot contains nothing that proves them wrong. The measure known as the Billionaire Tax Act would amend the state constitution to override existing limits on taxing and…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1450+ words) Republican Assemblyman Jeff Gonzalez is looking to hold onto his corner of California in Assembly District 36, which includes Imperial Valley and parts of Riverside County. Although he earned the most votes (44.6%) during the June primary, he’s now trailing Democrat Ida…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (311+ words) The Newport Beach City Council on Friday will decide how to handle a court-ordered special election for three resident initiatives on Nov. 3 that is too late to be consolidated with the ballot already going to registered voters in the city....

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (829+ words) To boost Orange County’s housing supply, environmental protection laws that have been “used as cudgels” need to be streamlined, and the federal government needs to reinvest in affordable housing, Rep. Dave Min recently told nonprofit leaders and college students. Ultimately,…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (426+ words) Dates for achieving 29 objectives by the end of this year have been established by Yorba Linda city officials as part of a three-year Strategic Plan recently adopted by the City Council. The objectives are placed into the categories of community…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (586+ words) Vice President JD Vance wants to pay married parents to stay home with their children, and he wants to do it with money Congress appropriated to help low-income families afford day care. Whatever one thinks of the goal, which may…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (438+ words) Political leaders on both sides of California’s political spectrum have for years argued the “landmark” California Environmental Quality Act has become a well-intentioned mess that delays and halts necessary projects. Each year, lawmakers carve out narrow CEQA exemptions to jumpstart…...