Articles by Logan Brown

On Tuesday, June 3, San Diego voters will weigh in on Propositions B and C -- a set of community plan updates for Barrio Logan already passed by the San Diego City Council last year. Prop B would create a buffer between residential and industrial land use, separating neighborhoods and schools from the the community's shipyards. Prop C would amend the Ordinances to allow for the implementation of the Barrio Logan Community Plan, so votes for or against the propositions are typically aligned. A ...

In 2010, California became the second state to adopt a nonpartisan primary system. This should be most markedly distinguished from traditional primary systems by its purpose. Unlike in most states, where primaries are conducted for the private purpose of electing a party nominee, California and Washington state voters changed their election system to one conducted for the public purpose of narrowing a candidate field.In other words, California and Washington's systems treat every voter and candi...

The scandal that erupted after California state Senator Leland Yee was indicted on multiple charges of corruption and conspiracy turned the national spotlight on the race for secretary of state in California -- a race Yee is a candidate in. In the irony that is only suited for American politics, Californians had an opportunity to read Yee's pledge to fight corruption in the voter information guide delivered in the mail this week to over 10.6 million voters. The secretary of state is charged wit...

On Wednesday, another complication was added to the current peace talks between Israel and Palestine when Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas’ political party, Fatah, signed a unity accord with Hamas (the party ruling the Gaza Strip and largely recognized as a terrorist organization), ending a 7 year divide within the Palestinian society. Fatah and Hamas plan to form an interim unity government within 5 weeks, and they will hold parliamentary elections within 6 months. Isreali P...

The California primary elections are less than two months away, June 3, and a tight race in the state's 52nd Congressional District (San Diego) is expected between the Democratic incumbent, Scott Peters, and Republican Carl DeMaio. Other candidates in the race include Kirk Jorgensen, a Republican, and Fred Simon, also a Republican.Peters narrowly edged out his last competitor, Brian Bilbray, by 6,992 votes after advancing from California's new nonpartisan top-two primary in 2012. Peters and D...

Edward Snowden famously noted that his greatest fear regarding his revelations is that “nothing will change.” But on March 24, almost a year after Snowden's first interview, President Obama spoke about proposing legislation to Congress which would end the NSA’s bulk collection of American phone records. Although appearing progressive on its face, the politics at play behind Obama's NSA reforms deserve further investigation. First, Snowden has indefinitely shifted the political discourse regard...

For decades, the American prison system has grown in size and shape. According to the ACLU, the U.S. represents 5 percent of the world's population, but holds claim to 25 percent of the world's prison population.1 out of 99 adults are living behind bars, and 1 out of 15 African-Americans are imprisoned. Further, 1 out of 13 African-Americans cannot legally vote because of laws which deny ex-felons the right to vote. The obvious ethnic disparities in the prison population highlights the injusti...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoeKUAIf9Vg Following the 2012 presidential elections, Republicans recognized the need to diversify their voting population after Obama won 71 percent of the Hispanic vote, 67 percent of single women, 60 percent of 18-29 year olds, and 93 percent of African-Americans. More recently, the California GOP recognized the dire need to reimage themselves, sparking the “rebuild, renew, reclaim” campaign seen at the 2014 California GOP convention.Luckily, the new Republi...

First, it's important to note the implied marriage between foreign policy and national security. Foreign policy is designed to promote national interests abroad and national security is designed to protect a nation from foreign threats. There has been a tremendous transformation within the U.S. since its inception in the way it approaches national security. Leaders, geography, popular sentiment, and technology have all played pivotal roles in shaping the nation's ever-evolving security policies...