<div><p>Californians are voting on 12 propositions, but <a href="https://cal-access.sos.ca.gov/Campaign/Measures/">not all are funded equally</a>. Just take a look at that fat slab of lilac in the graphic below.</p><p>No surprise for even the most dimly engaged Californians who have been bombarded w

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<div><p>It’s not easy to get work done during a pandemic. Even for the fortunate who kept their pre-pandemic jobs, productivity has taken it on the chin in 2020.</p><p>The same goes for those in the lawmaking business. </p><p>In March, just days after the governor instructed all Californians to shel

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<div><p>When supporters of a November property tax ballot measure talk about soaking the state’s faceless corporate giants and its wealthiest landlords, they are not talking about people like John Kevranian.</p><p>The co-owner of Nuts for Candy &amp; Toys in Burlingame, Kevranian and his wife have o

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<div><p>For months President Donald Trump has been reluctant to extend a lifeline to the financially infirm Postal Service, a reluctance his critics have said is motivated by his <a href="https://calmatters.org/explainers/california-all-mail-election-explained-november-2020/">loathing of vote-by-mai

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<div><p>More than any other vice presidential contender in a generation, Kamala Harris’ biography is singularly Californian. </p><p>Born and bussed to school in Berkeley, tested by San Francisco’s cut-throat municipal politics and propelled onto the national stage as the state’s top law enforcement 

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