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California Elections 2020: Proposition 18 - 17-Year-Olds to Vote
How Would Proposition 18 Affect Who Can Vote?Proposition 18 would allow 17-year-olds who will be 18 at the time of the next general election to vote in primary elections and special elections.Do Other...
California Elections 2020: Proposition 17 - Voting After Prison
What is Proposition 17?Proposition 17 is a constitutional amendment that would allow people on parole for felony convictions to vote in California.[1]Currently, the California Constitution disqualifie...
California Elections 2020: Proposition 15 - Funding for Schools, Colleges
What Would Proposition 15 Change About How Properties Are Taxed in California?Proposition 15 would amend the California State Constitution to require commercial and industrial properties, except those...
San Diego 2020 Elections: Measure E
Official Ballot Title for Measure ERemoving 30-Foot Height Limit in Midway-Pacific Highway Community Plan Area Official Ballot Question for Measure EShall People’s Ordinance O-10960 be amended to excl...
79% of State Legislative Incumbents Had No Primary Opposition this Year
In the 44 states with state legislative elections on Nov. 3, 2020, there are 5,875 state legislative seats on the ballot.This year, 4,994 incumbents sought re-election.[3] 20.4% (1,017) had a conteste...
Congress Must Compromise to Save San Diego County’s Small Businesses
Some of the best laws passed by Congress in the past decades, on issues like Social Security, taxes and welfare, were the result of input from and compromise between the two parties. Now is time to pu...
Star-Studded Event Raises $2.1 Million for Safe and Secure Elections in 2020
RepresentUs, the nation’s leading anti-corruption group, raised $2.1 million during a virtual gala Sunday, called “United To Save The Vote,” which featured A-list talent on the big and small screens...
California Legislature's $100 Billion Economic Stimulus Plan
Working groups from both houses of the California Legislature last month proposed a $100 billion joint stimulus plan to put the state on a path toward an equitable and resilient economic recovery by r...
Pandemic Tests an Already-Fragile College Mental Health System
This spring, as the coronavirus pandemic disrupted campus life for college students across California, UC San Diego sophomore Kayla Monnette had trouble sleeping at night. The stress of moving to onli...
CalEPA’s Jared Blumenfeld on Grounding COVID Recovery in Climate Action
As the state of California grapples with record-breaking heat, wildfire, pandemic, and a $54 billion budget deficit, TPR spoke with California Environmental Protection Agency Secretary Jared Blumenfe...