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San Diego City Council Moves Convention Center Expansion To March Ballot
San Diego City Council Moves Convention Center Expansion To March Ballot
San Diego, Calif.- By a vote of 5-4, the San Diego City Council is moving forward with efforts to place the convention center expansion measure on the 2020 March primary ballot, moving it from th...
Measure L Caught in Convention Center Expansion Crossfire
Measure L Caught in Convention Center Expansion Crossfire
San Diego, Calif.- It's exceedingly difficult to get 66% of voters to agree that the sun rises in the east, which makes it all the more impressive that in November 2016, 65.79% of voters approved Meas...
A Presidential Primary for Independents in 2020?
A Presidential Primary for Independents in 2020?
It is no secret that both parties control the presidential nomination process.But what is less-known is that taxpayers, not the parties, fund the primary election.So, why wouldn’t every voter, regardl...
The Impending Disaster of California's Confusing Presidential Primary
The Impending Disaster of California's Confusing Presidential Primary
The 2016 presidential primaries in California didn’t go smoothly. The election was marred by widespread confusion and frustration as millions of voters had to navigate a complex and restrictive semi-c...
State Appeals Court to City of San Diego: Pay Up
State Appeals Court to City of San Diego: Pay Up
San Diego, Calif.- A state appeals court has ordered the city of San Diego to compensate city workers who lost their pensions following a voter-approved pension reform initiative that was illegally pl...
The Second American Revolution: 5-Minute Boot Camp For Unrigging Our Government
The Second American Revolution: 5-Minute Boot Camp For Unrigging Our Government
I’ve got some good news and some bad news. And once we put it all together, it’ll be news you can use — an easy way to join the Second American Revolution, now in progress.First, the bad news: You are...
10 Nonpartisan Organizations to Watch in 2020
10 Nonpartisan Organizations to Watch in 2020
There are hundreds, literally hundreds of organizations and individual campaigns working right now to fix the myriad of problems that face our political and electoral processes -- from the local to th...
HR 1: Bipartisan Support for Popular Political Reform Evaporates in Congress
HR 1: Bipartisan Support for Popular Political Reform Evaporates in Congress
Perhaps it is not surprising that Friday’s vote on HR1, the omnibus election reform bill, broke strictly along partisan lines...
In CA: Historic Independent Growth Underscores Need for New Presidential Primary Rules
In CA: Historic Independent Growth Underscores Need for New Presidential Primary Rules
California Secretary of State Alex Padilla published the latest voter registration numbers on Monday, March 11. Secretary Padilla touted record-setting registration of over 20 million people, nearly 3...
Will the N.M. Supreme Court Block All Paths to End Taxpayer-Funded Closed Primaries?
Will the N.M. Supreme Court Block All Paths to End Taxpayer-Funded Closed Primaries?
I’ve been practicing law for almost 50 years. And I am still surprised when a court lets you know that the road you want to take is blocked. You may have the best arguments in the world, your client’s...