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San Diego, CA.- Governor Jerry Brown has had a busy week. Brown signed a flurry of bills and vetoed others, as the 39th Governor of California nears the end of his term. Among the bills he signed Friday: Tighter Gun Legislation Senate Bill 1100 now requires all firearms purchasers to be at least 21. California already restricts handgun sales to people 21 and older. The new law exempts law enforcement, members of the military and people with hunting licenses from the restriction. Brown als

San Diego, CA.- The California Legislatures push to turn California an even deeper shade of blue, proved too much even for Democratic Governor Jerry Brown. On Thursday, Brown vetoed two bills that would have allowed undocumented immigrants to serve on state boards and commissions, and would have prevented immigration authorities from making arrests inside courthouses. Sen. Ricardo Lara, who is running for Insurance Commissioner against Independent Steve Poizner, introduced both bills. After t

Election competition is taking on a whole new meaning in California. Elections in several races are no longer decided by just members of the dominant political party, but a much broader segment of the electorate.Take Senate District 22 (Industry, West Covina), where two candidates from the Democratic Party advanced from the nonpartisan, top-two open primary in June -- Mike Eng and Susan Rubio.Independent and Republican voters will decide the race in Senate District 22. This opens a path to victo

In the current political environment, voters are looking for alternative perspectives that challenge the two-sided narrative we get in the media. Nonpartisan and independent news can enable citizens to better understand the political world around them in a way the mainstream media is failing to do. IVN has launched its own podcasts to provide people with an independent-minded perspective they cannot find anywhere else -- a perspective that is committed to educating voters, not partisan attacks

The success of Maine as the first state to use ranked choice voting statewide has brought newfound national attention to ranked choice voting. There’s much to like in this replacement to our fractious, problematic, and outdated plurality voting method. Voters can vote for their top choice without fear of splitting the vote. More candidates and parties can compete without the label of “spoiler.” Campaigns become more civil and less prone to negative attacks. The winner is the consensus, majority

Social media is killing thoughtful citizenship. I see it and feel it every time I’m online. You do too. I get it. I really do. It’s so easy to get sucked into the vacuum of short bursts of Twitter snark, epic and ridiculous Facebook comment threads or the blissful ignorance of a filtered Instagram feed that takes you to some other, beautiful place where there is no politics — only iced coffee on vintage wood tables and sun-kissed, smiling people. But none of these tells the whole story. They’r

I. The State of Self-Driving Car Technology and The Possibilities In the 1990 film, Total Recall (starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sharon Stone), the protagonist played by the now former governor of California hails a self-driving car with a humanoid, robotic attendant sitting where a human driver would. What makes the surreal scene eerily prophetic is how Schwarzenegger asks the AI cab driver questions like one might ask Alexa, Siri, or Google's voice assistant, and the "Johnny Cab" sasses

The 2018 primary season will go down in history.A record number of women secured party nominations, including the headline-making upsets by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ayanna Pressley. Retiring incumbents drew large numbers of diverse candidates competing for the open seat. Voter turnout peaked in several states and districts with competitive primaries.Topping the highlight reel was Maine, which became the first state in the country to use ranked choice voting in its June primary, with plans to

The best defense is a good offense according to the new National Cyber Strategy, announced by the White House. The US is set to play offense more than ever in the security war being fought somewhere above our heads in the “cloud” and in the networks that connect us. This four-pillared strategy, obtusely worded, is a product of the executive order signed last year, Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure, which was meant to place a heavier hand on enhancing government under

As of August 2018, there were 423 third party and independent candidates who filed or declared congressional runs, compared to 1,185 Democrats and 1,034 Republicans. Of these 423 individuals, there are numerous women who are making congressional runs this 2018. Here are three notable independent female candidates to watch this upcoming November: Alyse Galvin As a result of an Alaska state court decision in late 2017, independent candidate Alyse Galvin was able to compete in the 2018 Democrati