California - Independent Voter News (Page 6)

Totally Uncool: There's a $10 Billion Problem with California Prisons

When California lawmakers extended indoor heat protections for workers across California last year, unfortunately, they stopped at the prison gate, leaving tens of thousands of correctional officers and thousands of their coworkers to clock in for their shifts in record-breaking heat with no guarant

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Cara Brown McCormick

/ September 18, 2025

Totally Uncool: There's a $10 Billion Problem with California Prisons

One of California's Biggest Unions Just Endorsed Prop 50; Promises Retribution for Medicaid Cuts

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The United Domestic Workers (UDW/AFSCME Local 3930), one of California’s largest unions, announced Wednesday that it will mobilize a large-scale voter outreach campaign to

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Shawn Griffiths

/ September 17, 2025

One of California's Biggest Unions Just Endorsed Prop 50; Promises Retribution for Medicaid Cuts

Schwarzenegger Enters CA Redistricting Fight, Says Prop 50 Shifts Power from Voters to Politicians

Former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is stepping back into California politics with a warning about Proposition 50. He urges voters to reject the November measure, which would pause the state’s independent, citizen-drawn congressional map and substitute a Legislature-written plan for the 2026, 2028

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Cara Brown McCormick

/ September 17, 2025

Schwarzenegger Enters CA Redistricting Fight, Says Prop 50 Shifts Power from Voters to Politicians

Could This Well-Funded Independent Upend the CA Governor’s Race?

Ethan Penner, a Calabasas businessman, author, and educator with a storied career in real estate finance, has officially announced his intention to run for California governor in 2026 as an independent. On his campaign website, Penner says he is running to “disrupt the failing two-party system.”

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Cara Brown McCormick

/ September 12, 2025

Could This Well-Funded Independent Upend the CA Governor’s Race?

California Doubles Down on Rehabilitation

On a hot August morning, state and local leaders gathered in Fresno to cut the ribbon on California’s newest community reentry facility. The site, run in partnership with TURN Behavioral Health Services, is designed to help people finishing prison sentences adjust to life on the outside. For Jorge M

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Cara Brown McCormick

/ September 3, 2025

California Doubles Down on Rehabilitation

CA Rep: No One Wins If This Redistricting War Continues

California U.S. Rep. Kevin Kiley (R) says the current redistricting war that threatens to escalate after Texas and California approved mid-decade gerrymanders is “bad for the country, bad for representation, and bad for democracy.”

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Shawn Griffiths

/ September 2, 2025

CA Rep: No One Wins If This Redistricting War Continues

Gerrymandering Wars Escalate Beyond Texas and California: A National Race to the Bottom?

Republicans currently hold a narrow 219 to 212 edge over Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives, with four vacancies: three from Democratic members who have died and one from a Republican who has resigned. This is the smallest House majority held by either party in nearly a century. The razo

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Cara Brown McCormick

/ August 27, 2025

Gerrymandering Wars Escalate Beyond Texas and California: A National Race to the Bottom?

Who’s Running for Governor of California in 2026?

California voters are lucky. In 2026, when they choose their next governor, they will do so under a system that ensures no spoilers, no wasted votes, and a guaranteed majority winner. Thanks to the state’s nonpartisan top two primary, every candidate appears on the same ballot, and the top two finis

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Cara Brown McCormick

/ August 26, 2025

Who’s Running for Governor of California in 2026?

Why 1.2 Million California Independents Are The Biggest Wild Card in American Politics Today

The fate of Proposition 50, California’s proposed redistricting measure, may come down to voters who have declined to join one of the two major political parties.

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Cara Brown McCormick

/ August 22, 2025

Why 1.2 Million California Independents Are The Biggest Wild Card in American Politics Today

CA Dems Remove Trigger Language from Redistricting Bill; Approve Mid-Cycle Gerrymander Before Texas

A new congressional map will most likely appear on a special election ballot in California, whether or not Texas signs into law its own gerrymandered maps, after the “trigger” language was removed from the proposed constitutional amendment Thursday.

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Shawn Griffiths

/ August 21, 2025

CA Dems Remove Trigger Language from Redistricting Bill; Approve Mid-Cycle Gerrymander Before Texas

How Californians Without Solar Got Stuck Paying for Those Who Do

Californians pay the second-highest electricity rates in the nation, more than double the U.S. average, and those rates are climbing faster than inflation and rising more quickly than

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Cara Brown McCormick

/ August 19, 2025

How Californians Without Solar Got Stuck Paying for Those Who Do

CA Initiative Filed to Punish Politicians Who Undermine Redistricting Commission

State Assemblymember Carl DeMaio (R-San Diego) has added additional stakes to the redistricting drama that is unfolding in California with an initiative designed to punish any lawmaker who votes to gerrymander the state's maps.

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Shawn Griffiths

/ August 19, 2025

CA Initiative Filed to Punish Politicians Who Undermine Redistricting Commission