California - Independent Voter News (Page 7)

Democrats Might Embrace Voter ID, To Kill the Nonpartisan Primary

California’s nonpartisan top-two primary and independent redistricting commission are widely viewed as two of the most voter-centric reforms in modern American politics. Yet new polling in the field suggests a push to roll both reforms back, and the strategy behind that effort is telling.

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Chad Peace

/ July 25, 2025

Democrats Might Embrace Voter ID, To Kill the Nonpartisan Primary

California Is Doing What Congress Can't on Immigration

In an era when immigration remains one of the most divisive issues in American politics, a bipartisan group of California lawmakers has done something rare: they’ve found unity.

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Cara Brown McCormick

/ July 24, 2025

California Is Doing What Congress Can't on Immigration

Trump and Newsom Engage in War to See Who Can Offend Voters the Most

President Donald Trump and California Governor Gavin Newsom are escalating a partisan tug-of-war match — each threatening to manipulate electoral maps for short-term advantage. However, their proposals are receiving significant pushback from voters, election reform advocates, even members of their o

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Shawn Griffiths

/ July 17, 2025

Trump and Newsom Engage in War to See Who Can Offend Voters the Most

Lorena Gonzalez, California’s Top Labor Leader, Blasts ‘Anti-Labor Left’ Over Abundance Movement

Lorena Gonzalez, one of California’s most influential labor leaders, entered the fray this week in a growing Democratic debate over the so-called “abundance” movement.

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Cara Brown McCormick

/ July 9, 2025

Lorena Gonzalez, California’s Top Labor Leader, Blasts ‘Anti-Labor Left’ Over Abundance Movement

Clearing Homeless Encampments Is a Band-Aid, Not A Solution

Last July, Governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order “to address (homeless) encampments” and allocated funding to local governments to clear encampments and connect “those living in them to housing and supportive services.”

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David Malcolm

/ June 20, 2025

Clearing Homeless Encampments Is a Band-Aid, Not A Solution

Voter ID: The Republicans' Nonpartisan Issue in California?

Republican lawmakers, political groups, and donors are going to attempt to qualify a constitutional amendment for California’s November 2026 ballot that would require voters to present government-issued identification and verify their citizenship before casting a ballot.

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Cara Brown McCormick

/ June 17, 2025

Voter ID: The Republicans' Nonpartisan Issue in California?

Peaceful, and Violent, Protests in Los Angeles

What began as peaceful immigration policy protests on June 6 has escalated into a national political crisis, with violent clashes, arrests, looted businesses, burning Waymo cars, a smashed government building, nighttime curfews, and an epic legal showdown between California officials and President D

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Cara Brown McCormick

/ June 11, 2025

Peaceful, and Violent, Protests in Los Angeles

California Assembly Unanimously Approves Bill to Halt Major Cannabis Tax Hike

In a stunning show of bipartisan agreement, the California Assembly voted 74-0 on June 2 to approve legislation that would pause a significant tax increase on the state’s legal cannabis industry.

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Cara Brown McCormick

/ June 3, 2025

California Assembly Unanimously Approves Bill to Halt Major Cannabis Tax Hike

California Lawmakers Push Back on Federal AI Regulation Ban Buried in 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act'

Given the state’s role as home to many leading AI companies, a bipartisan coalition of California legislators is urging Congress to strike a little-noticed provision from the sweeping federal tax package that would block states and local governments from regulating artificial intelligence (AI) for t

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Cara Brown McCormick

/ May 27, 2025

California Lawmakers Push Back on Federal AI Regulation Ban Buried in 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act'

More Than a Uniform: Remembering Annie Covarrubias and the Crisis Facing Correctional Officers

Last week, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials announced the sudden passing of Annie Covarrubias, a correctional officer at the Correctional Training Facility (CTF) in Soledad. She was 35 years old. In the words of her colleagues, Annie was a “dependable, profess

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Chad Peace

/ May 20, 2025

More Than a Uniform: Remembering Annie Covarrubias and the Crisis Facing Correctional Officers

California Seizes $123.5M in Illegal Cannabis in Largest-Ever Enforcement Operation

In its largest coordinated crackdown to date, California’s Unified Cannabis Enforcement Task Force seized more than $123 million worth of illegal cannabis during a sweeping, multi-agency operation across the Central Valley.

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Cara Brown McCormick

/ May 20, 2025

California Seizes $123.5M in Illegal Cannabis in Largest-Ever Enforcement Operation

AB 955 Revisited: How to Expand Cross-Border Care Without Sacrificing Patient Protections

IVN recently examined AB 955, by Assemblymember David Alvarez. The bill seeks to expand a healthcare service program I created in 1998 as the author of SB1658.

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Steve Peace

/ May 14, 2025