Jeff BurdickJun 10Time for new Constitutional amendments? History says ‘yes’Quick quiz: Last month marked the 30th anniversary of the most recent U.S. Constitutional amendment. What was it? Answer: The...
Jeff BurdickJun 10How ‘voter apathy’ should inspire the news mediaIn the last week, a bit of digital ink was spilled about how registered voter turnout for California’s primaries this week would be far...
Jeff BurdickDec 16, 2021Year-in-Review: Our 10 best political articles of 2021Foremost, 2021 will be remembered as the second year of the Covid-19 Pandemic, but it was also an extremely busy year in politics –...
Jeff BurdickSep 9, 2021A proud anniversary covering California politicsWith this issue, the SactoPolitico.com marks its first full year of publishing. Coincidentally, that’s the paper anniversary, which is...
Jeff BurdickAug 30, 2021Why we published: Great Debate Mystery storiesThis the third time I’ve written a “Why we published” editorial in the Sacto Politico’s first year of existence. Each time, the occasion...
Jeff BurdickJun 15, 2021Editorial: Why we published SEIU Local 1000 storyOn June 10, The Sacto Politico published a fascinating and informative Q&A interview with in-coming SEIU Local 1000 President Richard...
Jeff BurdickJan 19, 2021Sacramento’s riot of heated rhetoric included Sac BeeMany thanks to the Sacramento News & Review (SNR) last week running most of my OpEd about inflammatory local rhetoric that blemished the...
Jeff BurdickDec 15, 2020S/P OpEd follow-up: Campaign coffers for common good?This story is part of Sacto Politico’s ongoing “Shame of Our Campaigns” series. Maine’s unsuccessful Senate candidate Sara Gideon made...
Jeff BurdickOct 9, 2020Why we published Patterson scoopsThis package exposes a surprising number of far-right connections by a major-party-endorsed candidate for Congress (Buzz Patterson, CA-7).
Jeff BurdickSep 16, 2020Welcome to SactoPolitico.comThe inspiration for this site was to address the increasing lack of quality local political coverage that’s essential to democracy.
Jeff BurdickSep 12, 2020Can Biden produce permanent campaign finance reform?Even though Biden will have raised more than $1 billion, I can still see a scenario in which he takes up campaign finance in earnest.