Did Incumbent Democrat Schaefer give $30K to buy Republican support?
When scandal engulfs a party’s endorsed candidate, questions naturally arise where that party draws the line for stripping an...
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Sept. 22, 2022 – Vol. 2, Issue 26
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Jeff Burdick
- Sep 8
CA Controller candidate Lanhee Chen on fiscal audits, Taiwan & Kobe Bryant
Lanhee Chen is a GOP fiscal policy expert long associated with the conservative Hoover Institute and familiar to voters from his regular...
Justin Ha
- Aug 18
As Californians & planet sweat, rooftop solar revisions stuck in limbo
The future of rooftop solar in California is uncertain. Efforts to revise the state’s landmark Net Energy Metering (NEM) program that...
Nick Pilch
- Aug 18
In Newsom-DeSantis rivalry, it’ll surprise who’s better on rooftop solar
Nick Pilch is an environmentalist and from 2014-2020 was a Council Member in the Bay Area town of Albany, Calif. This included serving as...
Jeff Burdick
- Aug 18
Central Valley Congressional candidate Tom Patti: 5 Ambiens caused traffic accident
This past weekend, GOP Congressional candidate and current San Joaquin County Supervisor Tom Patti officially completed a one-year...
Jeff Burdick
- Aug 18
Sac Bee again on wrong warpath against extremist-tied Kevin Kiley
The best weapon journalists have against questionable politics is good, thoughtful journalism. But such an arrow is once again missing...
Alex Muegge
- Aug 18
Could a vacancy tax help housing affordability in Sacramento?
This story was originally published by the award-winning newsweekly Sacramento News & Review and is co-published here with permission....
Jeff Burdick
- Jul 31
Midterm roundup: Kiley fundraising off concerns about radical associations
Friday night, South Carolina’s capital newspaper The State reported House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) swung by that state GOP’s...
Jeff Burdick
- Jul 31
Obituary for Sacramento Bee election coverage
The Washington Post has the most memorable and consequential motto in journalism: “Democracy dies in darkness.” Adopted in 2017, the...
Pat Needles
- Jul 31
How ADA compliant is your website? Digital accessibility lawsuits rise in California
Pat Needles is vice president of Equidox PDF Accessibility Solutions, an Ohio-based firm that specializes in helping organizations make...
Jeff Burdick
- Jul 12
Kurinsky-Malos on managing hot CA-3 House race in momentous times
A 25-year-old Oregon native, Michaela Kurinsky-Malos has worked every election cycle since 2016 including in Oregon, Washington, Illinois...
Justin Ha
- Jul 12
California College Republican on students, CRT & generational politics
Christian Lucia Hunter of Dixon, Calif., is the Northern Regional Director for the California College Republicans. After first attending...
Jeff Burdick
- Jul 12
AD-5 candidate Rebecca Chenoweth on her husband’s healthcare fraud conviction
With 94% of the June 7 primary vote counted, Rebecca Chenoweth is currently in first place in California Assembly District 5 which...
Jeff Burdick
- Jun 24
Can David (Dodson) topple Democrats’ unethical “goliath”?
The four elected seats on the California Board of Equalization (BOE) are the least powerful and least sexy of California’s constitutional...
Justin Ha
- Jun 24
Thanks for the memorabilia! Reno to host return of political collectibles convention next month
Covid threw a wrench into a lot of national convention schedules. So it may be with a sigh of relief for political memorabilia lovers...
Mission critical: CPUC can (finally) meet its mission by saving rooftop solar incentives
Revision of California’s rooftop solar program has received more guest essay submissions than any other issue in SactoPolitico.com...
Ed Millican
- Jun 24
San Bernardino County Democrats unified behind pair of union issues
Ed Millican is an elected member of the central committee of the San Bernardino County Democratic Party and a California Teachers...
Jeff Burdick
- Jun 9
18 y.o. Santa Clarita organizer on March for Our Lives & gun violence ‘dread’
This Sunday, June 11, March for Our Lives will convene its second set of nationwide marches against gun violence – especially in U.S....
Elizabeth Galante
- Jun 9
Rooftop solar advice for Gov. Newsom from low-income solar installer
California’s Net Energy Metering program (NEM) has encouraged about 9% of the state’s electrical ratepayers to install solar systems on...
Jeff Burdick
- Jun 9
Time 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...