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Millionaires for a Better California

flickr: joebeone The dysfunction in California government cries out for reform. And that often leads the well-intentioned to make changes via the ballot box. We've enacted term limits and spending caps...

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Are Voters Really So Befuddled? Five Qs for Mark Baldassare

Courtesy of the Public Policy Institute of California I sat down the other day with Mark Baldassare, president and CEO of the Public Policy Institute of California, to get his read on how the people of...

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California's Political Clout in DC Unlikely to Grow

Flickr: Don Hankins The U.S. Census Bureau is set to release the population count tomorrow for every state in the nation, the basis for calculating how our 435 U.S. congressional seats will be divvied...

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November Balloting Under Scrutiny in San Mateo County

Flickr: Joe Hall Elections officials in San Mateo County are preparing a report on the Nov. 2 election for the Board of Supervisors after a pair of candidates and a Democratic Party official questioned...

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Voters Try New Primary Voting -- Less Polarizing?

California's legislature has become known for paralysis -- with Republicans and Democrats arguing and posturing but seldom working together and compromising to get a budget and other laws passed. That...

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Good Enough for the Oscars: Ranked-Choice Voting

Flickr: Davidlohr Bueso As Hollywood stars parade down the red carpet Sunday night, a complex election system will also be on display. Ranked-choice voting -- a system that allows people to mark...

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Education Cuts or New Taxes: Which is Worse?

Flickr: Leelikesphotography California headlines in recent days have brimmed with news of the sharp budget cutbacks looming for public education: "San Francisco schools bracing for ever-deeper budget...

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Marin County Frets Over Redistricting

Is Marin County a suburban community whose residents work and play in San Francisco? Or is it a rural county more tied by agriculture and tourism to Sonoma County? Members of Marin’s Board of...

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Beyond "Rabbit on a Skateboard" Redistricting

  Illinois' 17th Congressional District They say democracy is a messy business. It sure wasn't glamorous this week when California's Citizens Redistricting Commission met in a cramped and dingy lecture...

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What'll My New District Look Like?

California political junkies spent the weekend poring over the draft maps released Friday by the Citizens Redistricting Commission, handicapping the odds that politicians will be re-elected and that...

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