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| Oct 28, 2026 | Attorney General Bonta Announces New Resources to Protect California Elections, Continues Urging Early Voting | OAKLAND — With less than a week until the Tuesday, November 3, 2026, General Election, California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced four new resources to help ensure California’s elections remain safe, fair, and secure: (1) a legal... |
| Oct 13, 2026 | Attorney General Bonta Holds Press Conference in Los Angeles on Security of Mail Voting, Key Upcoming Deadlines, and Publication on Voting Access for People with Disabilities | OAKLAND — With just three weeks until the Tuesday, November 3, 2026, General Election, California Attorney General Rob Bonta today held a press conference in Los Angeles to reaffirm the safety and security of mail voting and urge voters who... |
| Oct 6, 2026 | California reminds voters to check their mailboxes and return their ballot ASAP! | California elected leaders across the state are standing together to ensure every vote counts. From my office to your local county registrar, we are committed to making sure every eligible voter is able to exercise their civic duty. Know yo... |
| Oct 5, 2026 | Following Critical U.S. Supreme Court Victory, Attorney General Bonta Reaffirms Mail-In Voting Remains Safe and Secure for November General Election | SACRAMENTO — After recently leading a multistate coalition to victory at the U.S. Supreme Court in defense of vote-by-mail, and with county elections officials across the state beginning to mail ballots to all registered voters this week, C... |
| May 28, 2026 | Attorney General Bonta Issues Statement on New State Law That Strengthens Election Safeguards | OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today issued the following statement in response to Governor Gavin Newsom signing into law Senate Bill (SB) 73. SB 73 was authored by Senators Sabrina Cervantes (D-Riverside) and Tom Umberg (D... |
| May 5, 2026 | Attorney General Bonta and Secretary of State Weber in Sacramento: Vote Early in June Primary Election and Know Your Voting Rights | Californians urged to vote early especially after reporting finds increase in ballots arriving too late to count
OAKLAND — With the June 2, 2026, Primary Election less than a month away, California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Secretary o... |
| Apr 3, 2026 | Attorney General Bonta Co-Leads Lawsuit Challenging President Trump’s Executive Order Restricting Mail Voting, Exerting Federal Control over Elections | OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today co-led a coalition of 23 attorneys general and the Governor of Pennsylvania in announcing a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s recent executive order, which unlawfully attempts... |
| Jan 7, 2026 | Nvidia’s Jensen Huang would have to pay about $8 billion in proposed billionaire tax—he says that’s ‘perfectly fine’ with him | Jensen Huang seems unfazed by the prospect of a potential $7.75 billion tax bill.
That’s how much the Nvidia CEO could end up owing the state of California if a proposed ballot measure succeeds in implementing a one-time 5% wealth tax on th... |
| Nov 26, 2025 | FACT FOCUS: It is not illegal for voters to show ID in New York and California | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
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As the leadup to the 2026 midterm elections begins, social media users — among them billionaire X owner Elon Musk, who briefly served as a top advisor to President Donald Trump — ... |
| Oct 27, 2025 | Promoting Early Voting and Protecting Voting Rights Together: Attorney General Bonta and Nonprofit Organizations Engage Californians Ahead of Special Election | OAKLAND — With the November 4, 2025 Special Election just over one week away, California Attorney General Rob Bonta held a virtual press conference with nonprofit organizations that are encouraging Californians to vote early, reminding Cali... |
| Oct 20, 2025 | Attorney General Bonta and Secretary of State Weber in San Francisco: Vote Early in Special Election and Know Your Voting Rights | SAN FRANCISCO — With the November 4, 2025 Special Election just over two weeks away, California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D. held a press conference today in San Francisco to again remind Califor... |
| Sep 7, 2025 | High School Voter Education Weeks, September 15–26, 2025 Supported by California Candidate for Governor Sharifah Hardie | Sharifah Hardie for California Governor 2026
Sharifah Hardie urges families to support High School Voter Education Weeks, helping students build civic habits and future leadership.
Families shape civic values at home, and when students prac... |
| Apr 3, 2025 | Attorney General Bonta Co-Leads Multistate Lawsuit Against Trump Administration Over Unlawful Executive Order Seeking to Impose Sweeping Voting Restrictions | 10th lawsuit against Trump Administration asserts that voting restrictions are not authorized by U.S. Constitution or Congress
SACRAMENTO — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced that he is leading, with Nevada Attorney Gener... |
| Apr 1, 2025 | Attorney General Bonta Joins Coalition Opposing Federal Legislation That Would Create Substantial Barriers to Voting | OAKLAND — As part of a coalition of 18 attorneys general, California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced sending a letter to congressional leadership in opposition to H.R. 22, known as the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) ... |
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| Nov 9, 2024 | Maryland, California election offices received bomb threats, officials say | WASHINGTON: Bomb threats were made against several Maryland boards of elections and election offices in at least two California counties on Friday (Nov 8), state authorities said, adding that everyone was safe and law enforcement officials ... |
| Oct 4, 2024 | Ahead of General Election, Attorney General Bonta and Secretary of State Weber Remind Californians of Voting Rights and Advise Law Enforcement of Laws to Protect Voters | LOS ANGELES — In advance of the Tuesday, November 5, 2024 General Election, California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D. held a press conference today to remind Californians about their voting rights ... |
| Jun 20, 2024 | Mayor Gloria takes backseat as Prop 47 reform heats up | figcaption>span]:font-sans" data-chromatic="ignore">
The fight is heating up at the state Capitol to roll back Proposition 47, a decade-old criminal justice reform measure, and Mayor Todd Gloria is taking a wait-and-see... |
| Apr 30, 2024 | Two Years Post-Roe: A Better Understanding Of Digital Threats | It’s been a long two years since the Dobbs decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Between May 2022 when the Supreme Court accidentally leaked the draft memo and the following June when the case was decided, there was a mad scramble to figure out... |
| Feb 29, 2024 | Attorney General Bonta and Secretary of State Weber Urge Californians to Know Their Voting Rights Before the March 5 Presidential Primary Election Day | OAKLAND – California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D. are today encouraging all Californians to understand their rights as a voter, learn more about the state’s voting protections, and make a plan to... |
| Dec 16, 2023 | Kevin McCarthy's hand-picked successor can't run for the departing lawmaker's seat because he's already running in another race, California officials say | Politics Kevin McCarthy's hand-picked successor can't run for the departing lawmaker's seat because he's already running in another race, California officials say
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| Jan 5, 2023 | The California Legislature is back: Five key questions | In summary
The California Legislature reconvenes with record diversity, but with several key questions and many significant challenges.
A soaring homeless population. A bitter battle with the oil industry over gasoline prices. A spending pl... |
| Dec 13, 2022 | Las industrias de California se apoyan en los referéndums para cambiar o detener leyes | EN RESUMEN
Las industrias de comida rápida y petróleo son solo las últimas en buscar un referéndum para detener, o al menos retrasar, una ley aprobada por la Legislatura estatal. El retorno de la inversión puede ser enorme, tanto dinero que... |
| Dec 13, 2022 | How California is dealing with 3 elections at once | Most of the remaining loose ends from California’s Nov. 8 election were tied up Monday — though at least one especially close race appears to remain unresolved and election battles from 2020 and 2024 continue to intensify.
First, Democrat C... |
| Dec 12, 2022 | Ballot blockade: California industries rely on referenda to stop laws | In summary
The fast food and oil industries are only the latest to seek a referendum to stop, or at least delay, a law passed by the state Legislature. The return on investment can be huge — so much money that some are calling for changing ... |
| Dec 5, 2022 | An unusual start to the legislative session | Today is shaping up to be a pretty unusual day in Sacramento.
Newly elected state lawmakers will be descending on the Capitol to be sworn into office — even though two seats are still up in the air. That’s because, by some measures, Califor... |
| Nov 8, 2022 | California election results: Who won? Which propositions passed? | After tens of millions of dollars in spending, thousands of door knocks and hundreds of attack ads, voting ends today in California — and we’ll soon know the verdict of voters.
Which of the seven ballot measures pass? Will a Republican win ... |
| Oct 29, 2022 | 2024 election fights begin to brew | California’s Nov. 8 election is less than two weeks away, but battle lines are already being drawn for elections in 2024 and beyond.
Here’s a look at two key fights:
First up: Not so fast, fast food companies. That was the message sent Thur... |
| Oct 26, 2022 | California sends contradictory economic signals | When it comes to California’s economy, the numbers tell wildly different and seemingly incompatible stories — leading to competing narratives ahead of the Nov. 8 election as residents identify jobs, the economy and inflation as the top issu... |
| Oct 10, 2022 | What you need to know about voter fraud in California | You’re hearing a lot more about election integrity — for a lot of reasons.
Since the 2020 election, the issue has been fueled by the “Big Lie” — the baseless claim still touted by former President Donald Trump and his allies that the electi... |
| Oct 4, 2022 | California stuck in Dem-GOP binary | “If people just vote for an R or D then all of our conversations are a waste of time.”
Robert Howell, the Republican candidate for California insurance commissioner, shared that somewhat fatalistic sentiment — that voters cast ballots for c... |
| Sep 19, 2022 | Meet California’s “red flag” law evangelist | This is CalMatters political reporter Ben Christopher, filling in for Emily and hoping she isn’t reading this and is instead enjoying her hard-earned vacation.
It happens almost every time there’s a new mass shooting.
After Buffalo, New Yor... |
| Sep 8, 2022 | Heat wave tests state’s communications strategy | Communication is everything.
That seemed to be the key takeaway Wednesday as California officials assessed their response to the long-running extreme heat wave that pushed the state’s power grid to the edge of rolling blackouts Tuesday nigh... |
| Jun 7, 2022 | Yohana, a Concierge Service for Families, Launches in LA | Who do you call when three simultaneous Zoom meetings have throttled your internet connection for the fifth time this week and your child has a last-minute project that needs to be completed?
Yohana—a company positioning itself as a househo... |
| Jun 6, 2022 | 5 Takeaways From This Year’s Augmented World Expo | As the “metaverse” slowly transitions from a buzzword to reality, the Augmented World Expo—a gathering of augmented reality CEOs, engineers, creators, consumers and investors—showcased what the future of the industry might look like.
Since ... |
| Dec 6, 2021 | Devin Nunes Retires From Congress To Spend More Time Banning Satirical Cows From Trump's New Social Network | In a bit of a Monday afternoon surprise, Rep. Devin Nunes has announced that he's retiring from Congress this month to become the CEO of Trump's new media company, Trump Media & Technology Group -- a company which apparently n... |
| Dec 6, 2021 | Devin Nunes Retires From Congress To Spend More Time Banning Satirical Cows From Trump's New Social Network | In a bit of a Monday afternoon surprise, Rep. Devin Nunes has announced that he’s retiring from Congress this month to become the CEO of Trump’s new media company, Trump Media & Technology Group — a company which apparently now has tons... |
| Sep 12, 2021 | California recall: Here is how we got here and what political experts foresee happening during the September 14 election | California Gov. Gavin Newsom looks on during a news conference with Bay Area AAPI leaders at the Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco on March 19, 2021 in San Francisco, California. California Gov. Gavin Newsom met with San Francisco Bay... |
| Aug 16, 2021 | CA recall election: What to know about the election that could oust sitting Gov. Gavin Newsom | Supporters of the recall campaign of California governor Gavin Newsom prepare for the upcoming recall election with a rally and information session in Carlsbad, California, U.S., June 30, 2021. Mike Blake/Reuters
California Gov. Gavin Newso... |
| Jul 11, 2021 | California Gov. Gavin Newsom is facing a recall — here's what to know and why he'll likely win | Democrat Gavin Newsom will make history as the second California governor ever to face a recall election.
Californians will decide whether to recall the Democratic governor in a special election on Sept. 14.
"At this point, it would be... |
| Feb 22, 2021 | Seven Attributes Top Executives Are Looking For In Board Placements | Partner at The Lancer Group, specializing in C-Suite searches for private equity firms and their portfolio companies in software. |
| Nov 12, 2020 | Trump tweeted a video linked to long-debunked allegations of voter fraud in California, asking: ‘Is this what our country has come to?’ | President Donald Trump tweeted a video Wednesday night about mail-in ballots. The video had previously been linked to false claims of election fraud.
The video, originally posted on November 5, shows two election workers collecting mail-in ... |
| Nov 5, 2020 | California Votes To Keep Gig Drivers Classified As Independent Contractors | App-based drivers from Uber and Lyft protest in a caravan in front of City Hall in Los Angeles on ... [+] October 22, 2020 where elected leaders hold a conference urging voters to reject on the November 3 election, Proposition 22, that woul... |
| Nov 4, 2020 | California has rejected a major gig economy reform, leaving workers without employee protections | Proposition 22, created to decide the future of the California gig economy, has passed.
The proposition concerned whether app-based drivers for companies like Uber and Lyft are employees or independent contractors. And its success, which th... |
| Nov 2, 2020 | RESULTS: Democrat Sara Jacobs projected to defeat Georgette Gómez in California’s 53rd Congressional District | Sara Jacobs is projected to defeat Georgette Gómez to represent California’s 53rd Congressional District.
California’s 53rd Congressional District is located in western California entirely within San Diego County.
Both candidates on the bal... |
| Nov 2, 2020 | RESULTS: Republican Darrell Issa and Democrat Ammar Campa Najjar battle for the open seat in California’s 50th Congressional District | Republican Darrell Issa and Democrat Ammar Campa-Najjar will face each other in November to represent California’s 50th Congressional District.
The race will be called as soon as there are sufficient data to make a conclusion.
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| Oct 22, 2020 | LA County is Tabulating Votes with QR Codes. Security Experts Think It's a Bad Idea | After $300-million and 11 years, the nation's largest county rolled out the first publicly-owned voting system earlier this year, promising "transparency, accessibility, usability, and security."
Los Angeles County's new... |
| Oct 21, 2020 | Prop 22 opponents say Yes on 22 should not be able to mail flyers as nonprofit | Opponents of California’s Proposition 22, the measure that seeks to continue classifying rideshare drivers and delivery workers as independent contractors, filed a complaint this morning with the United States Postal Service. The No on 22 c... |
| Oct 14, 2020 | Ballot Drop-Off Options in All 50 States | The 2020 general election has officially begun, and voters around the country are beginning to receive absentee ballots. Some voters will mail their completed ballots back to election officials (ideally by Oct. 27, according to U.S. Postal ... |
| Oct 13, 2020 | What Happens When You Make a Mistake on Your Ballot? I Learned The Hard Way | Minutes into filling out my absentee ballot last week, I was momentarily distracted by my dog Seamus. A moment later, I realized in horror that I was filling in the wrong bubble — accidentally voting "no" on a ballot measure that ... |
| Oct 13, 2020 | Voting by Mail? Avoid These Common Pitfalls to Ensure Your Vote Counts | Mail-in voting in Los Angeles County is a low-tech election experience that requires you to hunt down a blue or black pen. But it isn't without its pitfalls.
In L.A. County, roughly 17,743 vote-by-mail ballots for the March 2020 primar... |
| Oct 8, 2020 | Amid a boom in SPACs, few women investors | If you’ve been following the SPAC boom, you may have noticed something about these blank-check vehicles that are springing up left and right in order to take public privately held companies. They are being organized mostly by men.
It’s not ... |
| Aug 27, 2020 | The Rise of Ballot Drop Boxes Due to the Coronavirus | Lawfare is partnering with the Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Project to produce a series on election integrity in the midst of the coronavirus crisis. The Healthy Elections Project aims to assist election officials and the public as the na... |
| Nov 1, 2018 | As elections loom, companies weigh the benefits of civic time off | Beth Steinberg Contributor
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With the mid-term elections looming, the pressure across all parties and organizations to get people to the polls is more prevalent than eve... |
| Oct 29, 2018 | Kokua Line: Hawaii’s absentee voters can’t track ballots online | Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story!
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Boxes filled with absentee ballots sit at the state Capitol on Nov. 8, 2016. Hawaii voters cannot track their ballots online, as voters in man... |
| Jun 21, 2017 | State of California business records go digital in effort to simplify filing and search | California’s website for business records and requests just got a lot simpler.
As of Wednesday, businesses no longer have to submit physical LLC Statements of Information, as the records may now be submitted via the California secretary of ... |
| Nov 12, 2016 | Where are all those plastic bags? California voters decided to get rid of them | As a caregiver, Sadie Hodge frequently buys groceries for her elderly and immobile patients.
But Hodge got a surprise Friday morning at the checkout line at a Compton Food 4 Less — a 10-cent-per-bag fee that went into effect after voters na... |
| Aug 8, 2016 | Secure the Vote Today | As Dan Wallach (a Computer Science professor at Rice and a world-recognized expert on voting systems) eloquently put it, election security is a national security issue. The computer security field has intensely studied the problem of conduc... |
| Jun 13, 2015 | Los Angeles County voting to shift from inkblots to open source | County employees assist users in the simulated voting process at a testing session.
Lu Lu, Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk reader comments 103 with 58 posters participating
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| Nov 2, 2014 | So You Want To Fix The Housing Crisis | So 15 of the 30 cities with the highest rents in the country are all in the San Francisco Bay Area, with Palo Alto topping the list, according to this lovely report from Lovely that came out last week.
Part of this is cyclical. We don’t kno... |
| Sep 19, 2012 | California And 11 Other States Now Allow Online Voter Registration | Silicon Valley, residents of California, and citizens in 11 other states can now register to vote online. California, the newest state to ease the inconvenience of voter registration, launched their online portal today. “Today, the Internet... |
| Aug 4, 2011 | How to End Mortgage Lending in California | A California man has filed papers with Secretary of State seeking an amendment to the California constitution making homeownership a fundamental right and banning foreclosures.
David Benson of Sacramento is seeking to gather the 807,615 sig... |
| Mar 4, 2009 | No Surprise Here: Lost Votes In Last Election Due To Faulty Diebold Equipment | Back in December, we pointed to yet another (in a long line) of stories about lost votes on an e-voting machine in an election in California. The machines in question were from Premier Election Solutions, the shiny coat of paint put on the ... |
| Nov 3, 2008 | Voting Machine Security Is Still an Open Question | News Voting Machine Security Is Still an Open Question By Jabulani LeffallNovember 03, 2008 U.S. national election polling happens on Tuesday, but computer glitches and security issues of the past still cast a long shadow over the vote. Sta... |
| Dec 5, 2007 | ES&S e-voting system used in California cracked wide open | reader comments with 0 posters participating
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Earlier this year, California Secretary of State Debra Bowen established strict new standards for electronic voting machines, r... |
| Jul 30, 2007 | Three E-Voting Systems Susceptible to Attack, California Team Finds | A report released this morning by the University of California, Davis, which was contracted by the State to investigate the security integrity of three brands of electronic voting machines which the State uses, concludes that all three are ... |
| Jul 30, 2007 | California voting machine security tests uncover serious vulnerabilities | reader comments with 0 posters participating
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The California Secretary of State's office has published the results of voting machine security audits conducted by red te... |
| Mar 30, 2007 | New California e-voting measure uses hackers to test voting machine security | reader comments with 0 posters participating
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New voting machine review standards (PDF) proposed by California Secretary of State Debra Bowen would require independent code ... |
| Live updates — Election Day: State recounts will likely delay results in several states | This is CNBC’s live blog covering Tuesday’s midterm elections. Monday’s live blog can be found here. |
| CCPA 2.0 Makes the Ballot! What’s Next for the California Privacy Rights Act? | On June 25, 2020, Californians for Consumer Privacy announced the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (“CPRA”) officially qualified for California’s November 2020 ballot. We previously provided guidance here about what the CPRA is and whe... |
| 6 ways California made it easier for people to vote on Super Tuesday | Voting booths show "booth ballots" for the California Democratic presidential primary election on Super Tuesday at a polling station at a Buddhist temple in San Diego, California, U.S., March 3, 2020. Bing Guan/Reuters
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| Gavin Newsom’s victory could trigger reform of California’s recall process | California Gov. Gavin Newsom secured a historic victory against a recall effort Tuesday night.
Now numerous lawmakers are looking to reform the 110-year-old process that allows for state officials to be removed.
Lawmakers have contended tha... |
| 25-year-old makes $200/hour without a bachelor’s degree: ‘I work less than 6 hours a day’ | On some mornings, Angelina Nguyen makes $150 in five minutes.
The 25-year-old is still surprised at how lucrative her small notary business has been. When she first became a notary signing agent seven years ago — just weeks after her 18th b... |
| This 29-year-old YouTube millionaire has a good chance to be the next governor of California | Kevin Paffrath, a 29-year-old real estate developer who’s made millions of dollars on YouTube, is leading some polls among potential replacement candidates in the California recall.
Paffrath is running as a Democrat and says he’s giving the... |