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How Boxer’s retirement impacts City Hall

01/08/2015 - 9:14 AM By Anthony York

 

Sen. Barbara Boxer announced her retirement from the U.S. Senate on Thursday, setting off what is sure to be a wild primary for 2016.

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California set to become next front in pot-legalization wars

12/23/2014 - 11:53 AM By Anthony York

It looks like the pot legalization movement will be coming to California next, in the form of a 2016 statewide ballot measure.

 

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More cities make change to district elections

12/16/2014 - 2:40 PM By Anthony York

Cities across the state have been switching from city-wide elections to district elections in an effort to comply with the California Voting Rights Act of 2001.

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No Fun: Clovis Expected to Cancel Another Uncontested City Council Race

12/08/2014 - 6:52 PM By Brittany M.

Clovis is expected to cancel its third consecutive city council election due to a lack of competition.

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Local electeds line up to support plastic bag ban

12/04/2014 - 8:29 AM By Anthony York
Officials from every corner of California are lining up behind our new statewide plastic bag ban. Elected leaders from 115 California cities and counties have joined California vs.
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In stunning upset, write-in candidate Jim Hill elected mayor of Arroyo Grande

12/02/2014 - 9:39 AM By Anthony York

In an election night that had its share of surprises, none was larger than the upset defeat of Arroyo Grande mayor Tony Ferrara, who has served on the council since 1998.

 

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Newcomer Unseats Assemblyman Raul Bocanegra in Political Stunner

11/25/2014 - 5:58 AM By Brittany M.

The winner for Assembly District 39 in the San Fernando Valley was finally announced Monday after weeks of vote tallying, with the results sending shockwaves through the political establishment.

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Second city in Little Saigon elects Vietnamese mayor

11/20/2014 - 10:08 AM By Anthony York

 

In Orange County, the times they are a  changing.

 

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Election Wrap: What the 2014 campaign means for the Capitol

11/13/2014 - 8:52 AM By Anthony York

Though the final chapter is still unwritten on Election 2014, we know this much:

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Dead candidate leads Kern County election

11/13/2014 - 8:50 AM By Anthony York

 

On the list of important political attributes for a candidate to have, a pulse is apparently overrated.

 

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Six months after his retirement as city manager of Pittsburg, Garrett Evans has landed a new…
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