California banned pay toilets to address inequality. Some would revive it on the same groundsCalifornia was the first state to ban pay toilets. A pitched return of the policy in San Diego shows how privatization is the best government can think to do today.CalMatters1d agoWhole story →GovernmentEconomypay toilet policy debate
Will Democrats’ midterm wave reach California’s Central Valley? Bernie Sanders rallies the voteMany Democrats are hopeful that Randy Villegas, their congressional candidate in the traditionally conservative Central Valley, can prove that progressive ideas, like universal healthcare, are palatable outside of safe blue cities.CalMatters1d agoWhole story →GovernmentHealthcalifornia midterm elections
Democrats want to change the rules for recall elections. Voters get their say with Prop. 5Following the failed 2021 recall of Gov. Gavin Newsom, Democrats had the political will and momentum to call for changes to the recall process. What emerged was Proposition 5 on the November ballot, a measure to change the recall process.CalMatters1d agoWhole story →Governmentcalifornia prop 5 vote
Tech billionaires are spending millions to reshape California’s LegislatureTech billionaires funding PACs have enjoyed recent growth in personal and corporate wealth and are spending it to handpick the California Legislature.CalMatters1d agoWhole story →GovernmentTechnologycalifornia legislature elections
