How Student Parking Fees Subsidize Faculty, Staff in CSU System
Throughout college, Atticus Reyes traveled an hour each way from his upper valley home in…
Shouts, Tears Greeted Passage of Shirley Weber’s Bill Limiting Police Use-of-Force
For an hour and a half Wednesday morning, California lawmakers lined up to speak for…
Lawmakers Reach Deal on Shirley Weber’s Bill Limiting Police Use of Deadly Force
After months of negotiations to craft a bill meant to reduce police shootings in California, legislative…
Democratic Committee Chairs Use New Rule to Kill Bills in California Assembly
Gun control, school spending, curbs on greenhouse gases: With Democrats holding more power at the…
Supervisors Vote to Oppose Assembly Bill Limiting Police Use of Lethal Force
After a contentious public hearing, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted to formally…
California Lawmakers Advance Raft of Union-Backed Charter School Curbs
As charter school advocates rallied en masse and California’s teachers’ unions flexed their political muscle,…
Charter School Advocates See ‘Extended Middle Finger’ in New State Laws
With new fast-tracked transparency rules for charter schools in California, Gov. Gavin Newsom has fulfilled…
Opinion: Long Alliance Between Democrats and Police Unions Erodes
California’s crime rates soared in the 1970s and became a potent political issue that Republicans…
California Lawmakers Readying Controversial Bill to Limit Police Use of Deadly Force
Jamilia Land walked out of a meeting in the state Capitol feeling optimistic that 2019…
Brian Jones Headed to State Senate, Tasha Boerner Hovarth to Assembly
Former Assemblymember Brian Jones was elected to the state Senate while Encinitas City Councilmember Tasha…
Opinion: We Need Real Change to Improve California’s Public Schools
It is a moral stain on our state that we continue to fail millions of…
Governor Signs Gloria and Weber’s County Election Reform Bill
Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation authored by San Diego lawmakers Shirley Weber and Todd Gloria that paves the…
Assemblywoman Weber Fails to Derail Fletcher Endorsement by San Diego Democrats
Former GOP Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher easily won the San Diego County Democratic Party’s endorsement Tuesday…
Chased from Arkansas as a Child, Shirley Weber Won’t Back Down in Sacramento
When Shirley Weber and her siblings fled Arkansas as children in 1951 on a midnight…
