State Government With Proposition 12, California Voters Face Choices On Farm Animal Confinement October 31, 2018 | Julia Mitric The ballot measure would ban the sale of meat and animal products from animals confined in spaces below specific sizes, even if they’re raised outside California. Producers would be required to raise egg-laying hens in “cage-free” housing by 2022. Listen / Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Insight With Vicki Gonzalez The Cases For And Against Measure U October 31, 2018 | Cody Drabble Sacramento's Measure U would expand and make permanent what was supposed to be a half-cent sales tax. We hear from people for and against the measure. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
State Government Prop. 1 Would Allow California To Borrow Billions For Affordable Housing Programs October 30, 2018 | Randol White The initiative is aimed at easing the state's housing crisis and has broad support throughout the state, though the state Republican Party opposes it. Listen / Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
PolitiFact California: Fact-Checking Immigration Claim In California Insurance Commissioner Race October 30, 2018 | Chris Nichols | Sami Soto Democratic State Sen. Ricardo Lara claimed in a full page newspaper ad that his opponent for state Insurance Commissioner, Steve Poizner, "pledged to block immigrant children from ever getting MediCal health insurance." We rated that claim half true. Listen / Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Keys To The House The O.C., Part 1: Diverse Democrats October 29, 2018 | Ben Adler | Sally Longenecker Orange County has long been a Republican stronghold, but the region is changing. Its growing diversity could boost Democratic efforts to win the House of Representatives — but only if more Latinos and Asians vote. Listen / Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
State Government The California Dream Takes Center Stage In Governor’s Race October 29, 2018 The state’s affordability crisis prompts vows from gubernatorial candidates Gavin Newsom and John Cox to revive the California Dream.
State Government Newsom's California Business Holdings Could Pose Ethics Bind October 28, 2018 Before he was a politician, gubernatorial candidate and Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom was a businessman. If elected governor, those business ties could pose an ethical problem for him.
State Government California Politics Are Hella NorCal. Will Voters Shake That Up This Year? October 27, 2018 A striking number of statewide races this year pit a NorCal candidate against SoCal candidate. But the north is likely to continue to dominate for reasons that largely boil down to this: People in the Bay Area just vote a lot more than those in LA.
Health Care Dialysis Companies Spend $111 Million To Kill Prop. 8 October 26, 2018 A $5 million donation from this week from dialysis provider Fresenius Medical Care pushed the anti-Proposition 8 campaign's total past the $109 million pharmaceutical companies spent two years ago to defeat a measure limiting prescription drug costs.
State Government California Without Daylight Saving? Arizona Shares Lessons From 50 Years Of Noncompliance October 25, 2018 | Sammy Caiola Arizona abolished daylight saving time more than 50 years ago after public outcry over the practice. California could opt to do the same if Proposition 7 passes. Listen / Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
