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Explaining Ranked Choice Voting
Some Bay Area cities like Oakland and San Francisco use a system known as ranked choice voting in the November election. Ranked choice voting is also…
1 year, 8 months ago
'It's Been a Year. This Must End.'
One year ago, Hamas killed more than 1,200 people in an attack on Israel and took at least 250 hostages. In response, Israel’s bombardment and invasi…
1 year, 8 months ago
Prop. 36: Increase Penalties for Certain Theft and Drug Crimes
10 years ago, Californians passed Prop. 47, which reclassified certain petty theft and drug possession crimes as misdemeanors instead of felonies. At…
1 year, 8 months ago
Prop. 35: Changes to the MCO Tax for Medi-Cal Funding
In recent years, the expansion of Medi-Cal has allowed millions of low-income Californians to get access to health care. But while demand for service…
1 year, 8 months ago
Prop. 34: Prescription Drug Spending (But Also...Rent Control?)
Prop. 34 takes aim at how revenues earned through a federal drug pricing program are spent by a very specific number of providers. On the surface, it…
1 year, 9 months ago
Prop. 33: Removing Limits on Local Rent Control
Since 1995, California has banned certain types of local rent control laws — specifically, on single family homes, condos, properties built after 199…
1 year, 9 months ago
Prop. 32: Raising the Minimum Wage to $18 an Hour
California is an expensive place to live. That's why advocates for Prop. 32 believe it's important to raise the minimum wage for all employees to $18…
1 year, 9 months ago
The A’s Last Game in Oakland
After 57 years, the A’s played their final game in the Oakland Coliseum on Thursday afternoon. Next season, they’ll begin play in Sacramento ahead of…
1 year, 9 months ago
Prop. 6: Abolishing Involuntary Servitude in Prisons
The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution banned slavery and involuntary servitude except as a punishment for convicted crimes. In dozens of states…
1 year, 9 months ago
Prop. 5: Should It Be Easier to Pass Local Bonds for Affordable Housing and Infrastructure?
Right now, passing a local bond measure requires a two-thirds majority to pass. Supporters of Prop. 5 this should be easier, and want to amend the st…
1 year, 9 months ago