Rancho Cordova City Council picks map for new district election systemSeptember 19, 2023 | Kristin LamRancho Cordova plans to start by-district City Council elections in 2024, when three seats are scheduled to be up for grabs.
Taxing vacation homes? Citizens in South Lake Tahoe want to place measure on 2024 ballotSeptember 18, 2023 | Chris NicholsThe tax proposal is the latest effort to confront the resort community’s growing affordable housing crisis, which has caused thousands of full-time and seasonal workers to leave the Tahoe basin.
State GovernmentLast-minute deal: Wage hike for fast food workers, no ballot measure in 2024September 11, 2023A deal announced today by labor groups and the fast food industry would give workers a $20 minimum wage and pull a measure off the 2024 ballot. The Legislature has until Thursday to approve it.
State GovernmentCalifornia lawmakers ban most hand-count elections, targeting far-right Shasta CountySeptember 8, 2023Most California elections will be forced to use state-approved machines to count ballots under a bill that follows an attempt by right-wing supervisors in one county to hand-count future elections.
State GovernmentA look at the latest 2024 California ballot measure proposalsSeptember 7, 2023 | Nicole NixonIf they qualify for the ballot, the measures would allow voters to weigh in on penalties for fentanyl dealers, cutting red tape to build housing, and personal finance classes for high schoolers.