Guest essay: To fix nursing homes, listen to nursing home workers
California State Senator Henry Stern (D-Los Angeles) has made elder protection a priority in his legislative career. In 2021, he authored...
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Nov. 13, 2022 – Vol. 3, Issue 5
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Carolee Krieger
Apr 26, 2022
Deep reservations on Sites Reservoir
Carolee Krieger is executive director of the California Water Impact Network, a state-wide organization that advocates for the equitable...
Jeff Burdick
Apr 12, 2022
Most Attorney General candidates taking the fifth
Most frontrunning incumbents avoid debate stages. Especially in crowded primary fields, debates pose too much risk of wall-to-wall...
Jeff Burdick
Apr 12, 2022
No comment from Rep. Matsui on opioid donations, legislative record & other mega-fined donors
Last issue, SactoPolitico.com exclusively reported a call from Congressional CA-7 Democratic challenger Jimmy Fremgen for the Democratic...
Jeff Burdick
Apr 12, 2022
Q&A: California State Lobbying with Chris Micheli
Last month, veteran Sacramento lobbyist and law professor Chris Micheli published a unique collection of 49 essays by current and former...
Jeff Burdick
Apr 12, 2022
By the Numbers: California House races & voter registration update
Last week, the California Secretary of State office issued its latest statewide voter registration figures. These come with less than a...
Jeff Burdick
Mar 29, 2022
Midterm roundup & updates: Why the media apathy?
Many items in the following midterm election roundup remind me of a 1990s quote from former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley. When asked...
Jeff Burdick
Mar 29, 2022
CA-7 Congressional candidate Jimmy Fremgen Q&A
Congressional redistricting significantly rearranged Sacramento County’s two Congressional districts. Instead of the current city-suburb...
Jeff Burdick
Mar 29, 2022
CA-7 Congressional hopeful Max Semenenko Q&A
Ukrainian-born Maksim “Max” Semenenko is a 39-year-old father of four (with a fifth on the way) and owner of his own construction...
Jennifer Tanner
Mar 29, 2022
Gov. Newsom: Forget PG&E crocodile tears; save rooftop solar
Jennifer Tanner is the director of Indivisible’s Green Team, which represents hundreds of Indivisible chapters across California....
Jeff Burdick
Mar 13, 2022
SactoPolitico probe: Board of Equalization incumbent admits filing false endorsement by Newsom
Through a SactoPolitico.com investigation, Democratic California Board of Equalization member Mike Schaefer (District 4) has been found...
Jeff Burdick
Mar 5, 2022
SEIU Local 1000 power struggle expands; president suspended
The term “circular firing squad” describes the internal self-destruction of a group or organization. This past week, the power struggle...
Jeff Burdick
Mar 5, 2022
By the numbers: Digging into California’s voter spectrum
In politics and media, smart accurate information is essential. For politicos, good data helps make for more precise strategy and more...
Elizabeth Chamberlain & Sander Kushen
Mar 5, 2022
Guest Essay: SB 983 will help Californians fix products faster, less expensively
Elizabeth Chamberlain is Director of Sustainability for the free repair manual website iFixit, where she heads internal sustainability...
Jeff Burdick
Feb 21, 2022
As Dems criticize Covid misinformation, many take Fox Corp. money
This article is part of SactoPolitico.com’s ongoing “Shame of Our Campaigns” series. For past pieces in the series, click here. Nothing...
Frank X. Mullen
Feb 21, 2022
Study: global warming eliminates Tahoe as Olympic venue; local boosters stay optimistic
This story was produced by the award-winning newsweekly Sacramento News & Review and co-published here with permission. A new climate...
Jeff Burdick
Feb 21, 2022
Might California political parties realign before national parties?
Earlier this month, Elk Grove News editor D.A. Gougherty made an interesting observation on his podcast after California’s Democratic...
Lee Miller
Jan 26, 2022
Gov. Newsom: Don’t let sun go down on rooftop solar
Sacramento County-resident Lee Miller is a Board Member with Solar Rights Alliance, a statewide nonprofit association of California solar...
Jeff Burdick
Jan 26, 2022
Most Kiley endorsers as mum as he on ‘radical associations‘
As Kevin Kiley launched his Congressional campaign earlier this month, the Rocklin Republican was also busy contacting potential backers...
Jeff Burdick
Jan 16, 2022
Key midterm battle heats up: US House opponent says GOP’s Kiley should explain ‘radical’ ties
Editor’s Note: See Jan. 28 follow-up to this article here. SACRAMENTO, Calif. — To start the year, state Assemblyman Kevin Kiley...
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