A major challenge for achieving effective governance involves shrinking newsrooms. As far less about government gets covered, citizens...

Passion is a major moving force in politics. Some are passionate about change or to maintain the status quo or for their own ambition....

Jack Dean is President of District Labor Council 792 within SEIU Local 1000. He lives in Susanville, Calif., and is a member of the...

With this issue, the SactoPolitico.com marks its first full year of publishing. Coincidentally, that’s the paper anniversary, which is...

This the third time I’ve written a “Why we published” editorial in the Sacto Politico’s first year of existence. Each time, the occasion...

This article was updated at 10:20 a.m. PT based on new information. See editor’s notes. When political candidates take debate questions...

The Sacramento Bee editorial board is no stranger to trafficking in sophomoric insult. In recent years, it has called targets “dimwits”...

Realtor and self-described financial educator Kevin Paffrath is the shiny, new addition to the recall election. But many who didn’t see...

Over the last four California Recall Debates – including last night’s – the potential replacement candidates have answered dozens of...

Carolina Mendez is a member of Chispa, a grassroots political organization for young Latinxs in Orange County. She is also a recent...

The standard official portrait poses members of Congress like patriots in front of a U.S. flag. But with four House members from...

The GOP Recall Debate last week wasn’t a true debate. Except for a couple pokes at former San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer, the four...

California State Controllers are limited to two consecutive terms in office, and several candidates have already declared their intention...

In the 1980s, Joyce “Sunny” Mojonnier represented San Diego in the state Assembly becoming just the 30th women elected to the California...

On Aug. 4, five California GOP candidates in the Sept. 14 recall election will debate ending Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration early....

Last weekend, the Sacramento Bee scored a nice fundraising scoop about Republican Tamika Hamilton’s rematch attempt to upset 7-term U.S....

Last week, The New Republic published the results of my four-month investigation into widespread use of a previously obscure campaign...

On July 15, the U.S. Justice Department announced the latest in a long string of indictments against the giant dialysis company DaVita...

Republican recall gubernatorial candidate Kevin Faulconer was San Diego mayor from 2014 to 2020. There he built a record as a...

Since the start of the year, South Florida native Marcela Mulholland has served as political director for Data for Progress, a...