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Guest Essay: 100% Zero-Emission Vehicles by 2030?

Apr 28, 2021

Guest Essay: 100% Zero-Emission Vehicles by 2030?

This month, California lost its decades-long lead at the environmental forefront. In the race to eliminate one of the largest sources of...

Sacto Metro House members largely mum on infrastructure

Jeff Burdick

Apr 14, 2021

Sacto Metro House members largely mum on infrastructure

Two weeks ago, President Joe Biden proposed his eight-year $2.3 trillion “American Jobs Plan.” This would be the largest infrastructure...

Sac Bee: What dangerous extremists? None here.

Jeff Burdick

Apr 14, 2021

Sac Bee: What dangerous extremists? None here.

After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Americans were told “See something. Say something.” Generally though, such reminders should be...

Guest Essay: AB 1177 to open banking options for all

Calif. Assemblymember Miguel Santiago

Apr 14, 2021

Guest Essay: AB 1177 to open banking options for all

COVID-19 put a spotlight on a troubling reality: Black and Brown Californians work disproportionately as frontline essential workers in...

Orangevale by the numbers: Reason for GOP concern

Jeff Burdick

Apr 14, 2021

Orangevale by the numbers: Reason for GOP concern

Orangevale is keystone of the once overwhelmingly Republican northeast corner of Sacramento County. But while Folsom has already turned...

Former FEC Chair Ravel on recall donations, dark money

Jeff Burdick

Mar 31, 2021

Former FEC Chair Ravel on recall donations, dark money

While sitting on board of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) from 2013 to 2017 – including one stint as chair – native Californian Ann...

Candidate essay: Let’s build a better Calif. Dem. Party

Delaine Eastin

Mar 31, 2021

Candidate essay: Let’s build a better Calif. Dem. Party

Editor’s note: Between now and April 21, more than 3,000 delegates to the California Democratic Party will have the chance to vote by...

Candidate Essay: Proven Leadership in Challenging Times

Rusty Hicks

Mar 31, 2021

Candidate Essay: Proven Leadership in Challenging Times

Editor’s note: Between now and April 21, more than 3,000 delegates to the California Democratic Party will have the chance to vote by...

GOP slips more in latest California registration stats

Jeff Burdick

Mar 31, 2021

GOP slips more in latest California registration stats

There is Red versus Blue in politics. Then there is just going into the red as a party. Despite the California GOP believing the recall...

Calif. GOP chair, Asm. Kiley rallied with extremists

Jeff Burdick

Mar 10, 2021

Calif. GOP chair, Asm. Kiley rallied with extremists

Sunday afternoon, the drive to collect 1.5 million verified signatures and trigger a recall election of Gov. Gavin Newsom reached a...

Local effect of new Chamber of Commerce endorsing rules

Jeff Burdick

Mar 10, 2021

Local effect of new Chamber of Commerce endorsing rules

Quietly last Friday, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce posted a memo online announcing changes moving forward to its criteria for supporting...

Are midterm losses inevitable for Democrats? Maybe not

Jeff Burdick

Mar 10, 2021

Are midterm losses inevitable for Democrats? Maybe not

The deadly Jan. 6 insurrection on the U.S. Capitol represented a historic low for the Republican Party. Despite this, House Minority...

Candidate Essay: For Shared Prosperity in Sacramento

Caity Maple

Mar 10, 2021

Candidate Essay: For Shared Prosperity in Sacramento

When I left home at the age of 16, I remember thinking that I would be back at some point – I was wrong. I found myself bouncing around...

Punchbowl.News John Bresnahan on California in Congress

Jeff Burdick

Feb 23, 2021

Punchbowl.News John Bresnahan on California in Congress

Along with two other highly esteemed D.C. correspondents, veteran Capitol Hill reporter John Bresnahan earlier this year launched the...

Matsui, Bera letting public foot opioid settlements

Jeff Burdick

Feb 23, 2021

Matsui, Bera letting public foot opioid settlements

The Wall Street Journal and Washington Post recently reported that four major opioid makers and distributors are close to finalizing a...

Fine(d) Bedfellows, Part 2: Where we go from here

Jeff Burdick

Feb 23, 2021

Fine(d) Bedfellows, Part 2: Where we go from here

This is the second of two articles in a series. Click here for part one. Last issue, a Sacto Politico study detailed the tens of millions...

California Progressives step back in ADEM elections

Jeff Burdick

Feb 23, 2021

California Progressives step back in ADEM elections

Earlier this month, the California Democratic Party completed its 2021 election of district-level delegates to the state party central...

Fine(d) Bedfellows Pt. 1: Worst corporations donate big

Jeff Burdick

Feb 5, 2021

Fine(d) Bedfellows Pt. 1: Worst corporations donate big

This article is part one of two, and part of Sacto Politico’s ongoing “Shame of Our Campaigns” series. For other articles in the series,...

Where are extreme Aug. 1 rally speakers today?

Jeff Burdick

Feb 5, 2021

Where are extreme Aug. 1 rally speakers today?

On Aug. 1, 2020, on the steps of the California Capitol, the far-right “Rescue America Rally” gathered hundreds of angry Trump supporters...

Growing Rancho Cordova gets younger, more Progressive

Jeff Burdick

Feb 5, 2021

Growing Rancho Cordova gets younger, more Progressive

To hear most Democratic residents of Rancho Cordova explain it, Rancho Cordova is a politically conservative to moderate municipality. “I...