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Midterm checkup: How healthy is California democracy?
Maintaining a healthy democracy is like maintaining a healthy body. Regular attention and checkups are required. Fortunately, each...
Jeff Burdick
Apr 26, 2022
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Shawn Collins for Governor on get-tough policies, CRT & reorienting the GOP
Shawn Collins is an 41-year-old Orange County Republican, corporate attorney and eight-year veteran of the Navy legal “JAG” corps. He...
Jeff Burdick
Apr 26, 2022
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Hate Triangle: Sheriff Jones, Kiley & Sac Bee
When a top Congressional candidate refuses a newspaper’s invitation to sit for an endorsement interview, that often says a bit about the...
Jeff Burdick
Apr 26, 2022
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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...
Henry Stern & April Verrett
Apr 26, 2022
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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...
Carolee Krieger
Apr 26, 2022
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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
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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
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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
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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...
Jeff Burdick
Mar 29, 2022
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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....
Jennifer Tanner
Mar 29, 2022
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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 13, 2022
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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
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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...
Jeff Burdick
Mar 5, 2022
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Is Sacramento Supervisor Frost being over-persecuted?
A personal saying of mine is “If you must exaggerate to prove a point, others may think your point is exaggerated too.” It’s a reminder...
Jeff Burdick
Feb 21, 2022
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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...
Jeff Burdick
Feb 21, 2022
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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...
Frank X. Mullen
Feb 21, 2022
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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...
Jeff Burdick
Feb 21, 2022
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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...
Lee Miller
Jan 26, 2022
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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 26, 2022
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Did U.S. Rep. Ami Bera cook his constituent service numbers?
In a Dec. 21 news release, U.S. Rep. Ami Bera announced he would run for re-election in California’s redesigned CA-6 Congressional...
Jeff Burdick
Jan 7, 2022
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