California ballot measures: Voters reject rent control, approve tougher criminal penalties Five of the 10 measures remained too close to call as millions of ballots needed to be counted.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A bill hoping to land on the ballot in California would restrict insurance denials for physician-recommended medical care. The proposal was cleared to start gathering ...

PIX Now morning edition - 1/24/25 11:43. A new bid to place a measure on the ballot that would ask California voters to approve the state's secession from the U.S. has been cleared for signature ...

With progressive ballot measures on track to fail, California’s political identity is questioned. Voters wait to cast their ballots Tuesday at Arroyo Seco Library in Highland Park.

California California man submits ballot initiative asking voters if state should become its own country The proposal must collect at least 546,651 signatures from registered voters by July 22 to ...

A bill that would have required voter ID and proof of citizenship in California was killed in a subcommittee Wednesday. The lawmaker will instead push for a ballot initiative, he said.

Every registered California voter has received a ballot in their mailbox for the upcoming recall election that could help decide if Governor Gavin Newsom will keep his job. As of September 13 more ...

California's first ballot initiative for the November 2028 election has been filed and cleared for signature gathering. It would allow the Golden State to become its own country—separate from ...

The California Apartment Association, a major landlord lobby and opponent of rent control, was the sponsor of Proposition 34. Nadine Tejadilla, law clerk in McDermott’s Los Angeles office, also ...

A ballot measure “focused solely on prison labor may not have captured public attention like other issues,” said Kellie Walters, an attorney with Legal Services for Prisoners with Children ...

In two recent Jacobin articles, Ben Case and Paul Prescod argued that 2024’s general election results demonstrate the great potential of ballot initiatives for enacting progressive policy in the ...