SACRAMENTO — The California Assembly on Wednesday decided to let voters choose whether to overturn the state's 24-year-old ban of affirmative action programs — capping an emotional hours-long debate in the Legislature that highlighted tension between the state's Asian and black communities. The proposed amendment to the state's Constitution, which...
State Opens Investigation Following CalMatters’ Report on Tech Foundation
California’s political watchdog is investigating fundraising practices by Democratic Assemblyman Evan Low after CalMatters reported that he had stopped disclosing donors to a nonprofit organization affiliated with the Legislature’s technology caucus, which he chairs. The chief of enforcement for the Fair Political Practices Commission wrote in a letter to Low that she had begun...
Steak Dinners, Secret Donors: How the Tech Caucus Is Courting Silicon Valley With Charity
On a recent afternoon, more than a dozen California lawmakers gathered to discuss thorny issues impacting a state that is the cradle of technological innovation — but also suffering from wildfires, aging infrastructure, and vast economic inequality. On the agenda: how to maintain wireless phone service during emergencies; how to...
Because of ’17 Law, Bulldogs Use Auxiliary Funds to Play in Texas
The Fresno State men’s basketball team's first road game this Thursday (Nov. 15) at TCU will be a challenge for at least two reasons. First, the Bulldogs play a team that is ranked 21st in the Associated Press poll and qualified for the NCAA tournament last year. Second, the game...