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March 8, 2020

Bond issue rejection could be a signal

CalMatters

By Dan Walters

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Ballots from last week’s election are still being counted and it will be weeks before the final numbers are tallied, but with that caveat, it appears that a $15 billion school bond issue — the only statewide ballot measure — has been decisively rejected.​ That’s something of a shock. Public schools are popular in California and school bond issues generally enjoy strong voter support.

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February 25, 2020

California lawmaker, former Andrew Yang campaign co-chair, proposes statewide universal income

ABC 7 News 

By Kristen Sze

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Although tech entrepreneur Andrew Yang has dropped out of the Democratic race for president, his main platform of universal basic income lives on. Assemblyman Evan Low (D-Cupertino) represents a large part of the South Bay, the heart of the Silicon Valley.

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September 27, 2019 

Who wants to leave California? Young voters can't afford housing, and conservatives feel alienated

Los Angeles Times

By Sarah Parvini

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Just over half of California’s registered voters have considered leaving the state, with soaring housing costs cited as the most common reason for wanting to move, according to a new poll. Young voters were especially likely to cite unaffordable housing as a reason for leaving, according to the latest latest UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll conducted for the Los Angeles Times.