Posts Tagged: California counties

By several measures, the FPPC is outnumbered

Outnumbered, image by Hernan E. Schmidt

by BY BRIAN JOSEPH posted 08.01.2023

During one unremarkable time period of four weeks, the number of political filings was roughly 12 times greater than the total number of people working for the agency charged with overseeing the accuracy and legality of those very filings. And that was a slow month.

CA120: A strong voter turnout? Maybe

Attendees at a 2016 political rally in Santa Monica. (Photo: Joseph Sohm)

by PAUL MITCHELL posted 02.05.2018

The 2018 primary election is right around the corner. And with stories of higher turnout and a Democratic wave in states like Virginia and Alabama, many political consultants and observers are expecting to see some higher turnout in California this June, with a potentially strong Democratic and Latino surge.