Democratically Controlled Assembly News Today

Salinas' Assemblymember Robert Rivas announced that he has the votes to become the next speaker.

Assembly Democrats are making to push to replace Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, D-Lakewood.

Can San Jose have publicly-financed elections? A voter drops off ballots in a neighborhood ballot drop box. Photo by Lorraine Gabbert. The promise to get money out of politics has propelled several San Jose politicos to office. Actually implementing corporate-free elections is tougher. Councilmembers and local activists are pushing for a way to level the playing field for contributions through publicly-financed elections. In that system, the local government provides each registered voter with...