Political Playback: California Capitol News You Might Have Missed
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Read Moreby Stefi Mar | Feb 4, 2025 | Bakersfield, Congress, Features, Los Angeles, National Politics, Politics, State, State & Local Politics, Statewide, Tech, Valleys | 0
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Read Moreby Stefi Mar | Jan 28, 2025 | Front Page, Bakersfield, LA Fires, Los Angeles, Politics, State, Valleys | 0
On Jan. 20, Sen. Lola Smallwood Cuevas (D-Inglewood), a member of the California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC), hosted a “listening session” at Pasadena Church in Pasadena.
Read Moreby Stefi Mar | Jan 28, 2025 | Bakersfield, Donald Trump, Politics, Valleys, World & Nation | 0
Donald Trump and his hate-filled administration have launched another racist attack, this time taking aim at Black pilots and diversity efforts in the aviation industry. In a stunning display of bigotry disguised as governance, Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum ordering the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to eliminate hiring policies designed to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). The memo outrageously claims that DEI programs jeopardize safety and efficiency—despite zero evidence to back such a claim.
Read Moreby Stefi Mar | Jan 28, 2025 | Bakersfield, Los Angeles, Politics, State, State & Local Politics, Statewide, Valleys | 0
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Read Moreby James Luckey | Jan 22, 2025 | African Americans, Bakersfield, Featured, Los Angeles, Politics, State, Statewide, Valleys | 0
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Read Moreby Stefi Mar | Jan 14, 2025 | Bakersfield, Features, Los Angeles, Politics, State, Statewide, Valleys | 0
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Read Moreby Stefi Mar | Jan 14, 2025 | Bakersfield, Features, Los Angeles, Politics, State, Valleys | 0
California Department of Finance Director Joe Stephenshaw, standing in for Gov. Gavin Newsom, presented the state’s $322.3 billion proposed budget for the 2025-26 fiscal year at a press briefing on Jan. 10.
Read Moreby Stefi Mar | Jan 7, 2025 | Bakersfield, Los Angeles, Politics, State, Valleys | 0
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Read Moreby Stefi Mar | Dec 31, 2024 | Bakersfield, Congress, Los Angeles, Politics, Valleys, World & Nation | 0
Congresswoman Yvette Clarke (D-NY) and 20 of her colleagues are urging President Joe Biden to exonerate Marcus Mosiah Garvey, the Pan-Africanist leader whose 1923 conviction for mail fraud has long been viewed as politically motivated. In a letter to the president, the lawmakers described the case as rooted in prosecutorial misconduct designed to discredit Garvey and undermine his work for racial justice and empowerment.
Read Moreby Stefi Mar | Dec 31, 2024 | Bakersfield, Local, Los Angeles, Politics, State, Valleys | 0
Grammy Award winning singer and record label executive, Jay King, was elected CEO/President of the California Black Chamber of Commerce (CBCC) in June of 2019.
Read Moreby Stefi Mar | Dec 31, 2024 | Bakersfield, Congress, Features, Los Angeles, Politics, State, Valleys | 0
In November, former California Assemblymember Kevin McCarty was elected Mayor of Sacramento.
Read Moreby Stefi Mar | Dec 31, 2024 | Bakersfield, Features, Los Angeles, Politics, State, Valleys | 0
In 2012, Assemblymember Chris Holden was first elected to the California State Assembly representing the 41st District in the San Gabriel Valley.
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