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The first mailer for Elk Grove City Council District 2 candidate Felipe Martin has arrived in recent days for voters. Martin is one of three candidates vying to replace Pat Hume, who is running for the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors. Martin, who lacks the name recognition of three-term Cosumnes
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Today a lawsuit was filed against the City of Elk Grove for rejecting a proposed supportive housing project in the city’s Old Town Special Planning Area. As a result of that rejection and the approval of a nearby Old Town market-rate apartment project, the proposed and rejected Oak Rose
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Financial disclosures filed today with the California Secretary of State show that the same independent expenditure committee spending $1.2 million on behalf of a State Senate District 8 candidate will also spend over $799,000 for an Assembly District 10 candidate. The “Coalition to Restore California’s Middle Class,
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In the contest to replace outgoing Elk Grove City Council District 2 Councilmember Stephanie Nguyen, the donor class that has funded other council members continues to funnel money into one of the two candidates in the race. According to the Elk Grove City Clerk’s filings, Elk Grove Planning Commissioner
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Today Sacramento City Councilmember and State Senate District 8 candidate announced she received the endorsement of former Democratic California Gov. Jerry Brown. Ashby faces fellow Democrat former California Assemblymember and Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones in an increasingly acrimonious battle. In making the endorsement, Ashby said the four-term governor listed accomplishments
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Even though proponents of an $8.5 billion tax on Sacramento County Consumers are well-funded and organized in their mission to pass Measure A, a group of opponents has coalesced in opposition. Led by a group called Measure A Not OK, a diverse group of organizations opposes the tax increase.
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Nonpartisan nonprofit Sacramento Metro Advocates for Rail and Transit (SMART) will hold a transit- and climate change-focused candidate forum Mon. Oct. 17, 5:30-8:15 pm, at the Tsakopoulos Library Galleria downtown. Candidates for all open Sacramento City Council seats and Sacramento County Board of Supervisors D5 will participate. Journalists
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Yesterday Elk Grove voters received what, to be charitable, was an informational (read political) mailer from the City of Elk Grove regarding Measure E on November’s ballot. While the mailer does not take advocate approval – the city can’t legally do that – it goes to the edge. Regardless, the
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Throwing aside party loyalty, two Democratic members of the Elk Grove City Council will actively campaign for a prominent Republican candidate. Those Democratic officials, Elk Grove Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen and Vice Mayor Darren Suen will be walking precincts for Republican Elk Grove City Councilmember Pat Hume, who is campaigning for
Elections
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As she heads into the final month of her campaign for Sacramento County Board of Supervisors District 5, Jaclyn Moreno is leveraging one issue that could make a difference with voters – women’s reproductive rights. To that end, Moreno held a news conference yesterday at the Sacramento County Administration building,
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In a sign of the importance of reproductive rights issues in this election, even one that has two pro-choice Democratic candidates, Eric Guerra’s first mailer of the general election campaign season deftly addresses the issue. Guerra, running against fellow Democrat Stephanie Nguyen for the California Assembly District 10, distributed