Reports on national, state and local politics with a focus on Elk Grove, California.
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Even though Elk Grove’s Measure E victory has not been certified, the City of Elk Grove is moving quickly to adopt an ordinance to collect the new source of sales tax revenue. The tax collection ordinance will be adopted at this Wednesday’s city council meeting, which traditionally had
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Regardless of the outcome of her campaign for California Assembly District 10, Stephanie Nguyen participated in her last meeting as a member of Elk Grove City Council. Although she maintains a lead as of today over her opponent, Sacramento City Councilmember Eric Guerra, the outcome of that race will not
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If Republican Pat Hume – or most candidates in the Elk Grove area – relied on partisan support, they would probably lose. As a candidate for the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors District 5 seat, Hume has the conservative rural and Republican vote secured, but that is not enough. So in his
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As the oil and gas industry pumped nearly $6 million this election season into backing candidates in California legislative races to promote the fossil fuel industry agenda, four of the five big oil refiners in the state posted record profits while Californians are slammed at the pumps with price gouging.
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An independent expenditure committee TV commercial targeting Democratic voters has called Democratic California Assembly District 10 candidate Elk Grove City Couniclmember Stephane Nguyen, a Republican. The commercial (see video below) has been in rotation this week. In their effort to support Nguyen’s opponent, Democrat Sacramento City Councilmember Eric Guerra,
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RSS PUBLISHED TO * Dan Bacher TAGS * Environment * Interior * reclamation * Water * WestlandsWaterDistrict * HoopaValleyTribe * CentralValleyProject * CVPIA Share this article Year-Long Settlement Negotiations with Federal Government Fail —Tribe Returns to Court On October 31, the Hoopa Valley Tribe renewed a 2020 lawsuit it had filed against the Trump Administration for financial misconduct, environmental
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With no organized opposition to Elk Grove’s inflationary consumer tax increase and an overflowing campaign war chest, Measure E is well positioned for approval. Elk Grove’s Mayor and three of her four city council subordinates placed the measure on the ballot. The yes on E is enjoying financial
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As of Friday, October 28, only 13 percent of ballots in Sacramento County have been submitted, according to Political Data Inc. Of the 862,659 ballots mailed to registered voters, 111,316 have been returned for processing. While Democratic voters make up 46 percent of the total countywide, they are