Nearly a year after a landmark court case invalidated California’s tenure system for public school K-12 teachers, more than one-third of voters say they believe these teachers should not be granted tenure at all, according to the results of the latest USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times Poll. But data also show […] Read more »
Capps Retirement: CA-24 Stays in Likely Democratic Column
This afternoon, Santa Barbara Democratic Rep. Lois Capps announced she would retire at the end of her current term. This isn’t a surprise, as her daughter, Democratic communications strategist Laura Capps, recently moved back to Santa Barbara and has been widely expected to seek her mother’s seat. … Laura Capps […] Read more »
Senate candidate Kamala Harris unknown to more than 50% of voters
California Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris, the only major candidate for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Barbara Boxer, is unknown by more than half the state’s registered voters, according to a new USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll. Even more — six in 10 — have no impression of her, […] Read more »
Field Poll: More Californians want mandatory water rationing
Amid stubborn drought conditions, more Californians are warming to the prospect of government-imposed mandatory water rationing, but a majority still favor the state’s current approach of urging residents to voluntarily curtail their water use. CONT. Christopher Cadelago, Sacramento Bee Read more »
California Senate: Fears of a Democratic ‘Nightmare’ Recede
In the wake of Sen. Barbara Boxer’s (D-CA) retirement announcement last month, National Journal’s Scott Bland gamed out the Democratic “nightmare scenario” in which they could somehow lose the seat despite their statewide dominance. That’s because of California’s top-two primary system, where all candidates regardless of party run together in […] Read more »
Kamala Harris Strong, But Not Dominant, In New U.S. Senate Poll
Not bad, but not a blockbuster: Consider that the real takeaway for Kamala Harris in the first statewide public poll in the 2016 race for the U.S. Senate. Harris, the only confirmed candidate in the contest to replace the retiring U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer, has the support of 46 percent […] Read more »