CALMATTERS

• MAGA media’s election denial in LA mayoral race is a warning for the midterms
  October 7, 2026
  A media analyst warns that right-wing pundits are creating a dangerous environment where the reflexive rejection of negative election results is the new normal.
• The same union supporting a billionaire tax wants voters to limit clinic spending. Here’s what to know about Prop. 44
  October 7, 2026
  Proposition 44 would require clinics to spend more money on patient care. The union pushing the measure is the same one supporting the billionaire tax proposal.
• Why are out-of-state billionaires funding a California voter ID measure?
  October 7, 2026
  Republican megadonors are boosting California’s voter ID measure in the hopes its success, or failure, can reveal how similar measures can perform in more moderate states.
• Una escuela chárter del norte de California, en apuros económicos, se declara en bancarrota
  October 6, 2026
  Highlands Community and Technical Schools fue acusada el año pasado de malversar 180 millones de dólares.
• Fed up with recalls, CA Democrats ask voters to change the rules
  October 6, 2026
  Was it the second question on the Gray Davis recall that sealed the Democratic governor’s fate? That’s the question that asked who should replace Davis if voters gave him the boot. State law barred him […]
• He’s trying to break generational ties to gangs. Los Angeles police keep targeting him
  October 6, 2026
  LAPD launched an internal investigation after a swarm of officers allegedly profiled and detained young men the day they were set to graduate from a second-chance program.
• Republican Hilton’s ‘Just try it’ ad courts liberals — and angers his own base
  October 6, 2026
  A suggestive new Hilton ad tries to seduce liberal voters into voting Republican — and instead infuriated his conservative allies.