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Voters across 34 California counties will decide on 113 local ballot measures on June 2

Welcome to the Tuesday, May 26, 2026, Brew.

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Voters across 34 California counties will decide on 113 local ballot measures on June 2, 2026

Voters across 34 California counties will decide on 113 local ballot measures on June 2, 2026, ranging from school bonds and parcel taxes to data center bans and election administration changes.

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SI:AM | LSU’s Mess Just Got Even Worse

Athletic director Scott Woodward was forced out Thursday, throwing the school’s athletic department into further disarray.

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Silicon Valley’s right wing notches victories nationwide and at home

Tech elites scored local and national wins after backing Donald Trump and conservative California ballot measures

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"I propose that businessmen should wear clown suits between the hours of nine and five": What happened when Jello Biafra ran for Mayor of San Francisco

Dead Kennedys frontman Jello Biafra's vision for San Francisco was both a great prank and barbed social commentary

Louder

How an ultra-right majority in California’s far north picked a novice to run its elections

Shasta county has made its name as a hotbed of the election-denial movement – and the snubbing of a well-respected election clerk has caused alarm

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Today in Supreme Court History: July 28, 1880

7/28/1880: San Francisco prohibits operation of laundires in wood buildings, "without having first obtained the consent of the board of supervisors." The Supreme Court found this ordinance unconstitutional in Yick Wo v. Hopkins (1886).

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Rural California county keeps ultra-conservative official who pushed to upend voting system

Shasta county’s Kevin Crye fought off a recall effort, but another far-right official who pushed election conspiracies lost the race for his seat

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California county on edge over bid to recall far-right, election-denying official

Shasta county residents voted on 5 March on whether to recall Kevin Crye, the president of the board of supervisors

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Results for a selection of notable California local ballot measures on March 5

Across California, voters decided on 138 local ballot measures, in addition to the statewide measure, Proposition 1, on March 5. While we are awaiting finalized results for the ballot measures, below is a selection of local ballot measure outcomes, which addressed policing, voter ID, school curriculums, and more:

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‘An extreme agenda’: could a recall end far-right control of a California county?

Shasta county removed a moderate supervisor. Two years later, a member of the ultra conservative majority faces a recall of his own

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Family of Los Angeles deputy killed in ambush shooting plans to sue county over forced overtime

The parents of a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy fatally shot while sitting in his patrol car plan to file a lawsuit accusing the sheriff’s department and county leaders of putting officers at risk by making them work excessive overtime

The Independent UK

Damning New Audit Finds San Francisco Takes 3 Years To Approve New Housing

The state housing officials who performed the audit describe San Francisco's approval process as a "notoriously complex and cumbersome" mess.

Reason

Election legislation roundup: Florida State Legislature

As of June 25, members of the Florida State Legislature, which includes the Florida House of Representatives and the Florida State Senate, have passed seven bills related to election administration since the beginning of the year. Of those seven bills, five have been enacted. This is two more than this…

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Election legislation roundup: Florida State Legislature

As of June 18, members of the Florida State Legislature, which includes the Florida House of Representatives and the Florida State Senate, have passed seven bills related to election administration since the beginning of the year. Of those seven bills, legislators passed four during the week of June 12-18. Republicans…

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Election legislation roundup: Florida State Legislature

As of May 7, members of the Florida State Legislature, which includes the Florida House of Representatives and the Florida State Senate, have passed seven bills related to election administration since the beginning of the year. Of those seven bills, legislators passed four during the week of May 1-7. This…

Tribune News Service

San Diego County supervisors demand immediate resignation of colleague accused of sexual misconduct

SAN DIEGO — Two weeks after San Diego County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher was accused in a lawsuit of sexual misconduct, his four colleagues on the Board of Supervisors approved a vote of no confidence against him Tuesday and called for his immediate resignation.

Los Angeles Times

Under pressure, Board of Supervisors pulls unpopular motion to decrease jail population

LOS ANGELES — In 2021, in the midst of the pandemic, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved an ambitious two-year plan to close the dungeon-like Men's Central Jail. The idea was to decrease the number of people in custody countywide by several thousand and shut down the aging…

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Far-right county throws out voting machines – with nothing to replace them

Shasta county’s decision to move to a hand-count system has drawn support from the election denial movement

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