SF Keeps Counting, Vernon Votes to Reform
Though a final result from ranked-choice voting won't be available for days, interim San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee came close to declaring victory at his election party last night. And voters in the tiny town of Vernon approved four measures designed to avoid the kind of corruption that made them the subject of headlines earlier this year.
New Law Moving Future Initiatives to November
With local elections now over, the next time voters go to the polls in California is in June. Under a new state law, it will be the last primary election with ballot measures qualified through the initiative process. Some say that change is good government -- others say it's pure politics.
State Jurisdiction Over Animal Treatment Questioned
The U.S. Supreme Court will consider California's law banning the slaughter and sale of animals that can't walk, enacted after a video showing mistreatment of "downer" cows at a Chino plant.