It doesn't require state and local governments in California to adopt public campaign financing systems, only lifts an outdated ban.

While city law caps donations to candidates, those same office-seekers can receive unlimited amounts of cash through separate committees.

With less than three months until the general election, Darius Kemp, executive director of California Common Cause, says California must protect both election security and voter access for the stat…

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“The lesson of the social media era is that voluntary self-regulation does not work.”

Strong majorities of Californians believe democracy is under attack and support enacting a new state Voting Rights Act to prohibit discrimination and efforts to suppress voting, a poll showed.

SACRAMENTO, CA — Assemblymember Chris Ward (D–San Diego), Chair of the Assembly Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports, & Tourism, today issued the following statement in response to the announcement that the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) has formally voted to dissolve, ending nearly six decades of federal support for public media nationwide.

But efforts to require agencies to take out ads with local news sites have had spotty results.