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March 21, 2016 By Alex Vassar

A Title Lost: California’s Legislative Historian

Associate Governmental Program Analyst. Agricultural Technician III. Data Processing Manager. Most job titles in California State Government are formulaic series of words that, while useful in understanding the duties of the position, are so wickedly unimaginative that you have to wonder if they were created by a committee. Yes, in fact, they were. But sometimes, […]

Filed Under: California law, Current Research, Editorial, From the Archive, JoinCalifornia, Legislation, Redistricting, Special Elections, State Assembly, State Senate, Top Stories

May 14, 2013 By Alex Vassar Leave a Comment

SD32: Norma Torres wins election to Senate

In today’s Special Election to fill the vacancy created by Senator Negrete McLeod’s departure for Congress, Norma J. Torres was easily elected to the upper house. Although the counting of ballots is far from complete, it appears that Assemblymember Torres won in the heavily Democratic Senate District 32. She may be sworn into the 1,146th member […]

Filed Under: Current Research, ElectionVolunteer, JoinCalifornia, Redistricting, Special Elections, State Assembly, State Senate, Top Stories

March 7, 2013 By Alex Vassar Leave a Comment

California Political Maps

For the true California politics enthusiast, it’s hard to imagine something more exciting that finding a useful new resource. As someone who has spent many hours building a library of legislative district maps, I was very impressed by the new maps sold by the people over at California Political Maps. Although they could have been a […]

Filed Under: Current Research, Editorial, Redistricting, State Assembly, State Senate, Top Stories Tagged With: Board of Equalization, California, california legislature, State Assembly

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