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March 11, 2013 By Alex Vassar Leave a Comment

California’s New-Found Love of Unmanned Aircraft

Amid all the debate over the role of drones in the U.S. military, these pilotless aircraft are getting a lot of love from California legislators. Less than six months into the new legislative session, four bills relating to drones (described officially as “unmanned aircraft systems” by the attorneys at the Legislative Counsel Bureau) have been […]

Filed Under: Current Research, Editorial, Legislation, Political Parties, State Assembly, State Senate, Top Stories Tagged With: Alex Padilla, Assemblyman, california legislature, drones, Jeff Gorell, manufacturing, military technology, Steve Fox

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

February 27, 2013 By Alex Vassar Leave a Comment

Handwriting Analysis: California Legislators

Having recently read a couple articles on handwriting analysis (like this one, this one, and this one), I was pleasantly surprised to see the recent release of a February 19th letter from several state legislators to the Franchise Tax Board that included the signatures of most of the new class of legislators. As you take […]

Filed Under: 2012 Election, Current Research, Editorial, State Assembly, State Senate, Top Stories Tagged With: Assemblyman, California, california legislature, handwriting, handwriting analysis, signatures

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