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 […]
Assemblyman Ferrell
An email from Brian Ebbert of the Assembly Chief Clerk’s office shed light on something we had missed before: The Rev. F. Douglas Ferrell, who represented Los Angeles as an Assemblyman for two terms, has died. Actually, Ferrell died in 1982, but our research (which initially focused on the 1850s and has been working towards […]
Two Candidates Drop Out
Two candidates appearing on the November ballot have dropped out of their races in the last week; In Assembly District 69, Republican Jose Moreno has withdrawn from his race after learning that his candidacy was a violation of the federal Hatch Act. “The Hatch Act restricts the political activity of individuals principally employed by state or […]