Yolo County Local News: Elections & Politics

09/27/2023
GOP leaders and activists will hear Friday from Donald Trump and other presidential candidates before deciding whether to change the party platform on abortion and same-sex marriage.

09/19/2023
The council unanimously voted for the map creating five districts and is scheduled to officially adopt its new election system on Oct. 2. Three councilmembers will live in the same district; if they all decide to run in District 4 next fall, only one can win.

09/14/2023
Unions won major victories this session on pay for fast food and health care workers, benefits for strikers and bargaining rights. Business groups say that labor has too much power at the Capitol.

09/14/2023
But these days, rural Democrats, in Siskiyou especially, feel surrounded by increasingly empowered conspiracy theorists, separatists, and extremists. They sense that grassroots organizing is more important than ever.

09/12/2023
About 5,300 companies would file annual emissions reports. The aim is to hold corporations accountable for the role they play in climate change.

09/11/2023
A bipartisan bill would create a state ombudsperson to intervene when public records requests are denied. But an advocacy group is concerned that it will encourage state agencies to go to court.

09/10/2023
The Legislature is approving lots of significant bills in the final days of the session. But the final call is up to the governor, and he isn’t shy about using his veto pen.

09/08/2023
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., revealed her plans to run for reelection at a breakfast with volunteers in San Francisco. She followed up publicly with an announcement on social media.

09/08/2023
"Shasta County is not our own country," said Tim Garman, a Shasta County supervisor who opposed the hand-counting effort. "We don't get to make all of our own laws.”

09/07/2023
More than 100 people spoke for and against the measure during the six-hour meeting of the Rocklin Unified School Board, which voted to approve a policy requiring teachers to tell parents if their child asks to be identified as a gender other than their assigned sex at birth.

09/01/2023
In rapid-fire votes in suspense file hearings, lawmakers determined the fate of hundreds of bills on crime, transgender students and more.

08/31/2023
Social entrepreneur and grassroots organizer NJ Mvondo is announcing her candidacy for the Yolo County Board of Supervisors’ District 4 seat in the March 2024 primary election.

08/30/2023
The Yolo County Board of Supervisors opened its Aug. 29 meeting with a moment of silence to honor Supervisor Gary Sandy and remember his legacy.

08/30/2023
A small group of activists want California voters to decide whether transgender minors should be allowed to receive puberty blockers, hormone therapy or gender-affirming surgeries.

08/26/2023
The League of Woman Voters Davis Area invites community members to a meeting Sept 20 featuring guest speaker Jesse Salinas, Yolo County’s assessor, clerk/recorder and elections official.

08/23/2023
A press release explains that the council is “an exciting program” aimed at teaching local students to work with elected officials, learn how government works and engage with their community.

08/21/2023
Rep. Mike Thompson and state Assembly Speaker Pro Tem Cecilia Aguiar-Curry are inviting high school students in California’s Fourth Congressional District or Fourth Assembly District to join their Student Leadership Council.

08/18/2023
In an attempt to reduce hurdles for creating housing and infrastructure projects in California, Assembly Speaker Pro Tempore Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, D-Yolo, has been pushing for the passage of Assembly Constitutional Amendment 1 to reduce the local vote threshold for bond approvals and special tax measures.

08/16/2023
Gov. Gavin Newsom wants counties to spend some revenue from California’s so-called “millionaire’s tax” on the state’s homeless crisis. That alarms advocates for programs that are getting that money today.

08/16/2023
Sacramento City Council reps Katie Valenzuela and Caity Maple were among eight people arrested in the Capitol swing space as state workers called for a new contract and higher pay.