Voters have ousted Chesa Boudin (D) as San Francisco’s district attorney. Unlike California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s recent recall election, Boudin didn’t face any opponents. On June 7, San Francisco voters were simply asked to answer yes or no to the question, “Shall Chesa Boudin be recalled (removed) from the Office of District Attorney?” With more…
San Francisco Voters Oust Progressive District Attorney in Recall Election
San Francisco Voters Oust Progressive Prosecutor in Recall Vote
Voters have ousted Chesa Boudin (D) as San Francisco’s district attorney. Unlike California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s recent recall election, Boudin didn’t face any opponents. On June 7, San Francisco voters were simply asked to answer yes or no to the question, “Shall Chesa Boudin be recalled (removed) from the Office of District Attorney?” With more…
San Francisco Voters Oust Progressive Prosecutor in Recall Election
Voters have ousted Chesa Boudin (D) as San Francisco’s district attorney. Unlike California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s recent recall election, Boudin didn’t face any opponents. On June 7, San Francisco voters were simply asked to answer yes or no to the question, “Shall Chesa Boudin be recalled (removed) from the Office of District Attorney?” With more…
Newsom Wins Primary, to Face Republican Dahle in California’s Gubernatorial Race
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) won the June 7 state primary election securing himself a spot on the Nov. 8 ballot, as expected. Newsom won 52.5 percent percent of the vote in the nonpartisan primary followed by State Sen. Brian Dahle (R) with approximately 16.5 percent. In California’s jungle primary system only the top-two candidates,…
California Voters Head to the Polls: 2022 Primary
The 2022 primary elections are underway, and many are eagerly casting their votes at their local polling stations in California. California’s two-party system allows for the top two contenders in the primaries to advance to the general election on Nov. 8. However, if a candidate receives 50 percent of the vote or more during the…
California Officials Call for Funding to Train More Asian-Language Teachers
State legislators joined a June 6 news briefing, addressing what they call an accredited ethnic language teacher shortage in California, and calling on the state to fix it with a one-time $5 million funding package. The funding is intended to support California State Universities’ (CSU) Asian Bilingual Teacher Education Program Consortium, a multi-campus effort to…
‘Pawns’ for Beijing: CCP Pressures US Officials to Tilt Policies in China’s Favor
It was late February 2020, as the pandemic was heating up in the United States, when a request from China caught Wisconsin state senator Roger Roth’s attention. It was an email from Wu Ting, wife of the Chinese consul general in Chicago. Wu wanted Roth to help pass a resolution “in support of China’s fight…
Illegal Immigrant Acquitted of Murder Learns Outcome in Gun Charge Case
The illegal immigrant acquitted of killing a woman in California was sentenced on June 6 to time served on a federal charge. Jose Ines Garcia-Zarate is a Mexican who was deported five times before being accused of killing 32-year-old Kate Steinle in San Francisco on July 1, 2015. Garcia-Zarate has acknowledged firing the shot that…
California Secretary of State Posts Wrong Election Date
California Secretary of State Shirley Weber posted the wrong date of the Tuesday, June 7, state primary election in an email to voters. In the June 6 email, Weber wrote, “Beginning this Saturday, May 28th, early in-person voting is available in Voter’s Choice Act (VCA) counties.” Weber has since issued a correction. “Please disregard my…
88 Arrested, 58 Guns Seized During ‘Largest-Ever’ Gang Takedown in California County
Authorities in Stockton, California, arrested nearly 90 people while also seizing dozens of guns in a massive multi-agency gang takedown targeting violent street gangs and a recent increase in firearm-related activities in the area. Tori Verber Salazar, the district attorney of San Joaquin County, touted the mission, dubbed “Operation Hybrid Havoc,” as the most successful crime…
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