US Congress
John Garamendi is a Democratic Congressman for California's 3rd District. He is a former lieutenant governor of California, former chair of the Califoria State Lands Commission, former State Insurance Commissioner and former state legislator. He also served in the Department of the Interior during the Clinton Administration.
Oroville Dam: A cautionary tale It's not just the Oroville Dam. Many of California's other dams, levees and pipelines are in big trouble.
What's the Real Truth about the War in Afghanistan? On Sunday, the New York Times interviewed Lt. Col. Daniel Davis, who also published an article in the well-regarded Armed Forces Journal .
California Takes Another Look at Offshore Oil Drilling Since the Santa Barbara oil spill of 1969, offshore drilling has been anathema to most Californians, including the environmentally-minded Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. But now the Governor is behind a proposal to allow a Texas company to slant drill from a platform in federal waters to a field inside California’s three-mile limit.
The Candidates for Lieutenant Governor California's Lieutenant Governor takes over when the Governor dies or leaves office and breaks ties in the Senate. Neither of those things has happened for decades, but two political veterans--Democrat John Garamendi and Republican Tom McClintock --are campaigning hard for the job. Garamendi, state Insurance Commissioner who held the job…
What are charter schools? LAUSD teachers were picket lines for a second day Tuesday. And this morning the teachers union organized a march to the California Charter Schools Association office downtown, to draw attention to their criticisms of local charter schools. But what are charter schools anyway?
Belly up to the Barr Bill Barr is set to reprise his role as Attorney General, but this time for the Trump administration. Why would he want the job now?
