Colorado is just this close to getting a new election system. Not a reform of the current system. Not a “more of the same” system with a tweak or two. An entirely brand-spanking-new system that would ...

A ballot measure to partially dismantle California’s longtime system of tying property taxes to the last sales price trailed Wednesday but the outcome remained uncertain.No votes on Proposition 15 ...

SACRAMENTO — Proposition 15 is arguably the most significant state measure on the Nov. 3 ballot. And that’s saying a lot because Californians will be voting on several very significant measures. With ...

Prop. 131 would significantly change how Colorado’s primary and general elections are conducted for many offices. It would replace single-party primaries with “all-candidate” primaries. It would also ...

With the explosion of fentanyl and other powerful opioids, drug overdoses have become the leading cause of death for Californians aged 15-44. By supporting Proposition 36 on the November ballot, ...

For nine years, I begged Alameda County agencies to give my intermittently homeless and schizophrenic ward the care she needed to stay alive and well. Last September, some 12 years after I became her ...

Most of us have been told since childhood that a bedrock principle of justice in our free society is that a person is innocent and cannot be deprived of freedom until proven guilty. That may be true ...

As a public defender, community organizer, and retired judge/former Independent Police Auditor we care deeply about justice in the courts. It is easy to agree that our current cash bail system has ...

SAN DIEGO — In March, California voters will head to the polls to decide whether to overhaul the state's mental health system. Proposition 1 would not only create new housing options for those who are ...