Support Grows For Leland Yee’s SF Mayoral Campaign
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – The San Francisco mayoral race is heating up as candidates look to get a step ahead of their rivals before the November election. Early polls show that state Senator Leland Yee...
View ArticleCalifornia Pot Bill Gaining Support For 2012 Ballot
SACRAMENTO (KCBS) – Recreational marijuana advocates are once again ready to try to win the support of California voters. The secretary of state’s office has cleared supporters of legalizing...
View ArticleSan Jose Pot Growers Fight For Referendum On Dispensary Closures
SAN JOSE (KCBS) –Medical marijuana dispensary owners in San Jose are pinning their collective hopes on a referendum against a new city ordinance that requires 130 of 140 clubs in the city to close...
View ArticleCampaign To Recall Oakland Mayor Quan Begins Gathering Signatures
OAKLAND (KCBS) – Members of the campaign to have Oakland Mayor Jean Quan recalled have started their petition drive by gathering signatures on Tuesday. The group set up in front of the Lakeshore Avenue...
View ArticleCalifornia Ballot Could Be Crowded With Tax-Hike Plans
SACRAMENTO (CBS/AP) – It appears increasingly likely that Gov. Jerry Brown will have competition in November when he asks California voters to raise taxes as a way to stabilize the state’s perpetually...
View ArticleSF Protestors Demand Apple Improve Factory Conditions
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – Petitions were delivered to Apple stores in San Francisco and other cities around the world Thursday calling on the tech giant to do more to improve working conditions at its...
View ArticleNovember Vote Appears Likely On Future Of California Executions
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – Opponents of capital punishment announced Thursday that they have gathered nearly 800,000 signatures for a November ballot initiative that would repeal the death penalty in...
View ArticleBlunder Could Leave San Jose Library Measure Off The November Ballot
SAN JOSE (KCBS) – A major blunder by the San Jose City Clerk’s Office could derail plans to put a controversial library initiative on the November ballot. San Jose City Clerk Dennis Hawkins said he...
View ArticleSF Waterfront Development Opponents Work To Overturn Board’s Approval
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – A coalition of neighborhood groups and environmentalists announced Thursday that they have gathered more than 31,000 signatures to get a referendum on the ballot to limit the...
View ArticleGay Boy Scout From Moraga Delivers Petitions, Seeks Reinstatement
PLEASANT HILL (KCBS) – A former Boy Scout from Moraga is pushing forward to get reinstated to the Boy Scouts, after being kicked out of the organization for coming out as gay. 18-year-old Ryan Andresen...
View ArticlePlan To Split California Into Six States Gets OK To Gather Signatures
SACRAMENTO (CBS SF) – Supporters of a plan to divide California into six sates can begin collecting signatures to get the proposal on the ballot. Secretary of State Debra Bowen announced that the...
View ArticlePlan To Kill California High-Speed Rail Project Clears 1st Hurdle To Landing...
SACRAMENTO (CBS SF) – Secretary of State Debra Bowen announced Tuesday that backers of a plan to end the California high-speed rail project had the green light to begin collecting signatures in an...
View ArticleHundreds Of Fired-Up SJ Medical Pot Backers Expected At Rally To Keep Clubs Open
SAN JOSE (CBS SF) – Cannabis clubs in San Jose are collecting signatures and handing out new medical pot cards in hopes of preventing the closure of dozens of dispensaries. Hundreds of people are...
View ArticleChallenge To San Jose’s New Pot Club Ordinance Struggling To Gather Needed...
SAN JOSE (KCBS) – Time is running out in San Jose for opponents of a new pot club ordinance to get a referendum on the ballot. Medical marijuana collectives have until July 18 to turn in 66,000 valid...
View ArticleControversy Grows Over Signature Drive Using ‘Bullying’ Tactics To Overturn...
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — The controversy over the push to overturn Oakland’s $1 billion garbage contract is growing, with signature gatherers accused of missing the facts. Waste Management canvassers...
View ArticleCA Plastic Bag Makers Want To Overturn Ban; Submit Signatures To Put...
SACRAMENTO (CBS/AP) — Business groups trying to overturn a new California law that bans single-use plastic bags say they’ve collected more than enough signatures to put their referendum on the November...
View ArticleEnough Signatures Gathered To Put Referendum On California’s Plastic-Bag Ban...
SACRAMENTO (CBS SF) — The secretary of state’s office says a referendum seeking to repeal California’s statewide ban on plastic bags has qualified for the November 2016 ballot. Bill Mabie, chief deputy...
View ArticleRichmond Rent Control Opponents Gather Enough Signatures To Block Measure
RICHMOND (CBS SF) — Richmond’s rent control and just cause for eviction policy has been officially suspended after enough signatures on a petition blocking it were ruled valid, according to the City...
View ArticleGov. Gavin Newsom Recall Supporters ‘Halfway There’ In Reaching Goal Of 1.5...
SACRAMENTO (KPIX 5) – The most recent effort to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom says it’s making progress towards its signature goals, with months to go. “The recall is halfway there,” says Orrin Heatlie of...
View ArticlePlan To Let CA Politicians See Names On Recall Petitions Won’t Move Forward
SACRAMENTO (AP) — A proposal to let California politicians targeted by recall efforts see who signed petitions to oust them will not move forward this year. State Sen. Josh Newman, a Democrat, said...
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