Taking a page from gubernatorial candidate and fellow Republican Meg Whitman, Carly Fiorina is considering the political consequences of being silent toward California Hispanics.  In her Senate campaign against Barbara Boxer, Fiorina is strategically courting the Hispanic vote through a specially developed campaign. 

In a flurry of other controversial rulings Monday, the Supreme Court overturned a Chicago gun ban as unconstitutional in the now landmark decision, McDonald v. Chicago. In doing so, the nation's highest court took the unprecedented step of "incorporating" the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms.

“Making Ends Meet,” a report released by the California Budget Project (CBP) on June 24 estimates that a family of four with two working parents in California needs an annual income of $75,000 to cover basic needs. 

Meg Whitman and Jerry Brown have begun their fight in earnest.  The combatants are predictable, and the strategies well-worn - perhaps even more so than in previous races, given who the main leaders are.

Despite the monetary promise of increased state and local revenues, and lowered costs for an already strained justice system, the Tax Cannabis Act still has some Californians worried.