Southwestern Community College (SWC), located in Chula Vista, has experienced rough times in the past. The college's governing board was affiliated with corruption leading up to the end of 2010. Since then, the Southwestern College board has been trying to move in the right direction.
(California) - Proposition 40 is a bizarrely unimportant proposition. The California electorate changed the process dramatically with Proposition 11 in 2008 and Proposition 20 in 2010. The goal was to mitigate the effects of gerrymandering.
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In California, many Republican candidates running for State and Federal legislative district offices will face an opponent of the same party. Only two congressional districts (CD-8 and CD-31) that encompass portions of Southern California desert regions of Riverside and San Bernardino counties, and Death Valley will see a Republican face a Republican for a House seat.
The rise in gas prices under President Obama has been mentioned often in the past months and the debate has been focused on talking about the United States' energy independence.
But in reality, it would more relevant to talk about energy security which can be defined as the ability of households and businesses to accommodates disruptions of supply in energy markets.
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LA JOLLA - With eleven days remaining before the presidential election, First Lady Michelle Obama visited San Diego this morning to raise last minute campaign funds for the President’s reelection bid. Obama was the guest of honor at a fundraising breakfast at the La Jolla home of Irwin and Joan Jacobs. The private event attracted around 200 people, including a number of local politicians and business leaders.
California's education system will be at the center of the November election as two propositions are addressing the issue of the school funding.
On the one hand you have proposition 30, supported by Governor Brown, will increase funding for schools through two key fundraising provisions: a raise of the state sales tax as well as an increase of the income tax of the three highest income brackets.