The Davis City Council is discussing potential amendments to Measure J/R/D, a voter-approved ordinance that requires citywide elections before agricultural or open space land can be converted to urban use, with the goal of exempting certain types of projects, such as affordable housing, and potentially reducing costs by placing the measure on the November 2026 general election ballot.
Pamela Price, former Alameda County District Attorney, is preparing for a return to the ballot in 2026 after being removed from office in a 2024 recall that she claims was fueled by misinformation and outsized spending by wealthy interests.
The rumored Trump crime bill, which could include tougher sentencing laws, restrictions on cashless bail, and increased funding for law enforcement, is a dangerous power grab that threatens to undo decades of progress on criminal justice reform.
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a challenge to President Trump's birthright citizenship ban, which has been repeatedly blocked by lower courts as unconstitutional, according to the ACLU.