California is the only state with a ban on public financing for electoral campaigns, although certain charter cities are exempt for local elections.
Proposition 4, one of the 14 propositions that will appear on the ballot for the November midterm elections, would lift this ban if passed.

There’s a lot of guilt associated with spending money on food as a college student, and the great $20 burrito debate of 2026 on X should show us why that’s misguided.

This post was updated Oct. 25 at 7:23 p.m.
A recent judicial ruling now allows the conservative advocacy group Defending Education to freely deadname and misgender UC students under the protection of the First Amendment.

Before I could walk, UCLA was home for me. Every day, my parents dropped me off at the Fernald Child Development Center before they went to work at UCLA.

This post was updated Oct. 25 at 7:19 p.m.
My teacher pinched her fingers in front of her forehead and pointed to “male” on the projector.

The power is in the people’s hands – at least in theory.
California’s proposition system, established in the early 20th century, was designed to give power back to the people amid corporate influence.

This post was updated Oct. 20 at 4:20 p.m.
The Democratic Party is at a crossroads: Should it stay on course with its establishment leadership or push for more socialist ideas?