Category: California

CA: Scary Robocalls?

The Mercury News cites the “loophole” some in California are using to make political robocalls. Robocalls that come from out-of-state call centers aren’t subject to the rule. The vast majority of campaigns—if not all of them—use that tactic because the agency that oversees telephone communications, the California Public Utilities Commission, can regulate only calls initiated […]

CA: “Big Money”

The “big money” for and against California’s Proposition 8 is the topic of this report. Campaign committees formed to back or battle the amendment were close in fundraising as of Oct. 25, AP’s analysis found. Supporters had raised at least $28.2 million; opponents had taken in $32.3 million, closing a fundraising gap that had them […]