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KSWB Fox 5 Morning News aired a report by Capitol Correspondent Eytan Wallace on the qualification of Assemblymember Carl DeMaio's Voter ID ballot measure for the November 2026 ballot, featuring reaction from both supporters and opponents of the initiative. The segment includes remarks from California Secretary of State Dr. Shirley Weber, who was interviewed at the April 27 Sacramento event co-sponsored by the Institute of Governmental Studies and the UC Student and Policy Center, where IGS Co-Director Eric Schickler presented findings from the April Berkeley IGS Poll on Californians'...

KRON4 Capitol Correspondent Eytan Wallace reported on the qualification of Assemblymember Carl DeMaio's Voter ID ballot measure for the November 2026 ballot, featuring reaction from both supporters and opponents of the initiative. The segment includes remarks from California Secretary of State Dr. Shirley Weber, who was interviewed at the April 27 Sacramento event co-sponsored by the Institute of Governmental Studies and the UC Student and Policy Center, where IGS Co-Director Eric Schickler presented findings from the April Berkeley IGS Poll on Californians' opinions on the state of...

As we digitize local government documents, certain cover designs begin to stand out. Many public documents follow a familiar pattern of cover imagery: text-heavy, highly formal, and primarily functional. However, in many documents produced after the late 1960’s, a different visual approach emerges: Children’s drawings, bright colors, scenes of families and neighborhoods, and other imagery that feel less formal and more approachable.

By the late 1960s, public attitudes...

This week the Institute of Governmental Studies will be conducting another of its periodic polls of the California public about major political and public policy issues facing the state. It is a legitimate non-partisan poll sponsored by the University that is carried out by distributing email invitations via Qualtrics to a carefully constructed random sample of the state’s registered voters. Data collection will continue through Sunday, March 15.

The opinions of all survey participants will remain confidential and not be...