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Billionaire Tom Steyer and PG&E are at war in the California governor’s race

“The Steyer vs. PG&E battle is no surprise: He has promised an adversarial relationship with the company and other investor-owned utilities, capitalizing on the frustration Californians  feel over high electricity prices. Steyer has claimed he can bring down electricity costs by 25% and has vowed to appoint critics of the utilities to the California Public Utilities Commission, among other ideas that have pissed off PG&E. “

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u/The-Traveler- — 6 days ago
▲ 2 r/BakersfieldCalifornia

NO on measure A— it’s being sold as a way to fill Board of Supervisor vacancies, but becoming a charter city leaves us open to years of lawsuits funded by taxpayers. Vote NO.

Kern County voters are being told that Measure A is a narrow, administrative proposal about how to fill vacancies on the Board of Supervisors. But that framing leaves out the larger reality: this measure would fundamentally change Kern County’s governing structure by converting it into a California charter county.

And once that happens, the county could face years of expensive political and legal conflict that taxpayers ultimately would be forced to fund.

Prices on PG&E are going up, the new sewer tax is coming, and we are paying millions on lawsuits already in town because of “mistakes” by local gov employees. Don’t try to sell this charter city stuff to us,

NO on Measure A.

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u/The-Traveler- — 6 days ago
▲ 20 r/Bakersfield

NO on Measure A— it’s being sold as how to fill Board of Supervisor vacancies, but it leaves TAXPAYERS open to years of expensive legal conflict

Kern County voters are being told that Measure A is a narrow, administrative proposal about how to fill vacancies on the Board of Supervisors. But that framing leaves out the larger reality: this measure would fundamentally change Kern County’s governing structure by converting it into a California charter county.

And once that happens, the county could face years of expensive political and legal conflict that taxpayers ultimately would be forced to fund.

Kern County residents deserve stable governance, fiscal responsibility, and transparency — not an open-ended experiment that could expose an already financially strained county to years of costly legal conflict and political uncertainty.

We already have too many County and City lawsuits that we’ll be paying for years. Plus, the sewer tax increase coming in the City, and PG&E rates just went up and we’ll feel the pain of those by summer.

NO on measure A.

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u/The-Traveler- — 6 days ago
▲ 10 r/BakersfieldCalifornia

Teachers, Nurses and Unions just backed Steyer. Plus, PG&E spent millions to badmouth him, so that’s worth my vote for Steyer right there.

Who are you all considering?

u/The-Traveler- — 7 days ago
▲ 2 r/Productivitycafe

In the past, when people asked "What is in the Epstein files?" or "Why are they still redacted?", I would lead with the DOJ's official line—saying things like, "The DOJ is redacting information to protect victim privacy."

That was the mistake.

The actual fact—the one I should have led with—is the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which explicitly says: "No record shall be withheld, delayed, or redacted on the basis of embarrassment, reputational harm, or political sensitivity."

Moving forward, I’m prioritizing the legal mandate over the press release. The fact that 40% of the files are still missing and that the DOJ is under investigation for illegal redactions is more important than any "official" statement they put out to justify it.

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u/The-Traveler- — 7 days ago
▲ 527 r/law

Yes, an Act vs the Constitution. But is this possible ? I Googled this reasoning:

Based on the Supreme Court’s decision on April 29, 2026, in Louisiana v. Callais, which weakened Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA), it is theoretically possible to apply similar legal reasoning against the Electoral College, though the legal context differs significantly.

The arguments used to strike down the Louisiana map, and the corresponding arguments that could be applied to the Electoral College, are centered on the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause.

Here is how the arguments used in the 2026 VRA ruling could be applied to the Electoral College:

Colorblind Constitution Argument: Justice Samuel Alito’s majority opinion emphasized that race-based districting, even for remedial purposes, is generally unconstitutional and that the law must be applied in a colorblind manner. An argument against the Electoral College could posit that the system—specifically the winner-take-all allocation of electors—arbitrarily classifies voters based on their state of residence, violating the "one person, one vote" principle in a way that is just as discriminatory as the maps struck down last week.[unconstitutional, geographic gerrymandering].

Partisan Disenfranchisement/Intentional Discrimination: The 2026 ruling requires proof of intentional discrimination, rather than just discriminatory effects, to strike down a map. Opponents of the Electoral College could argue that the system is intentionally designed to dilute the voting power of individuals in populous states (which are more likely to have higher minority populations) while inflating the power of voters in smaller, less populated states.

Shifting from Group Rights to Individual Rights: The 2026 ruling strengthened the view that voting is an individual right, not a group right, and that "majority-minority" districts should not be automatically privileged. An argument against the Electoral College would focus on the individual citizen's right to have their vote for president counted equally, regardless of which state they live in.

Differences in Context:
While the legal reasoning regarding equal protection could be applied, the constitutional status is different. The VRA is a statute (law passed by Congress), whereas the Electoral College is enshrined in Article II of the U.S. Constitution, making it much harder to invalidate through court ruling alone.

u/The-Traveler- — 12 days ago