Politics

Progressives Democratic Club adds North County meetings

Regional meetings intended to provide more local engagement —The SLO County Progressives Democratic Club announced that meetings will now be held in both North County Full Article

Atascadero City Clerk Marcia Torgerson retires

Lara Christensen appointed to the position –The City of Atascadero is announcing the resignation of Marcia McClure Torgerson from the position she has held Full Article

Congressman Carbajal introduces legislation to ban offshore drilling

‘California Clean Coast Act’ would ban all future offshore drilling on the Central Coast –Last week, Congressman Salud Carbajal (D-Santa Barbara) held a press conference Full Article

Rep. Carbajal releases statement on Trump’s border wall executive action

‘Not a strategic investment our national security’ –Today, Rep. Salud Carbajal released the following statement on Donald Trump’s latest Executive Orders on immigration: President Trump’s Full Article

Congressman Carbajal appointed to House Committee on Budget

Appointment announced as house approves Affordable Care Act reconciliation process –Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-Calif.) has announced his appointment to the House Committee on Budget. The Full Article

Salud Carbajal sworn into congress

Carbajal will be representing California’s 24th Congressional District –On Tuesday, Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-CA) was sworn into serve his first term in the 115th Congress Full Article

Letter: A contrarian view of President-elect Trump’s actions on foreign affairs

To the editor, –The conventional wisdom in the media and the establishment is that Trump is out of control on foreign policy actions as president-elect. Full Article

Tom O’Malley wins third term as Atascadero mayor

–Tom O’Malley, the current mayor of Atascadero, was re-elected for a third term according to unofficial election results. O’Malley received 60.73-percent of the vote, with Full Article

Fonzi and Bourbeau elected to Atascadero City Council

–Incumbent Roberta Fonzi was re-elected to her seat on Atascadero City Council tuesday, with 38.1-percent of the vote. Planning Commisioner Charles Bourbeau won the Full Article

Jordan Cunningham wins local Assembly race

–Templeton attorney Jordan Cunningham, a Republican, on Tuesday night won the race for 35th District State Assembly. He beat Democrat Dawn Ortiz-Legg in a hotly Full Article