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A Guide to the Five Complex, Conflicting, Confusing State Ballot Tax Measures
Breaking down the overlapping, intersecting and sometimes contradictory policies proposed in Props. 3, 40, 41, 42 and 43, amid the 14 items California…
 • Jerry Roberts
Watch: LAT Star Mark Barabak Breaks Down Midterms State of Play - Dems Look Solid to Win House, Puncher’s Chance to Take Senate
California’s top political columnist returns to Newsmakers TV for in-depth and detailed analysis of how Iran war and Trump’s unpopularity triggered a…
 • Jerry Roberts
Ballot Measure to Roll Back Approval for State St. Plan Roils SB Election Campaign; New Power Rankings
Foes of referendum effort raise the stakes with aggressive confrontations with those hired by the campaign to gather signatures to put measure on the…
 • Jerry Roberts
This Just In: Indivisible SB Releases Details on Pre-Election Rally for Election Integrity
With Trump’s polling numbers collapsing, and Democratic chances of winning the House and Senate growing, pro-democracy forces are organizing against the…
 • Jerry Roberts
28 Days to Go: Here’s the SB Newsmakers Complete Consumer Guide to City Election
For voters who want to do their own research, a comprehensive set of one-on-one interviews, face-to-face forums and debates, news and commentary…
 • Jerry Roberts
Ask the Mayor: Randy Rowse Says State St. Referendum Shows “Our Representative System Has Failed Badly” in City of SB
In a new appearance on Newsmakers TV, the outgoing mayor takes on recent conflicts over rent control and downtown, and blames Trump and local partisan…
 • Jerry Roberts
Watch: Gregg Hart Explains New Measure to Impede Trump’s Offshore Oil Grab; Props. 40, 41, 42 Demystified
Assembly member and Santa Barbara Explainer-in-Chief breaks down the confounding complexities of dueling initiatives over a billionaires tax and…
 • Jerry Roberts
The Dyslexia Dilemma: Seeing, Believing and Calling it What it Is
To mark Dyslexia Awareness Month, Newsmakers’ education correspondent offers some reflections on the struggles of the one-in-five people living with the…

September 2026

Something Rotten at City Hall: How District Elections Skewed Big Vote on Rent Control; Winners & Losers
A bare majority of Santa Barbara’s City Council passed the most sweeping economic measure in a decade, amid high drama that generated Newsmakers hot…
 • Jerry Roberts
New Reports: Eric Holds Big Fundraising Lead Over Kristen in Mayor’s Race; Dem Council Favorites Lead Cash Dash in Districts
Six weeks before the election, new campaign reports present a picture of how candidates in each race are positioned financially to communicate with…
 • Jerry Roberts
Watch: A City Hall Brawl Between Allies Over Rent Control Heats Up Races for SB Mayor, Council
Newsmakers TV’s All-Star Panel of Top Local Journalists unpacks the latest fight over rent stabilization - and analyzes how it impacts the contests to…
 • Jerry Roberts
Watch: SB Council D6 Candidates Debate in a Race Shaped as Gabe vs. The Pack; Power Rankings!
With rent control a defining issue, Escobedo is the only wannabe favoring more regulation of rents, as a trio of rivals clog the political lane of those…
 • Jerry Roberts
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