Jim Miller, The Sacramento Bee

Jim Miller

The Sacramento Bee

Sacramento, CA, United States

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Past articles by Jim:

Election day in Los Angeles

Thirteen candidates are competing to win the 51st Assembly District vacancy created by the congressional election earlier this year of former Assemblyman Jimmy Gomez, D-Los Angeles, on October 3, 2017. → Read More

Labor flexes muscle at California Capitol

California labor unions, who spend millions on lawmakers’ campaigns, had an ambitious agenda in the legislative session that ended early Saturday. → Read More

Latest census stats show a fifth of Californians in poverty

New U.S. Census statistics released Tuesday, September 12, 2017 showed that 20.4 percent of California residents lived in poverty from 2014-2016 under an alternative poverty measurement. → Read More

California opioid use shows regional differences

More than half of Californians used prescription opioids in 2016, Department of Public Health data show. Some parts of the state have much higher usage and overdose rates. → Read More

Sacramento bus, light rail leaders eye transportation sales tax ballot measure

Sacramento transportation officials may try another transportation sales tax ballot measure in 2018, like Measure B, which failed in 2016. They plan on hiring a public relations firm to help. → Read More

Fires, smoke ravage Golden State from L.A. to Oregon border

Dozens of major wildfires continue to burn across California, from Los Angeles to the Oregon border, on Monday, Sept. 4. → Read More

Hate crime, robbery or accident. Why did Ali Khan die?

More than a week Ali Khan was found unconscious in downtown Sacramento early Aug. 27, what caused his fatal major head injuries remains a mystery. → Read More

Ponderosa Fire evacuation orders lifted

Authorities on Monday, Sept. 4, 2017 lifted evacuation orders and warnings for the Ponderosa Fire in Butte County. → Read More

National Guard calls up troops to fight fires

The California National Guard announced Monday, Sept. 4, 2017 that it was calling up hundreds of soldiers to help battle more than two-dozen fires around the state. → Read More

Want to stop businesses from tracking your Internet searches? You may get to vote on it

Filed Sept. 1, 2017, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 would allow consumers to opt out of business data collection efforts and require businesses to show them what they have collected. → Read More

Many California schools failing to prepare for active shooters

State and local school officials are doing a poor job ensuring California schools produce safety plans, according to an Aug. 31, 2017, report by the Bureau of State Audits. Many districts don’t include active shooter scenarios in their plans. → Read More

Pigs, calves could join chickens on California’s cage-free list

On Aug. 29, 2017, the Humane Society of the U.S. and allied groups filed a ballot measure that would require more space for farm animals and ban → Read More

California mushroom legalization ballot measure filed

A Monterey County man wants to qualify a November 2018 ballot measure to legalize mushrooms containing psilocybin, which causes hallucinations. → Read More

Hillary Clinton to speak at Mondavi Center

Democrat Hillary Clinton, who unsuccessfully ran for president in 2016, is scheduled to stop at UC Davis’ Mondavi Center as part of her “Hillary Clinton Live” book tour in the U.S. and Canada. → Read More

Backers demand CA approved school bonds be used

California school officials held a news conference Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017, to complain that the state is moving too slowly to sell any of the $9 billion in borrowing authorized by Proposition 51 on last fall’s ballot. → Read More

New car sales vary by California region

Vehicle registration data show that new car buyers in San Francisco and Los Angeles really liked the Honda Civic in 2016, while pickup trucks were the top choices in Bakersfield and the state’s far northern reaches. → Read More

Democrats push another bill to change California election rules in their favor

A bill that would preserve changes to state election law to help state Sen. Josh Newman, D-Fullerton, has been introduced. Election officials say recall proponents have turned in enough valid voter signatures to qualify. → Read More

Calexit III? New ballot measure plots another route to California independence

A new California ballot measure was filed Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017 that would seek a new constitutional convention. The current U.S. Constitution was written in 1787 and the world “has changed dramatically” since then. → Read More

More voters than eligible adults? Group makes dubious claim about California

Judicial Watch, a Washington, D.C. group, sent a letter Aug. 1, 2017 to Secretary of State Alex Padilla, telling him to crack down on counties that have more total registered voters than people eligible to vote. The claim is misleading. → Read More

More voters than eligible adults? Group makes dubious claim about California

Judicial Watch, a Washington, D.C. group, sent a letter Aug. 1, 2017 to Secretary of State Alex Padilla, telling him to crack down on counties that have more total registered voters than people eligible to vote. The claim is misleading. → Read More