Avoiding this site, find me elsewhere as @adjoro | COO at Starling Lab for Data Integrity | Press Rights Chair @LAPressClub | Fan of Signal and PGP | he/him
Jun 13, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Most overlooked story from last week's Los Angeles primary election? This is the % of registered vote won by top candidates (instead of commonly reported % of votes cast). This is all it took to advance.
MAYOR
Caruso = 7.2%
Bass = 6.9%
SHERIFF
Villanueva = 5.3%
Luna = 4.1%
This isn't new. Mayor Villaraigosa was reelected in 2009 with less than 10% of registered voters actually casting a ballot for him. Mayor Garcetti's 2017 landslide with 81% of votes cast was only 12% of registered voters. These numbers dip if you consider ELIGIBLE voters.
Oct 10, 2021 • 22 tweets • 29 min read
Today #SB98 was signed into law, ensuring journalists can cover protests and unlawful assemblies in CA. As a lifelong civics nerd, this was my first trip DEEP in a fascinating legislative process. And you know what? It worked. But only thanks to MANY wonderful people. (thread👇)
#SB98 fixed a legal grey area, extending modest existing protections for press under one part of the law (disaster zones) to another (unlawful assemblies). Sounds simple, but it was an involved & time consuming process for well over 100 people. We affirmed #JournalismIsNotACrime.
