Jake Gotta
Social Media Host and ReporterJake Gotta is a social media host and reporter for KPBS. His focus on social media helps reach new audiences and with Public Matters, he creates content that shares stories on politics and governance, discusses important issues and informs the public on how they can get involved.
Jake has been a reporter covering local and state issues in Southern California for five years as an independent journalist and with the Long Beach Post, Long Beach Watchdog, and ABC 10News (KGTV).
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The local ACLU said the automated license plate readers violate constitutional privacy rights. -
City and county leaders are engaged in a bipartisan push for SANDAG to move faster on the airport transit connection or risk losing hundreds of millions in funding. -
Primary sources of distrust include redistricting, threats of ICE at polls, and President Donald Trump’s repeated claims of election fraud. -
State Sen. Catherine Blakespear included a line in the state’s budget implementation bill would prevent the city from removing or modifying the bike lane for five years. -
Council President Joe LaCava and Councilmember Raul Campillo have introduced an ordinance to permanently ban paid parking in city-owned lots at the beaches. They could be leaving millions of dollars on the table. -
The regional planning agency is building several Complete Streets projects in the North Park and Mid-City areas.
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City leaders held a press conference on Monday to celebrate the milestone number of roadway lanes repaved through their in-house team -
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco received 49% of the vote, while Trump's pick, former Fox News Host Steve Hilton, got 44%. The remaining delegates voted to not endorse either candidate. -
A record 94,000 people participated in 21 separate "No Kings" protests in San Diego County on Saturday, organizers said on Monday.
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- Number of SDSU football players with mumps continues to rise
- City threatens to cut ties with Gaslamp Quarter Association over alleged involvement with illegal Comic-Con ad
- Latest challenge to controversial Emerald Hills development alleges racial discrimination