The Capitol is agog about Gov. Gavin Newsom’s declaration that California will have a nearly $100 billion budget surplus. “You’ve never seen a number like...
Democrats occupy three-quarters of the seats in both houses of the state Legislature and are likely to add a few more to their superdooper majorities...
Democrats have super-dooper majorities in both houses of the California Legislature, which means its few Republican members are completely irrelevant. However, the Capitol still seethes...
As California’s governor and legislators go through the annual ritual of fashioning a state budget, they must contend with three uber-complex, voter-approved directives that largely...
Earlier this year, it seemed possible that California voters would face the bewildering civic task of choosing which of four competing measures to legalize sports...
The truly astonishing tax revenue numbers cited by Gov. Gavin Newsom last week as he unveiled a revised state budget bring to mind an old adage: “The...
The nation’s two hottest political issues in this election year are inflation and abortion. The sharp spike in gasoline prices and other costs of living...
Gov. Gavin Newsom and the California Air Resources Board publicly boasted last week about making great strides toward eliminating fossil fuels and their greenhouse gases....
California’s 400 cities have reacted in myriad ways to pressure from the state to encourage housing construction. Some – very few, really – have enthusiastically...
California voters will receive their mail ballots for the June 7 primary election this week and most will be surprised to learn that there are 25...
