California has an overabundance of crises that could be fairly described as existential. We have critical shortages of water, electrical power, and housing, our homelessness and...
When politicians or the media use the term “pork,” they refer to spending taxpayers’ money on projects that benefit a particular person or interest group. In...
While it’s not yet formal policy, those who manage California’s vast water system are edging toward a historic reallocation of the state’s shrinking supply that...
California must ramp up housing construction to reduce the ever-widening gap between supply and demand and ease the high shelter costs that drive families into...
As the inimitable Yogi Berra once said, it’s déjà vu all over again. As gasoline prices spiked last week, Gov. Gavin Newsom denounced oil companies and called...
California once had a history of epic political and legal battles over redrawing legislative and congressional districts after each decennial census. The Legislature, dominated then...
During its just-closed biennial session, the California Legislature passed — and Gov. Gavin Newsom signed — dozens of bills aimed at relieving the state’s acute...
An ambitious member of the state Assembly declares that he has enough votes to become speaker and demands that the incumbent step down. The current...
Last week, Gov. Gavin Newsom closed the books on the Legislature’s 2022 session by signing hundreds of bills. Taken as a whole, the state budget passed...
Gov. Gavin Newsom continues to insist that he has “sub-zero interest” in running for president should Joe Biden decide against a second term. However, Newsom...
