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For ‘Hard-to-Count’ California, 2020 Census Poses Huge Challenges and Carries Big Stakes

April 30, 2019

Diego San Luis Ortega was a toddler when his parents brought him to California from Veracruz, Mexico. Now 22 and a “Dreamer” who is protected from deportation under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy, he is a political activist and a community c...

California’s War on Plastic Pollution Targets Tiny Hotel Toiletries

CALmatters

April 24, 2019

Sarah Enemark of Contra Costa County says she doesn’t travel often, but when she does, she typically forgets to bring her own toiletries. So on a recent weekend, chatting outside the bustling lobby of the Hyatt...

‘Federal Government Really Jacked Us’: How Trump’s Tax Cuts Are Working out for Californians

CALmatters

April 13, 2019

For communications professor Jason Jarvis and his wife, Jun, California just got more expensive. The Inglewood couple, who last year paid $16,000 in state and local taxes, were only able to deduct $10,000 of it...

Capitalism Versus the Democratic Party

New York Times

March 11, 2019

John Hickenlooper ought to be a poster child for American capitalism. After being laid off from his job as a geologist during the oil bust of the 1980s, he and his business partners turned an empty warehouse into a thriving brewery. It launched his political c...

llhan Omar’s Criticism Raises Question: Is AIPAC Too Powerful?

New York Times

March 5, 2019

By Sheryl Gay Stolberg WASHINGTON — When Rep. Ilhan Omar landed a coveted seat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Stephen Fiske began working the phones to Capitol Hill. Alarmed by messaging that he ...

Picture of a ledger on a desk. The ledger is titled "California Taxes."

California Supreme Court Throws Cities, Including Fresno, Into Chaos Over Local Taxes

CALmatters

February 19, 2019

The California Supreme Court has some explaining to do. by Ben Christopher CALmatters Late last year, the city of Oakland put a new land parcel tax on the books, after 62 percent of voters turned...

Gov. Gavin Newsom enters the Capitol chamber

AP Fact Check: Newsom Wrong on Illegal Border Crossings

AP News

February 13, 2019

SAN DIEGO — California Gov. Gavin Newsom devoted part of his first State of the State address to attacking President Donald Trump's positions on illegal immigration, declaring, "This border emergency is nothing more than a manufactured crisis and California wi...

Photo of handguns displayed at the Smith & Wesson booth at the Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show in Las Vegas

How California Got Tough on Guns

CALmatters

February 5, 2019

The modern American gun debate began on May 2, 1967, when 30 protesting members of the Black Panther Party marched into the California Capitol with loaded handguns, shotguns and rifles. by Ben Christophe...

Gov. Newsom: Is He Getting Things Done?

CALmatters

January 29, 2019

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Walters: Kamala Harris Grabs for the Brass Ring

Dan Walters, CALmatters Commentary

January 23, 2019

President Kamala Harris? She thinks so, anyway. Opinion Dan Walters CALmatters Commentary Harris made it clear that she will capitalize on her mixed-race heritage – Jamaican and East Indian – to appeal to voters of color in her quest to d...

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For ‘Hard-to-Count’ California, 2020 Census Poses Huge Challenges and Carries Big Stakes

California’s War on Plastic Pollution Targets Tiny Hotel Toiletries

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Capitalism Versus the Democratic Party

llhan Omar’s Criticism Raises Question: Is AIPAC Too Powerful?

California Supreme Court Throws Cities, Including Fresno, Into Chaos Over Local Taxes

AP Fact Check: Newsom Wrong on Illegal Border Crossings

How California Got Tough on Guns

Gov. Newsom: Is He Getting Things Done?

Walters: Kamala Harris Grabs for the Brass Ring