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How California’s New Fixed Utility Charge Got Its Sneaky Start in the Legislature

I received and paid my monthly electric bill from the Sacramento Municipal Utility District the other day. Dan Walters CalMatters Opinion ...

How California’s New Fixed Utility Charge Got Its Sneaky Start in the Legislature

I received and paid my monthly electric bill from the Sacramento Municipal Utility District the other day. Dan Walters CalMatters Opinion ...

Opinion

/ 18 hours ago

Will California Supreme Court Knock Anti-Tax Measure Off the November Ballot?

When California’s voters 46 years ago passed Proposition 13, its iconic property tax limit, they ignited a perpetual conflict over how much ...

Opinion

/ 6 days ago

Politicians Keep Shifting Blame as California’s Homelessness Crisis Worsens

Over the last half-decade, state government has spent about $24 billion to ameliorate California’s worst-in-the-nation homelessness crisis. ...

Opinion

/ 1 week ago

CA Restaurants Shouldn’t Be Shocked That ‘Junk Fees’ Ban Applies to Them

Last Friday, a friend and I met at a chain restaurant in Sacramento for our customary weekly lunch. Both of us ordered $16 plates of Mexican...

Opinion

/ 1 week ago

After Losing Population in Recent Years, California Grows Again. Is That a Good Thing?

After Jerry Brown became governor of California for the first time nearly a half-century ago, he declared that the state had entered “an era...

Opinion

/ 2 weeks ago

Lagging Revenue Drives California Budget Deficit as Deadline Nears

As the June 15 constitutional deadline for enacting a 2024-25 state budget approaches, the good news for Gov. Gavin Newsom is that all-impor...

Opinion

/ 2 weeks ago

New Battlegrounds Emerge in California’s Political Guerrilla War Over Housing

At least once a month a new front opens in California’s political guerrilla war between state and local officials over housing. Dan Walter...

Housing

/ 2 weeks ago

As California Cracks Down on Groundwater, What Happens to Fallowed Farmland?

A couple of weeks ago, the California Water Resources Control Board put five agricultural water agencies in Kings County on probation for fa...

Opinion

/ 2 weeks ago

California Charter School Battles Intensify as Education Finances Get Squeezed

California’s public schools, with nearly 6 million students, are feeling the financial impacts of a quintuple whammy. Dan Walters CalMatte...

Opinion

/ 3 weeks ago

Key Questions About CA Budget Deficit Unanswered as Deadlines Loom

The must-follow website this month among California’s politicians, bureaucrats, and interest group lobbyists is the “California Personal Inc...

Opinion

/ 3 weeks ago

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Jewish Lobby Presses California Lawmakers to Combat Antisemitism

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Opinion: How Urban Renewal Ruined Everything

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California Wine Squeezed Dry: Insiders Say It’s Time to Pull up Acreage

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Alabama Mercedes Employees Overwhelmingly Vote Against Joining Union, Slowing UAW Effort in South

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Stock Market Today: Dow Finishes Above 40,000 to Cap Wall Street’s Latest Winning Week

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Where Do State Lawmakers Stand on War in Gaza, Campus Protests?

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High-Speed Rail Now Working to Extend Valley Line to 171 Miles

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Beautify Fresno Combines Dog Adoption, Litter Removal in Unique Saturday Event

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Chip Foose: Maestro of Metal, Magic, Mind-Blowing Machines

Housing /

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Innovative Foster Youth Housing on Fast Track to Opening in Fresno

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Wired Wednesday: Will Legislature Fund ‘Sober Beds’ for California’s Homeless People?

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Forget Everything You’ve Seen in the Movies About Rattlesnake Bites

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4 days ago

Jewish Lobby Presses California Lawmakers to Combat Antisemitism

Opinion: How Urban Renewal Ruined Everything

Alabama Mercedes Employees Overwhelmingly Vote Against Joining Union, Slowing UAW Effort in South

Stock Market Today: Dow Finishes Above 40,000 to Cap Wall Street’s Latest Winning Week

Bulldogs’ Gilmore Named MW Softball Pitcher of the Year

The Latest | Dozens of Israeli Protesters Attack a Truck in an Apparent Effort to Block Gaza Aid

Computer Science, History Students Selected for Fresno State’s Highest Academic Honors

Some UC Regents Sit Down with Pro-Palestinian Protesters at UC Merced

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Psychedelic Therapy and Workers’ Rights Bills Fail to Advance in California’s Tough Budget Year

How California’s New Fixed Utility Charge Got Its Sneaky Start in the Legislature

How California’s New Fixed Utility Charge Got Its Sneaky Start in the Legislature

/ 18 hours ago

Will California Supreme Court Knock Anti-Tax Measure Off the November Ballot?

/ 6 days ago

Politicians Keep Shifting Blame as California’s Homelessness Crisis Worsens

/ 1 week ago

CA Restaurants Shouldn’t Be Shocked That ‘Junk Fees’ Ban Applies to Them

/ 1 week ago

After Losing Population in Recent Years, California Grows Again. Is That a Good Thing?

/ 2 weeks ago

Lagging Revenue Drives California Budget Deficit as Deadline Nears

/ 2 weeks ago

New Battlegrounds Emerge in California’s Political Guerrilla War Over Housing

/ 2 weeks ago

As California Cracks Down on Groundwater, What Happens to Fallowed Farmland?

/ 2 weeks ago

California Charter School Battles Intensify as Education Finances Get Squeezed

/ 3 weeks ago

Key Questions About CA Budget Deficit Unanswered as Deadlines Loom

/ 3 weeks ago

Jewish Lobby Presses California Lawmakers to Combat Antisemitism

Opinion: How Urban Renewal Ruined Everything

California Wine Squeezed Dry: Insiders Say It’s Time to Pull up Acreage

Alabama Mercedes Employees Overwhelmingly Vote Against Joining Union, Slowing UAW Effort in South

Stock Market Today: Dow Finishes Above 40,000 to Cap Wall Street’s Latest Winning Week

Where Do State Lawmakers Stand on War in Gaza, Campus Protests?

High-Speed Rail Now Working to Extend Valley Line to 171 Miles

Beautify Fresno Combines Dog Adoption, Litter Removal in Unique Saturday Event

Chip Foose: Maestro of Metal, Magic, Mind-Blowing Machines

Innovative Foster Youth Housing on Fast Track to Opening in Fresno

Wired Wednesday: Will Legislature Fund ‘Sober Beds’ for California’s Homeless People?

Forget Everything You’ve Seen in the Movies About Rattlesnake Bites

What Drove Fowler City Manager to Surprise Resignation?

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