Graduation season is always a bittersweet time for me. It serves as a reminder of all that I’ve accomplished and...
California’s public transit systems say they are facing a “fiscal cliff” as ridership continues to lag behind pre-pandemic levels and federal emergency aid expires. If the state doesn’t...
A little more than two weeks remain before the June 15 constitutional deadline for enacting a 2023-24 state budget. It’s as certain as anything in politics...
Gov. Gavin Newsom is a self-appointed crusader against the social and educational policies of red states, particularly Florida, describing their governors as repressive authoritarians. Just a few...
Gavin Newsom is fond of proclaiming “big hairy audacious goals,” having borrowed the term from a book on successful corporate leadership. However, he has not been particularly...
A far-reaching study by Navy researchers has found what advocates for veterans have been saying all along as suicide rates have dramatically climbed — exposure to...
The United States’ debt ceiling crisis is, once again, provoking the usual commentary about the country’s presumed dysfunction. But the truth is that this unprovoked madness, causing self-inflicted wounds, is...
If California wants to curb poverty, its local governments must become richer. That’s one lesson from Stockton’s recent history, as recounted by Stanford Law School professor...
One thing that taxpayers and politicians agree on practically everywhere is that more money should be spent on children’s education. This seems like a no-brainer: better...
Whither Dianne Feinstein? Feinstein, a fixture of California politics for more than a half-century and a U.S. senator for three decades, recently returned to the Capitol after a...