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Presidential Election Reveals Big Shift in California Voting Patterns. Will It Last?

This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. For the last eight months, ever since Donald Trump wa...

Presidential Election Reveals Big Shift in California Voting Patterns. Will It Last?

This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. For the last eight months, ever since Donald Trump wa...

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California Politicians Ignore Ag’s Troubles, but Boost Movie Business

This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. When James Marshall discovered traces of gold in the ...

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This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Historically, the annual process of writing a state b...

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This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. World War II was the most massive military conflict i...

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California’s Deficit Dilemma: Cut Spending, Borrow Money or Raise Taxes?

This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The California Legislature has just a few days to pas...

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Why Did the California Senate Shunt a Cost-Cutting Housing Bill?

This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Last month, RAND, a prominent think tank based in San...

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California Wealth and Poverty

California’s High Living Costs and Rampant Poverty Sharpen Its Economic Divide

This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Forty years ago, I wrote a series of 14 articles for ...

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Gavin Newsom’s Off-the-Mark Budget Numbers Undermine His Credibility Again

This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s revised state budget assume...

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Congress Debates Two Issues With Big CA Implications: EVs, Taxes

This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Four months into Donald Trump‘s second presiden...

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A 22-year-old suspected DUI driver crashed into a parked CHP motorcycle and tow truck on Highway 99 near Fresno, narrowly missing an officer and bystanders, CHP said Saturday, July 5, 2025. (CHP)
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A service member of a drone unit of the 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after King Danylo of the Ukrainian Armed Forces controls a heavy combat drone while it flies over positions of Russian troops, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk Region, Ukraine June 12, 2025. (Reuters File)
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