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Will State AG Rob Bonta Jump Into 2026 Race for CA Governor?

California Attorney General Rob Bonta has been busy lately, or so it would seem from the never-ending stream of news releases from the Depar...

Will State AG Rob Bonta Jump Into 2026 Race for CA Governor?

California Attorney General Rob Bonta has been busy lately, or so it would seem from the never-ending stream of news releases from the Depar...

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CA’s High Construction Costs Limit Housing. A Supreme Court Decision Might Help

California’s chronic inability to build enough housing – particularly for low-income families – has many causes, but a big one is its extrem...

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‘Digital Democracy’ Project Penetrates California’s Opaque Political Processes

When I began covering California politics 49 years ago, digital technology was in its infancy and the Capitol ran on paper. Dan Walters Ca...

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While California Politicians Skirmish Over Housing, the Shortage Keeps Growing

The current session of the California Legislature, like all recent sessions, has featured the state’s perpetual conflict over its acute shor...

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Taxes Are on the November Ballot in Monumental CA Showdown

Californians will be coughing up many billions of dollars this month as they file their federal and state income tax returns and pay the sec...

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CA Labor Priorities and Business ‘Job Killers’ on a Collision Course

Dan Walters CalMatters Opinion An annual political ritual was repeated Wednesday when the California Chamber of Commerce released its 2024 ...

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How the Saga of California’s Contentious Income-Based Utility Charge Began

A year ago, California’s three big investor-owned electric power utilities – Pacific Gas & Electric, Southern California Edison and San ...

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Californians Pay High Gas Prices and Gas Taxes Yet Still Have Bad Highways

To state the obvious, California motorists are experiencing one of the state’s periodic spikes in gasoline prices. Dan Walters CalMatters ...

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When Newsom Gives His State of the State, He Should Be Candid About California’s Economy

Gov. Gavin Newsom postponed his annual State of the State address while awaiting the fate of his mental health ballot measure in this month’...

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SoCal’s Huge Logistics Industry Faces Backlash Over Wages and Pollution

â– The logistics industry, which expanded in recent decades, has created hundreds of thousands of jobs. â– Most of these jobs are low-skill and ...

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