Sooner or later, the state Supreme Court must clear up a legal ambiguity it created over how many votes are needed to enact local tax increases....
To the denizens of the state Capitol, the onset of the holiday season also marks the beginning of the state budget cycle. Gov. Gavin Newsom and...
The very rapid decline of California’s Republican Party — from near-dominance in the 1980s and early 1990s to its current irrelevance — has been one of...
It would be interesting to know the precise moment that California Sen. Kamala Harris realized that she would not win the presidency, at least not in...
Remember the children’s fable about the wolf who was attempting to capture and consume the three little pigs? If a pig refused to admit him or come out...
When the state of California licenses professionals, it is telling Californians that they can depend on licensees to perform their services competently, that miscreants will be...
California’s economy has been booming for most of this decade and has generated a cornucopia of tax revenues for state and local governments. The state has...
The Democrats who dominate the state Legislature have developed a very bad habit — legislating by whim. If they take a dislike to something or someone,...
The latest developments in California’s housing crisis are, as usual, mixed. In September, according to the Legislature’s budget analyst, permits for 10,580 new housing units were issued,...
Former state legislator Ted Lempert is personally and professionally committed to improving the wellbeing of California’s children. Lempert, the president of Children Now, has tirelessly advocated...
