The Trump administration’s attack on California’s ongoing elections is merely one episode in a long and dismal series of efforts to undermine confidence in the integrity of the
The state Capitol is an arena where lobbyists for thousands of interest groups battle over issues that mostly involve money — very often big money. The Legislature and the governor can,
Three decades ago, as the 20th century was winding down, a culture war erupted over the use of human embryos in researching stem cell cures for dreaded diseases.
It was
At a moment when Californians can’t agree on much, we’ve found common ground on something that matters: how the state saves for hard times.
One of us is
This year’s gubernatorial primary illustrated vividly that California needs better ways to fund political campaigns.
Proposition 4, The California Fair Elections Act, is a crucial step in the right
California just moved from talking about AI safety to building concrete oversight.
Last month, Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered faster implementation of independent AI audits and development of a verified “kill
California’s Nov. 3 ballot contains 14 statewide ballot measures and five of them pertain to taxes, including the much-debated Proposition 40, which would tax the wealth of the
Nearly a half-century ago, while addressing a group of high school students, Jerry Brown enunciated his canoe theory of governance.
“The way you have to approach the political process
As Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and Councilmember Nithya Raman vie to become the next mayor of California’s largest city, they are sparring over the wrong issues regarding public
Since the earliest years of its history, California has been a political battlefield over divvying up the state’s water. The intensity of the multisided conflict, like water itself, ebbs
Whether we agree politically, or whether we couldn’t disagree more — your vote is your sacred responsibility and right.
Recently, President Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security claimed to
California politicians — Gov. Gavin Newsom in particular — are fond of portraying their state as an economic powerhouse of global stature.
“We dominate in every category,” Newsom bragged earlier this year,
