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When California voters approved Proposition 13 in 1978, they forced a massive change in
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A union-backed proposal to tax California’s billionaires to fund health care has
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Five gubernatorial candidates met at a recent debate hosted
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Watt Avenue is one of several Sacramento County streets named for famous inventors, in
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California Republicans have an unusual shot of claiming an upset victory in the governor’
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Gavin Newsom’s management of California’s government has certainly been less than stellar.
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Rules governing elections are generating novel possible outcomes in the races for California’s
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Nine months into the 2025-26 fiscal year, state tax revenues are running several billion
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Gavin Newsom loves to brag about his accomplishments as governor — a syndrome that sometimes
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César Chávez, the legendary California farm-labor
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Two years ago, a hotly contested law imposing a $20-per-hour minimum wage on franchised
