It is truly amazing – and not in a good way – that California’s politicians cannot grasp a phenomenon that has plagued state finances for years, known as "volatility."
With tax revenues in a free fall comparable to the Great Recession and the dot-com bust, California faces a projected $68 billion budget deficit next year that will require spending
In the minds of most Californians, accessory dwelling units (ADUs) bring to mind words like “small,” “subtle” and “cute.” None of which describe the side-by-side ADU duplexes on E Street.
After months of debate and two postponed votes, California’s utility regulator unanimously voted on Tuesday to overhaul incentives for owners of apartment buildings, schools and businesses that install solar
If any campaign mailers arrived during election season, Renteria’s parents — who are both Latino and worked as warehouse workers in Woodlake, an agricultural town of 7,600 in California’
As forecasts tease California with storms this week, the state’s reservoirs are already flush with water. It’s a big departure from a year ago: The state’s major
Legalizing recreational cannabis in California was supposed to bring illegal growers out of the shadows and into a robust, safe and regulated market. When voters approved Proposition 64 in 2016,
Sooner or later, some California governors wear out their welcome and leave office in clouds of popular disdain. It’s not a universal syndrome. Republican Ronald Reagan maintained his popularity,
Pushing back against the surge of misinformation online, California will now require all K-12 students to learn media literacy skills — such as recognizing fake news and thinking critically about what
By the first COVID summer, no one knew who was who. In Nigeria, an oil company IT engineer was allegedly filing for unemployment in California and 16 other states with
April 20, 2020: Nine phone calls. The next week, another six calls from 28-year-old Shane Balogh’s cellphone to California’s jammed unemployment lines. One more in May. Another 22
Five years, $1.2 billion. And a new model for government contracting in the tech-challenged home state of Silicon Valley.That is what California officials say it will take to
