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
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,
California Coastal Cleanup Day returns this September for its 42nd year, and organizers expect the state's largest volunteer event to draw more than 50,000 people to hundreds
One might think — or at least hope — that scientific research would be an important factor as politicians contemplate changes in public policy.
Alas, it’s generally given no more weight
A first-in-the-nation bill that would establish low-interest loans to help Californians pay for wildfire retrofitting has been sent to Gov. Newsom.
SB 894, introduced by state
Americans finally found something to agree on: concern about the rapid proliferation of data centers.
A recent Reuters/Ipsos poll found that only 1 in 3 Americans approves of the
State Sen. Ben Allen, D-Pacific Palisades, has advanced two bills aimed at protecting insurance ratepayers from losing coverage unnecessarily or being harmed by bad business practices. Both now head
There’s a deeply troubling ongoing pattern in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s approach to land and water policies in California involving closed doors, backroom deals and disingenuous — or more often
State Sen. Ben Allen, D-Santa Monica, and Assemblymember Rick Chavez Zbur, D-Hollywood, have introduced AB/SB 186, a budget trailer bill aimed at protecting middle-class jobs tied
After nearly a month of intense closed-door negotiations, California lawmakers on the last day of session killed a compromise bill that failed to insulate investor-owned utilities when they
