I’d been hoping for logical arguments for and against, but the recent Daily Press story "Former Santa Monica mayor proposes initiative to amend Measure GS" reflects with
Californians will be coughing up many billions of dollars this month as they file their federal and state income tax returns and pay the second installment on their property taxes.
Gov. Gavin Newsom is surely celebrating the passage of Proposition 1, which will allocate $6.4 billion to build 10,000 new beds for people with mental illness statewide. But
An annual political ritual was repeated Wednesday when the California Chamber of Commerce released its 2024 list of "job killers" — nine bills that business executives consider to be
Rep. Katie Porter’s parting comments after her failed bid for US Senate have been widely and appropriately denounced. Calling the primary race “rigged” was ill-tempered and immature, and
Filling open HOA board seats is a vexing and discouraging problem for some associations. However, there may be reasons why neighbors are not interested in serving. Could any of the
A couple of years ago, California’s left-leaning interest groups — those seeking a more expansive array of social and medical services to benefit workers and the state’s large
April is Earth Month at the Pico and the Main Street Farmers Markets. Look for an event packed month focused on food, farmers, and the planet. We are trying to
Jack is Jack and That’s Noteworthy
Still. For better or worse. There was an unfortunate email that went out, to a lot of names, that said Jack Neworth was
For nearly two decades, California has not been a hospitable environment for statewide Republicans, and that’s why nobody has spent millions of dollars on TV ads in any Republican
The so-called parents’ rights movement in education took off in 2021 with the election of Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, putting identity-related issues in the school curriculum front and
A good, albeit brief, definition of liberal government is one that employs its powers of taxation, appropriation and regulation to improve the lives of its constituents. By that definition, California
