RECENT ARTICLES
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Abusive coastal agency demands even more power
Californians might want to think twice before giving this already powerful agency this kind of unchecked power.
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Will six Californias be better than one?
Efforts to break up political boundaries could be coming to California.
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Court grasps the core meaning of gun ‘rights’
A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel struck down San Diego County’s approach to issuing concealed-carry gun permits
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For once, Calif. GOP out-hustles unions
The GOP can still win a race or two in California if it focuses on some of the basics.
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Business flight ignites political battle
Many companies are keeping their headquarters, but shifting jobs and making investments elsewhere.
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California thinks it leads the nation
Nothing is being reformed.
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No crime for California to take lessons from Texas
Both states are more similar than anyone would like to admit.
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This is how government builds infrastructure
Californians might want to look at how the state has built other recent projects.
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Police-beating verdict cause for deep cynicism
It’s hard to remain hopeful.
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Jerry Brown is all talk on teacher-pension mess
Talking about a problem is one thing, and using one’s political capital to fix it is quite another.
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Redevelopment ghosts haunt the new year
Dwindling resources can spark unexpected reform by forcing tough choices.
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California gun law expands infrastructure for confiscation
Gun-ownership lists raise other fears.
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Does Bell toll for excessive public pay?
The system allows a powerful minority to game the majority.
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What does Sriracha-geddon say of CA’s business climate?
You get more of what you subsidize and less of what you punish. That doesn’t apply only to the production of hot sauces.
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Ruling gives unions reason to negotiate
We shouldn’t have to wait for a city to crumble before it can get control of its debts.
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Agency plans ‘green’ car vouchers for poor
Californians won’t soon be driving brand-new subsidized Jaguars, but the program isn’t far off from that idea.
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San Francisco ‘values’ pricing poor out of the city
The latest brouhaha over ‘San Francisco values’ could have implications for the state.
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Sin-tax hike could boost black markets
A state government wants to tax us for our own good.
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Unions take aim at
parent-trigger lawIf 51 percent of parents sign the requisite petitions, parents can insist on a new principal or turn the school into a charter.
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Has direct democracy outlived its usefulness?
The wrong reforms could leave voters without “the means by which they can protect themselves.”
