Editorial: Rising Insurance Rates Worse California Housing Crisis
California has spent billions of dollars in recent years to build desperately needed housing for homeless and low-income renters. Now,…
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Can California control its boom-and-bust budget?
California has until Saturday to balance a budget that is billions of dollars out of balance, and not in a…
Supreme Court asks Justice Department to intervene in climate change lawsuits
WASHINGTON- The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Justice Department to weigh in on whether climate change lawsuits brought by…
Column: Sacramento Tax Refund Giveaway Is Coming Home to Win
SACRAMENT- It's budget season in Sacramento and there are bound to be mistakes. Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic lawmakers are…
A year after Newsom called for a constitutional amendment on gun safety, no other state has joined him
SACRAMENT- On NBC's “Today” show last June, Governor Gavin Newsom announced a proposal that seemed politically impossible from the start:…
Shirley Weber is known as the 'godmother of reparations' of California
Shirley Weber, photographed in the Los Angeles Times in El Segundo on December 1. In the triple-digit heat of summer,…
Editorial: California school bond should fund green spaces on campuses
Schools should be a haven for children to learn and play. But many of California's K-12 public school campuses are…
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, a frequent Newsom critic, mulls a run to succeed him
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, a conservative firebrand known for his views on law and order and his fierce criticism…
Poll: The United States has caught up with California in opinions on LGBTQ+ rights
As a state with the largest LGBTQ+ population, and one that has been shaped by the liberal policies of Los…
Restaurants can keep service fees if they are disclosed, new bill proposes
A new state law is scheduled to go into effect on July 1 to ban hidden surcharges and other “junk…