California’s Private Attorneys General Act started with good intentions to protect workers but has morphed into a corporate nightmare —...
As if it needed one, California received a new reminder Tuesday that, despite its trappings of sybaritic wealth, it’s home to millions of families that struggle...
Has California lost its mojo? This question, framed in various ways in media and political venues, has hung over the state in recent years as its population...
Gerrymandering – the redrawing of legislative districts to benefit specific political parties, political factions or individual political figures – dominated post-census redistricting in California for decades....
Five years ago, while running for governor, Gavin Newsom pledged to transform California’s medical care to a single-payer system similar to those in Canada and western...
Graduation season is always a bittersweet time for me. It serves as a reminder of all that I’ve accomplished and how proud I am of how...
California’s public transit systems say they are facing a “fiscal cliff” as ridership continues to lag behind pre-pandemic levels and federal emergency aid expires. If the state doesn’t...
A little more than two weeks remain before the June 15 constitutional deadline for enacting a 2023-24 state budget. It’s as certain as anything in politics...
Gov. Gavin Newsom is a self-appointed crusader against the social and educational policies of red states, particularly Florida, describing their governors as repressive authoritarians. Just a few...
Gavin Newsom is fond of proclaiming “big hairy audacious goals,” having borrowed the term from a book on successful corporate leadership. However, he has not been particularly...