The Very Short Rail Link California Can’t Build
How will California ever finish high-speed rail when it can’t finish San Francisco’s Downtown Rail Extension? Twenty-three years ago, a restauranteur named Gavin Newsom was
How will California ever finish high-speed rail when it can’t finish San Francisco’s Downtown Rail Extension? Twenty-three years ago, a restauranteur named Gavin Newsom was
Devin Nunes needs a thicker hide. You know a politician has gone off the rails when he can’t take a joke, as Nunes has failed

Dan Walters, George Skelton, and Joel Fox say the Democrats don’t believe in democracy. Because once a majority of the electorate—which might be a tiny
The death penalty in California is dead! Long live the death penalty! That lede isn’t a joke. Nor a contradiction. In California, the death penalty

It’s not just a political reality that you must be rich to run for president. It’s state policy, too. Indeed, Secretary of State Alex Padilla
Is this heaven, or Redding? The North State city sits between the godly and the earthly—and not just because of the divine spectacle of nearby
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s declared moratorium on the death penalty isn’t all that important. California hasn’t executed anyone in years, and, despite reports to the contrary,

LA Times columnist George Skelton has long been a critic of California’s progressive tax structure He has a point: the system produces volatile revenues. The
Los Angeles is a city of four million people. And it might soon launch a tiny office—of as many as eight people—to help those residents better