Author: Joe Mathews

United Teachers Los Angeles is a strange teachers’ union. But it has never done anything stranger than its new strike, which is less an action

I double checked. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget press conference has now finally ended. OK, it took less than two hours, which isn’t that long when

The United States, bitter and angry, needs more of the California spirit. It’d be terrific if that included electing a California president. But California also

Gavin Newsom is a smart politician and a compelling performer, but he needs work on speeches. His inaugural was a dud. The main problem: the

You can safely ignore most of the personality-based analyses you’ll soon read of Gavin Newsom’s first budget and state of the state speech. Because the

(Editor’s Note: In yesterday’s Fox and Hounds, Joe Mathews graded Gov. Brown on the issues of infrastructure, public safety, education and direct democracy; today he

Amid all the reports about winners in the November 2018 elections, one small but important victor has been omitted: the constitution of the state of

Double digits! This year, the California Office Pool has its 10th version. It was inspired by the late, great New York Times columnist William Safire,