Top two creates perverse incentives. Consider the case of Gavin Newsom and Donald Trump. Newsom is a fierce opponent of Trump’s policies and personality. He’s
If any of the conventional wisdom about trains in California is true— that no one ever rides them, that Californians prefer to drive or fly,
Pushing a person out of the legislature should be easier. Every time a legislator needs to leave for almost any reason – from a high-paying
When I was young reporter in Baltimore, they called them “bell ringers”: candidates who were unknown and not real contenders – but whose names were
Could the San Joaquin River, long a dividing line in the heart of California, unite the state in pursuit a more metropolitan future for the
Here’s the good news in Sacramento: Lady Bird, a coming-of-age film set in Sacramento—and written and directed by the California capital’s own Greta Gerwig—has been
Does California’s broken top two system now threaten the future of humanity? I’m not joking. For those of us who see Trump as a threaten
California government – and American government for that matter – is now a government of the old, by the old, and for the old. So
Let’s give the Coachella Valley to Canada. After all, Canadians already run the place in winter. Over the past 40 years, snowbirds from the True