Author: Joe Mathews

Prop 54 didn’t last long. The bill was approved last year overwhelming, with all right thinking Californians, good government types and newspaper editorialists backing it

If California is as serious about public transit as its urban leaders claim, why isn’t there a commuter rail service running over the Golden Gate

Oh, the drama. Will Gov. Brown and the Democrats get enough votes to push forward taxes to pay for $5.2 billion annually in transportation? Reaction:

The rule of thumb these days is that qualifying an initiative for the California ballot is a $3 million proposition. Calexit could be cheaper. The

Is California to blame for Donald Trump? That may seem a preposterous question to ask of a state that voted so decisively against the new

Former Governor Schwarzenegger and other participants in his campaign for redistricting reform across the country have identified the right problems. They are correct in pointing

There are plenty of arguments against a bill in the California legislature that would exempt California teachers from taxes on their salaries. But forget those

The Ralph M. Brown Act, first approved in 1953, is celebrated for its supposed guarantees that we citizens have a voice in the decisions of