Author: Joe Mathews

I hate to play the blame game, but let’s face facts: This drought is all your fault. You are watering outdoors too much. You kept

It’s an article of faith among the state’s media and political elites that Jerry Brown is very different this time. The budget argues otherwise. In

Do only people without money have hateful or silly ideas? That appears to be the logic of Assembly Democrats. They recently passed a bill to

After sitting through a matinee of the new earthquake disaster movie San Andreas, I experienced my own dark seismic fantasy: as the Big One hits

Are you a Kamala or a Loretta? Attorney General Kamala Harris and Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez—the two leading candidates for the state’s open U.S. Senate seat

California is not alone. Every year in California it seems, there are legislative attempts to put new regulations on direct democracy. I’m not talking about

Living in an exceptional place is hard work. Especially when your place needs big changes. Californians know this well. We feel such an obligation to