A Los Angeles City Councilman wants to get rid of private money in politics by approving a public financing scheme potentially funded by taxing members
Anyone who thinks the high-speed rail project will be completed within the cost figures projected by the rail authority, I’ve got a bridge to sell
I blush at the undue praise in the inscription Kevin Starr wrote in my copy of his book, Coast of Dreams, California on the Edge
The governor’s budget calls for $2.2 billion in spending from revenue secured under the Cap and Trade law—but there’s a catch. The money would only
Forget about the budget proposal introduced by Gov. Jerry Brown yesterday. The budget plan that will matter is the revised version issued in May–even more
When California voters hear calls for tax increases in the near future they should think of pensions. That truth has never been clearer now that
The California gubernatorial election is 22 months away but already the media is filled with stories about the coming campaign. Given the superiority in Democratic
What caught my attention when legislative leaders hired former United States Attorney General Eric Holder was not the obvious rationale expected of the Democratic majority
As the new year begins, 900 statutes were added to California law books. If history is our guide—807 new laws last year, 950 the year