$400M ‘loan’ to PG&E to keep nuke plant going a raw deal
For the umpteenth time in the last 60 years, California electric consumers are again being pestered for more money. As usual, the stated reason is they must pay up by …
California politics
Blue states likely to keep trying to let noncitizens vote locally
The lines between American citizens and noncitizen immigrants who live here, legally or not, may become even more blurred this fall than they are today. The newest move in this …
After 52 years, California matters again in presidential politics
President Joe Biden’s heeding of overwhelming pressure from within his own Democratic Party by quitting his reelection race and backing Vice President Kamala Harris to succeed him ended with California …
Trump a victim of gun policies, rhetoric he has supported
“Lock her up, lock her up!” went one loud chant about Hillary Clinton at ex-President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign rallies. During the same events and in later election seasons, Trump …
Wildfire smoke’s fatal effects raise liability questions
The next time authorities issue a smoke advisory telling residents of California areas previously unaffected by wildfires to stay inside with closed windows and doors until a smoke cloud passes …
Biden’s mental condition puts Harris, Newsom potentially at odds
For more than 25 years, as they climbed the political ladder of politics in California and the nation, Gov. Gavin Newsom and Vice President Kamala Harris have acted like friendly …
California insurance chief giving in to industry’s demands
In the insurance business, there are different kinds of black boxes. One is literally a small black box usually inserted into a car’s electronic system that records exactly how a …
Newsom’s move on fentanyl antitode all anyone could ask for
For sure, Gov. Gavin Newsom believes his 2020 stay-home order at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic saved thousands of lives. Many other states soon followed with similar orders, although …
Ruling negates 2021 California housing law if upheld on appeal
The combination of the 2021 laws best known as SB9 and SB10 was supposed to bring scads of new affordable housing to the California market, ending single-family zoning forever and …
A modest proposal to solve California’s retail theft problem
Ask almost any police chiefs the reasons behind the last year’s rash of well orchestrated “smash-and-grab” robberies around California, and chances are they’ll say it’s largely because of the state’s …