Meddling California lawmakers risk sending landlords out of rental business
SACRAMENTO – What do the state’s insurance and housing crises have in common? Obviously, homeowner policies have an impact on housing costs, but I’m referring to something different, namely the concept...
View Article‘Digital Democracy’ project penetrates California’s opaque political processes
When I began covering California politics 49 years ago, digital technology was in its infancy and the Capitol ran on paper. If you wanted to know what was on the Legislature’s agenda, you visited the...
View ArticleWhy would a politician peddle conspiracy theories?
It’s fun to read about conspiracy theories. From time to time I’ll look at what’s going on in the world of flat-earthers. It’s fun to see how the human mind can contort itself to support a presupposed...
View ArticleCalifornians are rapidly losing confidence in the state’s political leadership
Mounting evidence reveals that Californians are rapidly losing confidence in the state’s political leadership. That loss in confidence is driven by the perception, much of it based in reality, that our...
View ArticleLarry Wilson: The pols and the realities of Prop. 47
Some liberal California mayors who in the past have supported the changes to prosecution and sentencing guidelines contained in Proposition 47, as our editorial board and a large majority of California...
View ArticleSusan Shelley: The bandit in the White House
Joe Biden is a lawless president. He’d be right at home in a Western movie, hiding out with the Hole-in-the-Wall Gang or muttering about stinkin’ badges. Biden is trying again, for the third time, to...
View ArticleOJ Simpson’s murder trial changed a lot about America
The late OJ Simpson does not leave many personal legacies: the most meaningful are probably one Heisman Trophy, his children and grandchildren. But his 1994-1995 trial for the stabbing murders of his...
View ArticleCalifornia continues bottom-dwelling economic ranking
At least California didn’t place last among the 50 states. It scored only 47th in the new Economic Outlook Ranking of the 17th Edition of Rich States, Poor States: The ALEC-Laffer State Economic...
View ArticleIf Newsom truly follows the science, why not adopt the ‘science of reading’...
When COVID-19 struck California four years ago and people started dying, Gov. Gavin Newsom declared an emergency and assumed unilateral authority over Californians’ economic and social lives. Over the...
View ArticleJohn Phillips: Oakland International Airport of Anywhere but Oakland
The Port of Oakland’s Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to change the name of Oakland International Airport to San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport during a meeting last week....
View ArticleLarry Elder: OJ Simpson is dead. Ron and Nicole are unavailable for comment
As to the double murder case against O.J. Simpson, there was so much evidence that his guilt was obvious. This evidence included, but was not limited to, blood at the crime scene and on and in...
View ArticleWill Attorney General Rob Bonta jump into the 2026 race for California governor?
California Attorney General Rob Bonta has been busy lately, or so it would seem from the never-ending stream of press releases from the Department of Justice. If he’s not announcing successful...
View ArticleIran attacked Israel. Israel has now responded. What happens next?
After 45 years of increasingly bellicose rhetoric, Iran launched an unprecedented, and historically large, direct attack on Israel, marking an expansion of the shadow war – or “war between wars” as...
View ArticleAnother Tax Day has come and gone, and most Americans believe they pay too much
Another Tax Day has come and gone, and most Americans believe they pay too much. One recent poll revealed that 56% say they pay more than their fair share. Unfortunately, I fear this is just the...
View ArticleHeartburn doesn’t stop California lawmakers from quashing speech
SACRAMENTO – After the Assembly’s Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee recently voted 11-0 to support a far-reaching, speech-quelling, lawsuit-promoting bill in the name of protecting “the...
View ArticleCalifornians are worried about crime, setting the stage for a ballot measure...
Democrats completely dominate California’s state government, and one aspect of that hegemony is their ability to act without compunction. When doing whatever they want to do, Democratic officeholders...
View ArticleRafael Perez: Should abortion be a state issue?
Donald Trump has stirred up controversy among conservatives after stating that access to abortion should be decided by states. Several GOP members expressed their dissatisfaction given that Trump had...
View ArticleLarry Wilson: A kid in a cell with no light in California
I was visiting with outgoing Assemblyman Chris Holden on the phone the other day. He happened to mention that not only is he needing to leave the Legislature because of term limits — a California...
View ArticleSusan Shelley: The cat came out of the bag at the United States Supreme Court...
The cat came out of the bag at the United States Supreme Court on Tuesday. Since the early summer of 2020, when surfers alone in the ocean were chased by police and protesters who set cities on fire...
View ArticleTime for California lawmakers to end home equity theft
In May of last year, the United States Supreme Court ruled that home equity theft — the practice of governments taking not just what is owed, but the entire property when they collect a property tax...
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