September 21, 2018

Key provisions of the state housing package have been in effect for about nine months now. That's far too soon for a definitive judgement, but long enough to discern some early trends. Here's what we know so far.

A Democrat turns on his own party’s committee. Fox News hosts turn on a sitting Republican congressman. A Trump son turns out to help a political ally—only to provide political fodder to the opposition. Here’s a quick recap of what happened this week across California’s 53 congressional districts:

Too many vulnerable people are trapped in crowded hospital emergency rooms who didn’t need to be there. The emergency room revolving door isn’t helping them, and it’s putting other critical patients at risk.

Republican Steven Bailey thinks police shootings should be investigated by the state, rather than local prosecutors—a view shared by some progressive Democrats.

A collection of commentaries by Dan Walters over the past week.

The prison officers union backs Tony Thurmond, Xavier Becerra questions net neutrality legislation, food laws, plastic straws, Tom Campbell's third party, a gas tax commentary and the CALQuiz.