March 28, 2019

Assemblyman Evan Low wants to make election day a state holiday—the latest in a string of Democratic proposals Would it bring more Californians to the polls or have state lawmakers run out of obstacles to knock down between the voter and the ballot box?

Gov. Gavin Newsom says he's heading to El Salvador for his first international trip to explore the reasons Central Americans are fleeing their countries. But he's also aware of the political symbolism of the trip, which is designed to highlight what Democrats regard as California's more compassionate approach in sharp contrast to the Trump administration's aversion to the waves of asylum seekers at the U.S. border.

When the long-awaited report from Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III landed last week, that the response from California was more or less . . . crickets.

New poll show tax fatigue setting in for voters, legislator makes emotional appeal against vaping, Republicans take on DeVos over Special Olympics

The college admissions scam, much of which involves parents of USC students, serves as a blaring signal that college is not about education. It is about status. The majority of us do not have anyone to help buy our admission, let alone our education. I am one of the millions of Americans who will graduate with massive debt. By the time I earn my master’s degree in a year and a half, my student loans will amount to about $80,000.

A new statewide poll indicates that Californians are very worried about housing affordability — so much so that many are contemplating leaving the state.