June 5, 2019

By a significant margin, a majority of Californians want the state Legislature to force local governments to build more housing. They're in for a disappointment.

A clock is ticking: The state is required to adopt a budget this month, and the Democrats who control Sacramento are divided between two options. Both inch the state closer to universal health care coverage, although neither proposes to offer health care to all low-income immigrants. They’ve all agreed to extend coverage to young adults through age 25, and the Senate would include undocumented seniors, too.

Thomas Umberg and Robin Umberg: President Donald Trump's presence at D-Day ceremonies in Normandy will remind the world that he disdains NATO and insults our coalition partners, while at the same time extolling the virtues of the dictators who lead our enemies.

Lois Capps: Over 40 years of evidence shows that Nurse-Family Partnership reduces preterm birth, improves child health and school readiness, and reduces child abuse and juvenile crime. In addition, there are cost savings on medical care, child welfare, special education, and criminal justice.

California gets more grim homelessness news. Casinos fight to keep tax break. Higher education is no longer the bargain it once was.

California's vaccination controversy has a symbiotic relationship with the nation's abortion debate.