Capitol
Newsom’s biggest budget win? Lawmakers didn’t break his heart
State budget negotiations began as a love fest, but that didn't last long. How did rookie Gov. Gavin Newsom's experience compare with Jerry Brown's?
June 26, 2019
California Divide
Newsom doubled down on a tax credit for the working poor. Why does he think it will work?
Gov. Gavin Newsom more than doubled the size of a four-year-old state program that puts cash back in the wallets of the working poor. Why is California’s Earned Income Tax Credit considered such an effective anti-poverty tool?
Commentary
Stop raiding California’s cap-and-trade funding
Fabian Núñez: Important progress may be threatened by diversions of cap-and-trade funds for investments that are barely related to the original intent of AB 32. The last thing our state and the planet can afford is for cap-and-trade funds to be turned into a slush fund for pet projects that do little or nothing to improve our environment.
Commentary
Bringing high-speed rail to California, one building block at a time
Lenny Mendonca, High-Speed Rail Authority chairman: The high-speed rail’s building block approach starting in the Central Valley makes sense. To hear some say that this project is something that is not important to California is insulting. Ensuring that we are all connected is essential to the California Dream. It always has been, and it always will be.
Newsletters
Ammunition control, common interests, and an effort to ease the price of being poor
California gets more ammunition in fight against gun violence. Legislation seeks to cushion poor from impact of traffic fines, impounded vehicles.
Commentary
Newsom faces his first defining crisis
Gov. Gavin Newsom says he has a plan to resolve California's wildfire crisis that threatens the state's utilities. His political standing may hinge on its outcome.