December 5, 2019

A former California Republican leader left the party this week, the latest GOP defection in what’s become a trend among Trump-era moderates.  Assemblyman Chad Mayes re-registered without party preference, becoming the second California lawmaker this year to leave the Republican party. Assemblyman Brian Maienschein became a Democrat in January, and California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye […]

Some 800,000 kids have lost as much as three weeks of class time this autumn. Public schools cherish local control in California, but they're asking the state to step in.

California is clamping down on oil exploration. Washington is expediting it on nearly 2 million acres of federal land here. How will this schism play out?

Jeffrey Mount, PPIC Water Policy Center: The federal endangered species act protection is often used as a proxy for protecting the environment, something the act are not intended to do. Here’s why we need a better tool.

Newsom pokes Trump on homelessness. California water wars drag on. Trump administration issues stricter rule on food stamps.

California voters will once again weigh in on crime and punishment next year./ A referendum sponsored by the bail bond industry seeks to overturn a new law eliminating cash bail.