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A group of five people, dressed in professional attire, sit on chairs on a stage in front of a crowd, with a banner behind them reading “Governor Candidate Forum.” Four of the five people sitting on stage have their hands up to answer the question while a crowd of people watches in the dark.

No clear frontrunner for governor, but new poll names five with the best shot

A poll shows three Democrats and two Republicans have voter support percentages in the teens. The top two vote-getters in June will face off in November.

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A person in medical protective clothing, wearing a face mask and a hair net, pushes a hospital gurney through a hallway inside a hospital, viewed from an open door.

She spent six of her last years in arbitration with her HMO. Her husband’s still fighting the system

Arbitrators in medical disputes are supposed to be unbiased, but this couple suspected there is an incentive to favor HMO’s in arbitration.

By Stephen Martinez

Two people face each other as they speak: the person on the left has a happy expression and her arm to her chest, while the person on the right wears a grey suit jacket and glasses. Both people are standing in a park area on a sunny day. In the background is a fence to a baseball field.

A former political ally tests LA liberals’ allegiance to Mayor Karen Bass

Mayor Karen Bass isn't vulnerable on her right, but she may be on her left, as City Councilmember Nithya Raman, a Democratic Socialist and ex-supporter, runs against her.

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Jim Newton

A close-up view of a person's hand holding a sign that reads "We wants answers! No more deaths!" and they stand at the front steps of a building surrounded by other people holding signs.

California promised accountability for inmate deaths in jails. A year later, no results.

Lawmakers passed a law creating a state department to review inmate deaths, but it hasn’t completed a single death review in its first year.

By David Myers

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Commentary: Nuclear plant deal leaves several loose ends

One of California’s most complex and unusual financial, political and legal conflicts was settled last week, but mysteries remain.

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• 2월 5, 2018

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Commentary: Surging pension costs push more California cities toward bankruptcy

"We don't know how we're going to operate," one city official says.

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• 2월 4, 2018

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Commentary: With schools off the table, budget fight looms

Ever since California voters passed Proposition 13 40 years ago, the Capitol’s annual budget wrangle has been dominated by how much money would go to K-12 schools – for good reason. Not only are the schools educating six million kids, but they are number one on the voting public’s priority list, and are by a […]

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• 2월 4, 2018

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Commentary: Bullet train finances need a vigorous test

Gov. Jerry Brown reappointed Elaine Howle as the state auditor last week. It was a wise move. Howle has served in that vital, if little known, position longer than anyone with fierce independence and dogged determination to bore deeply into state and local government operations. That was demonstrated last year when Howle uncovered a secret, […]

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• 2월 1, 2018

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Commentary: Los Angeles, San Francisco in political turmoil

Los Angeles and San Francisco may be economic and cultural rivals, but politics in the state’s two most important cities are similarly harsh. Both are dense mélanges of economic, cultural and ethnic “communities” that joust constantly and to those who aspire to high office, they are minefields laid atop pits of quicksand. As fate would […]

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• 1월 31, 2018

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Commentary: Jerry Brown’s two big public-works projects are foundering

Walters: For Gov. Brown, striking out on water tunnels and the bullet train would be bitter pills to swallow.

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• 1월 29, 2018

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Commentary: Jerry Brown’s legacy still a work in progress

Waters: Some of the big things Brown has championed may or may not pan out.

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• 1월 28, 2018

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Commentary: Feinstein feels the heat on immigrant protection

Dreamers' fate could be a tricky issue for Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who faces a potentially stiff re-election challenge.

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• 1월 25, 2018

California Capitol. Photo for CALmatters by Max Whitaker

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If you’re not alarmed, you should be: Who’s left to hold California’s government accountable?

Media is declining nationally, but unique pressures have made California into America’s laboratory for a dangerous experiment about what happens to the public interest when policy is made without public awareness or accountability. In just the last three weeks, four major announcements about California media indicate a troubling downward spiral is accelerating.

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David Lesher

• 1월 24, 2018

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Commentary: Supreme Court case threatens union political power

Attorney General Xavier Becerra is imploring the U.S. Supreme Court to validate laws in California and other states requiring public employees who are not union members to nevertheless pay “agency fees” to unions. Such fees, Becerra said in a brief filed last week, fairly distribute costs of negotiating contracts with the state, school districts and […]

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• 1월 24, 2018

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