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George Soros is shown in this Wikimedia Commons photo from June 2012.
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Billionaire Soros was a big loser in California vote
International financier George Soros has had some success in his dabbling in California politics. But he "hit a brick wall," as he terms it, in trying to unseat three California district attorneys this year, and his support for challengers may have backfired.
By • June 27, 2018
California Gov. Gavin Newsom and state Democratic lawmakers are at odds over a budget compromise that will be more pain than gain.
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California can’t sidestep federal tax impact
California will get hit hard by a new federal tax law that limits deductions for state and local taxes. California politicians had hoped to sidestep the law, but the Internal Revenue Service has squelched that notion.
By • June 25, 2018
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The Capitol weighs another big, dicey power play
Twenty-two years after the Legislature and then-Gov. Pete Wilson made a horrendous error in reconfiguring California's electric power system, lawmakers are weighing another big change, this time integrating California's grid with those of other Western states. Politicians should be very cautious of the new scheme.
By • June 18, 2018
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Two victims of a blood sport: politics
The duplicitous campaigns against Democratic state Sen. Josh Newman and Republican Assemblyman Rocky Chavez are harsh reminders that California politics is not a game of tiddlywinks.
By • June 17, 2018

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