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French Laundry flap spotlights Capitol insiders
California Gov Gavin Newsom's mea culpa over attending the birthday party of a lobbyist spotlights how insiders work the Capitol.
Dan Walters
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Newsom displays hypocritical arrogance
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is getting some well-deserved criticism for his displays of hypocritical arrogance.
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More high-dollar ballot measures in 2022
California voters decided 12 expensive ballot measures this year, but will face another batch of high-dollar propositons in 2022.
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What will tax increase advocates do now?
California voters have rejected Proposition 15, so what will advocates of higher taxes do now?
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Orange County’s stubborn conservative streak
Once a bastion of California Republicanism, Orange County is now purple with a stubborn conservative streak.
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Winners celebrate while losers rationalize
In California and elsewhere, the winners in last week's election are celebrating and the losers are engaging in rationalizations and fingerpointing.
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Sacramento again refuses to grow up
In population, Sacramento is one of California's larger cities, but it stubborly refuses to adopt a big city system of governance.
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How long will Newsom have one-man rule?
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has been governing under an emergency decree for eight months but one judge says he's crossed the line by ignoring state laws.
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California voters like Biden, unions not so much
Voters in blue California are favoring Joe Biden and other Democrats but unions are faring poorly vis-a-vis corporations.
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Incompetence could be GOP’s opportunity
If California Republicans have a comeback chance, it lies in popular disgust with incompetent governance.