Commentary

Despite the overall left-of-center tone to the Legislature's just-concluded session, the California Chamber of Commerce sidetracked all but one of the 29 liberal bills it labeled as "job killers."

California's next governor must safeguard the University of California and help it remain the world’s greatest public research and teaching university.

California's school children rank near the bottom on nationwide tests of academic achievement and educators and their political allies argue that more money is needed to close an "achievement gap." But how much, where would it be found and would it actually do the job?

Daniel Sperling, Davis The article by Julie Cast is naïve, oblivious to good policy, and unfair to Gov. Jerry Brown, for the following reasons: Banning oil production in California, as advocated by critics of Gov. Brown, is well-meaning but misguided. It would simply result in Californians buying oil from Middle Eastern and other undemocratic countries, as […]

A collection of commentaries by Dan Walters over the past week.

The Legislature eagerly grants special treatment under the California Environmental Quality Act for sports arenas and other high-profile projects but refuses to undertake broader CEQA reform, even for vital transportation and housing projects.

California has the toughest clean air standards and some of the world's most ambitious climate policies. It also has more clean energy jobs, attracts more clean energy investments, and drives more innovation in renewable energy and energy efficiency than any other state.

Proposition 3 is an $8.87 billion water and habitat bond on the November ballot. Jerry Meral, the main proponent of Proposition 3, tells why voters should support it. Eric Parfrey of the Sierra Club explains why people should vote no.

The most interesting statewide political contest this year is for state superintendent of schools, and it's a proxy war for the years-long conflict between the education establishment and reformers over how to close the "achievement gap" among California's six million K-12 students.

Gov. Jerry Brown has on his desk Senate Bill 1406 by Sen. Jerry Hill, a San Mateo Democrat, that would allow students to begin their bachelor’s degree programs as late as the 2022-23 academic year and graduate by July 2026. He should sign it.