Jerry Brown

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Homeless in CA, a death penalty push and a quiz on Jerry Brown

Good news on California's homeless, governors ask Jerry Brown to show leniency, labor gets a seat at Newsom's table and how well do you know the governor?

By Dan Morain • December 18, 2018

Politics

Think you know Jerry Brown? We’re out to stump you with 16 questions about California’s exiting governor

His frugality, his globe-trotting, his French filmmaker muse and the punk song he inspired—we test you with a question for every year Jerry Brown has governed California.

By Ben Christopher • December 17, 2018

Newsletters

The coming battles over Obamacare, schools, housing and cap and trade

California reacts to the Obamacare ruling, lawmakers make school spending wish lists as LAUSD plans a walkout, cap and trade's flaw, and housing control.

By Dan Morain • December 17, 2018

Commentary

My turn: Recalling Jerry Brown’s first Supreme Court choice as his final pick faces confirmation

Rose Elizabeth Bird, the court’s first woman, remains Jerry Brown’s most consequential judicial appointment. It's possible to trace bare-knuckled fights over the judiciary to the ones over her confirmation and retention. Today’s court again is led by a woman, Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye, and its rulings rarely resonate beyond legal circles. But the war on the judiciary continues.

By Guest Commentary • December 16, 2018

Education

Can California afford Gavin Newsom’s vision for school kids? Here’s your K-12 primer for 2019

Universal preschool. Top ranked per-pupil spending. Data tracking from toddlerhood to universities. Newsom is giving schools a tough assignment for 2019.

By Ricardo Cano • December 16, 2018

Newsletters

Judges, beaches, COP24 and a heartbreaking fire map

California's top judge leaves her party, the Brock Turner judge asks for money, a memory of the late Judge Newsom, and fingerpointing at the COP.

By Dan Morain • December 14, 2018

Newsletters

Water, Obamacare and a GOP shellacking

By Dan Morain • December 10, 2018

Commentary

My turn: How Newsom could create a new golden era for higher education

By Dick Ackerman and Mel Levine Dick Ackerman, dickackerman33@gmail.com, and Mel Levine, mlevine@gibsondunn.com, co-chair the California Coalition for Public Higher Education. Ackerman is a former California legislator representing Orange County, Levine is a former member of Congress from Los Angeles. They wrote this commentary for CALmatters. Pat Brown was a true champion of higher education, […]

By Guest Commentary • December 7, 2018

Newsletters

Today’s docket: Pensions, CalSavers, Kamala Harris, YIMBYs and PG&E

California Supreme Court weighs Jerry Brown's pension reform, Jarvis sues over retirement plans for poor workers, Kamala Harris' MeToo suit, YIMBYs, PG&E.

By Dan Morain • December 6, 2018

Economy

Jerry Brown’s last stand on pension reform

The California Supreme Court is weighing a key legal precedent that could restore the generous pension formulas Jerry Brown worked so hard to tighten.

By Judy Lin • December 5, 2018