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Gas tax + tax break + lobbyist’s personal fight

Realtors are funding an initiative on the November ballot that would give homeowners 55 and older a property tax break. Oddly, they’re already proposing a repeat for 2020.

By Dan Morain • August 13, 2018

Elections

Is the Republican story about repealing the gas tax hike too good to be true?

California Republicans want to repeal a recent hike in the gas tax and say that drivers can have smoother roads, more reliable public transit—and lower taxes too. Should voters believe them?

By Ben Christopher • August 10, 2018

Elections

Yes, a political action committee exists to legalize ferrets

A political action committee wants ferrets legalized as pets in California. Ferret PAC's Patrick Wright hopes Gavin Newsom notices his group's $125 donation.

By Dan Morain • August 3, 2018

Elections

Where charter schools’ campaign money went in the gubernatorial primary

Charter school advocates financed Antonio Villaraigosa's campaign for governor with more than $22 million.

By Dan Morain • August 3, 2018

Elections

Newsom taps small donors. Cox wins retirees

Gavin Newsom ended June with $11.1 million in his campaign account, compared with John Cox’s $1.46 million, a total puffed up by $500,000 of Cox’s own wealth delivered on the last day of June.

By Dan Morain • August 2, 2018

Newsletters

Green energy, utilities at risk

Gov. Jerry Brown warned that the high cost of liability for wildfires could be the end of private utilities such as Pacific Gas & Electric.

By Dan Morain • August 2, 2018

Elections

Obama wades into California midterm—with a few surprises

Barack Obama endorsed 81 Democrats across the country today—ten in California. Some were obvious choices. Others—both of omission and commission—not so much.

By Ben Christopher • August 1, 2018

Elections

Kentucky’s governor stumps for John Cox

Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin exhorted conservative donors at a Koch Network gathering earlier this week to donate to Republican gubernatorial candidate John Cox, and called Democrat Gavin Newsom a “dirtbag,” a “joke” and an “embarrassment to public service."

By Dan Morain • August 1, 2018

Newsletters

Who must pay for wildfires

Legislators begin to tackle the complex law surrounding fire liability, without knowledge of the cause of the most devastating fire in California history. One legislator questions whether they should act without that information.

By Dan Morain • July 26, 2018

Elections

Candidates take heed: Environmental policy matters

A new statewide poll shows that voters are increasingly concerned about environmental policy, which could play out in the governor's race between Newsom and Cox.

By Dan Morain • July 25, 2018