Proposition 15

Good morning, California. It’s Thursday, November 12. Dwindling options Proposition 15 is dead — and with it, one of California’s few remaining hopes of infusing money into local governments and schools staring down massive deficits. The Associated Press called the race late Tuesday night with 51.8% of voters opposing and 48.2% supporting the campaign to […]

The measure would have brought billions to California’s cash-strapped schools and community colleges, though not in time to help deal with immediate financial crises.

Once a bastion of California Republicanism, Orange County is now purple with a stubborn conservative streak.

With the failure of Proposition 15, the $140 million campaign to hike property taxes on businesses across the state finally comes to a close. Now begins a new statewide competition to explain what the results really mean.  For opponents, which include large business groups, commercial landlords and low-tax advocates, the lesson is clear: Forty years […]

In California and elsewhere, the winners in last week's election are celebrating and the losers are engaging in rationalizations and fingerpointing.

Good morning, California. It’s Monday, November 9. Harris’ historic win How things have changed for California. With the election of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as the next president and vice president, the Golden State — which spent the past four years mired in a contentious relationship and more than 100 lawsuits with the Trump […]

Buried in the mountain of yet-to-be-deciphered popular will of Californians lie the fates of too-close-to-call statewide propositions and dozens of congressional and legislative races. Patience for the final electoral tally may not come naturally to election watchers in Georgia and Pennsylvania — nor, for that matter, the president of the United States. But Californians should […]

Good morning, California. It’s Friday, November 6. Industry vs. Legislature The fate of four ballot measures — including what would be the largest change to California’s property tax structure in more than 40 years — hangs in the balance of 4.5 million uncounted votes, according to an estimate released Thursday evening by Secretary of State […]

Voters in blue California are favoring Joe Biden and other Democrats but unions are faring poorly vis-a-vis corporations.

California is a blue state but this election may tell us just how deeply blue it truly is.