Five days after California’s June 2 primary, the state still doesn’t know for certain who will face Xavier Becerra in November. That’s not a malfunction. That’s California doing what California […]
NEWSOM’S FINAL BUDGET IS A LEGACY DOCUMENT, NOT A GOVERNING PLAN
Governor Gavin Newsom is not running for governor next year. He’s running for something else — history, probably, or the Democratic presidential bench he’s been cultivating for years. His final […]
MEDI-CAL IS BURNING AND SACRAMENTO IS ARGUING ABOUT THE HOSE
California’s healthcare safety net is coming apart at the edges, and the state’s response so far amounts to fighting a five-alarm fire with a garden hose and a press release. […]
Medi-Cal Is Losing 3.4 Million Californians. The Clock Is Already Running.
Nobody rang an alarm in Sacramento when H.R. 1 was signed into law last July. There were press releases. There were statements. Governor Newsom called it devastating. Legislative leaders vowed […]
California Owes $22 Billion in Unemployment Debt. The Next Governor Inherits Every Penny.
The governor’s race is still being counted. Whoever wins in November will inherit the largest unresolved fiscal liability in California state government — and it has nothing to do with […]
Proposition 50 Worked. Now California Has to Win With It.
The votes are still coming in from Tuesday’s primary, and California’s congressional map is already doing what Proposition 50 promised — reshaping races, scrambling incumbents, and forcing Republicans to fight […]
When the President Fires the People Who Write the Checks to California’s Disabled
The civil service has been many things in American political debate — bloated, untouchable, ideologically resistant, a bureaucratic firewall against executive authority. What it hasn’t been, until today, is fully […]
Spencer Pratt Is Going to the Runoff. Karen Bass Has Five Months to Explain Herself.
Let’s be honest about what happened in Los Angeles on Tuesday night. Incumbent Mayor Karen Bass, with endorsements from Governor Gavin Newsom and former Vice President Kamala Harris, running in […]
Newsom’s “Balanced Budget” Has a Blind Spot — And It’s the Disability Community
On May 14, Governor Gavin Newsom announced a revised 2026-27 budget that, for the first time in years, is balanced. Revenues are stronger than expected, with positive year-end balances—news that […]
California spent $24 billion on Homelessness. The Streets Look the Same
Despite continued expenditures by Sacramento, California has not achieved meaningful progress in addressing homelessness. Meanwhile, the allocation and use of funds remain opaque. Over the past five years, California deployed […]