California Is Pulling the Tooth — And Calling It Fiscal Responsibility
On July 1, Medi-Cal strips dental coverage from tens of thousands of undocumented adults. Sacramento made this choice. Sacramento must
Read MoreThe Governor’s Breakthrough Club: Innovation for Whom?
Newsom’s tech advisory panel meets to redesign California government. The people most affected by government were not invited. This week,
Read MoreSacramento Paid for the Warnings. Then Ignored Them.
California lawmakers acted on just one in four state audit recommendations — while billions were lost, fraud exploded, and crises
Read MoreNewsom’s California Told the World It Protected Immigrants. Then It Quietly Froze Them Out of Healthcare.
For years, California positioned itself as the national counterweight to federal immigration crackdowns. Newsom said it repeatedly, in speeches, in
Read MoreCalPERS Is Gambling With Your Retirement — And Won’t Show You the Cards
California public employees were promised a pension. What they were not told is that the people managing that pension have
Read MoreCalifornia’s Hospice Fraud Epidemic: $600 Million Stolen, 447 Providers Suspended — and Sacramento Still Can’t Finish the Paperwork
Walk down Victory Boulevard in Los Angeles and you can’t throw a rock without hitting a hospice provider. Not because
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When Sacramento Cuts the Department of Rehabilitation, the People Who Lose Aren’t Numbers
The Navarro Report | California Accountability | ~700 words There’s a line item that doesn’t generate protest marches or newspaper
Read MoreCalifornia’s Border Is an Economic Engine. Sacramento Barely Treats It Like One.
California Politics / Border Economy | ~500 words The San Diego–Tijuana region is one of the busiest land border crossings
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The Tijuana River Deal Looked Good on Paper. The Pipes Are Still Broken.
Border / Binational Issues | ~500 words Last July, U.S. and Mexican officials announced what sounded like a breakthrough —
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California’s $37 Billion Homelessness Bet Is Missing a Scorecard
California Politics / Accountability | ~500 words Thirty-seven billion dollars. That’s what California has directed toward homelessness since Gavin Newsom
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