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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

A speculative commentary grounded in stated policies, documented positions, and political reality — published the morning of California’s June 2, 2026, primary Tomorrow, California voters wake up to find out […]

Americans have noticed beef getting expensive. What they may not have fully absorbed is that the problem is structural, decades in the making, and will not be resolved before 2028 […]

There is a particular kind of political betrayal that stings more than most — and it is the one directed at those who sacrificed the most. When an administration issues […]