Victoria Ortiz was enjoying a turkey leg at a Disneyland France cafe with her husband and son two summers ago when her phone pinged. It was a text message from …
A good, albeit brief, definition of liberal government is one that employs its powers of taxation, appropriation and regulation to improve the lives of its constituents. By that definition, California …
Gov. Gavin Newsom and his fellow Democrats in the Legislature spent their way into a massive state budget deficit by assuming that a one-time surge in revenues would become a …
Assemblymember Wendy Carrillo has introduced a bill seeking reparations for the families who lost their homes decades ago when Los Angeles city leaders pressured them to sell their land – …
Sandra Mendez Duran was studying at UC Riverside when she noticed two names in a book: Gonzalo and Felicitas Mendez. Duran was familiar with the names — they were her …
The state Senate’s glass ceiling is about to shatter. Initial primary election results show enough women are poised to be elected to the state Senate this year that it will …
In 2018, when I was a lawyer in the Oakland City Attorney’s Office, a code enforcement inspector walked into my office and said, “I have to tell you about something …
Those vibrant dyes that color your Easter eggs, Gatorade, Fanta sodas, Doritos and candies such as Skittles might soon be deemed unsafe for kids at California public schools. After adopting …
Those vibrant dyes that color your Easter eggs, Gatorade, Fanta sodas, Doritos, and candies like Skittles might soon be deemed unsafe for kids at California public schools. After adopting a …
California’s public schools live — or die — by the numbers. They are utterly dependent on how much money the state budget allocates each year under Proposition 98, a formula adopted …