With the California’s primary election just days away, Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton is making his final pitch to voters for why he’s the man for the job — outlining how he intends to bring down the state’s cost of living, while putting more money in people’s pockets.
San Francisco has been more optimistic in recent years, with Mayor Daniel Lurie adopting a more pragmatic approach, and voters staging successful recalls of the most radical and destructive local elected officials. But the race to replace retiring Rep. Nancy Pelosi shows that old habits are hard to break. Three viable candidates dominate, offering voters...
California voters can register to vote as “No Party Preference.” But in the 2026 race for governor, Democrats seem to have registered as “No Candidate Preference.” Outgoing Governor Gavin Newsom did not cultivate a successor. And for months, there was no favorite among the many Democrats vying to replace him. Even now, it’s not clear...
It’s rare that candidates get a trial run for an office they’ve never held. But Nithya Raman did — and she failed. As The California Post reported this weekend, Raman used her position on the LA City Council to obtain $4 million in state funding to clear 90 homeless tents from the banks of the...
It must’ve been difficult for Adam Silver to maintain his composure and impartiality when the Spurs won Game 7 on Saturday night. The commissioner’s dream NBA Finals was clinched at that moment, when the flop-happy OKC Thunder lost the torch to the next great phenomenon, Victor Wembanyama. The Knicks are the marquee franchise. Wemby is...
Becerra's comments are the latest sign of a more moderate approach to climate policy as affordability concerns increasingly dominate California politics.
Proponents of California’s proposed Billionaire Tax Act have a story to tell: President Donald Trump and the Washington Republicans cut health care, and so the “billionaire tax” is the necessary response. Then there’s the reality, which we describe in a new paper from the Hoover Institution. Our analysis looks at what Trump’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill” actually does to Medi-Cal, and whether the...
The Dodgers had a couple debatable roster decisions to make this week. Based on Sunday’s results, they might have been right on both. In a 9-1 rubber-match win over the Phillies, the Dodgers were led offensively by their two recent Triple-A call-ups, getting fourth-inning home runs from Alex Freeland and Ryan Ward that helped them...
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