California shouldn’t bail out foster family agencies
By Richard Wexler, Special for CalMatters This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters.…
A different kind of Good Friday comes to Ocean Beach – San Diego Union-Tribune
Good Friday, at its core, is not a church service. It is the memory of a state execution…
State should help neighborhoods ‘decarbonize,’ leave natural gas – Marin Independent Journal
California is finally staring down an uncomfortable fact: we can’t keep pouring money into aging gas pipelines and…
Furloughs for incarcerated juveniles make Orange County safer – Orange County Register
A young person attends a community college class. Another holds a part-time job. Another takes public transit to…
We did the math — homes in the exurbs aren’t more affordable
The cost of housing is arguably the most important economic and environmental issue today in California and much…
City should use managed competition to address fiscal crisis – San Diego Union-Tribune
The city of San Diego is facing a projected budget deficit exceeding $120 million in the fiscal year…
Newsom may spend $19M sugarcoating stalled economy
By Dan Walters, CalMatters Gov. Gavin Newsom holds a press conference about his revised 2025-26 budget in Sacramento…
Elo-Rivera, the ’empty homes tax’ and the politics of scapegoating – San Diego Union-Tribune
Councilmember Sean Elo-Rivera’s approach to problem solving is now predictable: identify an outsider scapegoat which will supposedly bear…
Governor Drive bike lanes would ease congestion, improve safety – San Diego Union-Tribune
We want to respond to Bonnie Kutch’s March 17 essay on San Diego’s effort to add missing bike…
CA budget bleeds red ink with pressure from Trump’s cuts
By Dan Walters, CalMatters A reporter holds a copy of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget summary at the Capitol…
Undermining housing providers undermines LA’s future – San Gabriel Valley Tribune
For too long, the narrative surrounding Los Angeles’s housing crisis has been a zero-sum game, pitting tenants against…
Bring our Angels home – Orange County Register
I still remember the smell of freshly cut grass on those little league fields in Anaheim, the ping…