The number one priority of our federal government is to keep America safe. That requires bold, balanced, and smart leadership. With geopolitical threats from Russia, North Korea, and Iran and ...

We marked the launch of the PPIC Water Policy Center by convening a panel of leading experts to discuss key issues in state water policy. Participants were Richard Frank, director of the California ...

In anticipation of government restructuring that would move certain responsibilities to county government, this bill would authorize county supervisors to submit to voters a local personal income tax, ...

The discussion on the state’s housing crisis hosted by the California Realtors Association in Los Angeles last week eventually got around to Proposition 13—as you knew it would. As I reported, there ...

Reading that Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de León wants to add three commissioners to the South Coast Air Quality Management District board so as to tip the board to a more favorable perspective ...

One should never look years ahead when doing political analysis but here goes one anyway after reading a couple of items last week about California’s tax situation. One article had to do with the ...

The California High Speed Rail Authority has released its 2018 Business Plan. It portends to finally reveal the true cost for construction of Phase I of the project. The new cost estimate is at a base ...

Opposition in Orange County from government bodies to the state’s sanctuary law could serve as a sign of the electorate’s mood and just might influence the hotly contested Orange County congressional ...

Why are turnouts so low in these special elections to fill empty Assembly and state Senate seats? Because Californians aren’t honest with themselves. We tell ourselves that, in election contests, we ...

In San Francisco, Supervisor John Avalos proposes that 16 year olds should vote. In Cleveland last week, President Barack Obama suggested mandatory voting was a transformative idea worth considering.

Homelessness is a scourge of humanity and a bitter failure of government. The victims of this incompetence and malfeasance are, of course, the homeless. For homeless individuals with alcohol or other ...