On Wednesday, Amanda Renteria, the 2014 Democratic challenger to Congressman David Valadao, filed to run for office again, this time for governor. The announcement came as...
Although the drumbeat of news reports may give the impression that much of the world is in crisis, the reality is quite the opposite, according to...
In his Wednesday, Feb. 14 CALmatters column, Dan Walters explores the Legislature’s use of Proposition 50, a 2016 voter-approved constitutional amendment that provides guidelines for suspending...
Whether you are for it or against it, gun control is again leading the national conversation after one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history killed...
In today’s CALmatters column, Dan Walters questions the future of Proposition 57, the criminal reform initiative passed in 2016 with support from Gov. Jerry Brown. The...
At the Monday, Feb. 12, meeting of Los Angeles County’s mammoth Metropolitan Water District, board members introduced a concept that might improve the feasibility of a...
Officials in five cities and three counties have filed lawsuits alleging that companies knowingly emitted greenhouse gases that will damage those communities as oceans rise, and...
In his Feb.8 CALmatters column, Dan Walters discusses the implications of the more populist features of California’s government: the initiative, the referendum and the recall. While...
The passage of a bill in Friday’s early hours to end a brief federal government shutdown suggests how upside down American politics has become in the...
After five years as a Fresno County Supervisor, Andreas Borgeas is setting his sights on higher political office. He is campaigning for the state Senate seat...
