California Focus OpinionCalifornia Focus: Ironic recall bears likely pluses for Gov. NewsomThomas D. EliasFebruary 24, 2021 February 24, 2021012 A recall could make him a political hero and a martyr to many members of this state’s dominant Democratic Party.
California Focus OpinionCalifornia Focus: State vows to end vaccine discrimination, but can it?Thomas D. EliasFebruary 3, 2021 February 3, 2021066 The entire enterprise looks like an exercise in economic discrimination and classism.
California Focus OpinionCalifornia Focus: On vaccines for seniors, a historic bait & switchThomas D. EliasJanuary 21, 2021 January 21, 2021082 If this was an inside job aimed at stoking the recall petition drive against Newsom, it could not have been carried out more effectively.
California Focus OpinionCalifornia Focus: The big price when scofflaws don’t enforce the lawThomas D. EliasDecember 30, 2020 December 30, 20200584 The list of California law enforcement agencies refusing to enforce current stay-at-home, crowd-size and masking orders from Gov. Gavin Newsom and county health officials numbers
California Focus OpinionCalifornia Focus: Will Feinstein add to the musical chairs?Thomas D. EliasDecember 22, 2020 December 22, 20200416 It now looks like an even bet, with California's senior US senator noncommittal so far.
California Focus OpinionCalifornia Focus: Nursing home residents need high vaccine priorityThomas D. EliasDecember 9, 2020December 9, 2020 December 9, 2020December 9, 20200406 The proportion of disease victims and the degree of isolation among denizens of nursing homes has been staggering.
California Focus OpinionCalifornia Focus: Will flailing at the virus do much good?Thomas D. EliasDecember 2, 2020 December 2, 20200295 Some of the tactics ordered by Gov. Gavin Newsom, the state health department and many county health officers look a lot like guesswork.
California Focus OpinionCalifornia Focus: Becerra, Padilla early favorites for Harris seatThomas D. EliasNovember 18, 2020 November 18, 20200403 With Kamala Harris now vice president-elect, Californians may wonder who Gov. Newsom will appoint as the state’s new junior U.S. senator.
California Focus OpinionCalifornia Focus: State GOP makes a bit of congressional headwayThomas D. EliasNovember 11, 2020 November 11, 20200311 The big bounceback they expected this fall from the party’s significant congressional defeats of 2018 may be a halfway thing.
California Focus OpinionCalifornia Focus: Polls fairly accurate in California, but in few other placesThomas D. EliasNovember 4, 2020 November 4, 20200373 It didn’t take a genius to know that California would vote big against Donald Trump, and that’s just what every pre-election poll showed. But the