California FocusOpinionElias: In latest bailout plan, utilities want your income infoThomas D. EliasAugust 16, 2023 August 16, 2023091 Now comes the latest bailout effort for California’s three largest electric utilities, PG&E, Southern California Edison and SDG&E....
California FocusOpinionElias: Newsom gun control push has major flawsThomas D. EliasAugust 2, 2023 August 2, 2023074 The weaknesses in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposal for a 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution do not lie with the gun controls he seeks....
California FocusOpinionElias: The housing density rebellion beginsThomas D. EliasJuly 26, 2023 July 26, 20231612 A new initiative would let local officials or voters override laws the Legislature passes or has passed that regulate housing and land use....
California FocusOpinionElias: State’s movie tax credit really worksThomas D. EliasJuly 18, 2023 July 18, 2023074 The state's film tax credit was extended another five years the other day with a signature from Gov. Gavin Newsom....
California FocusOpinionElias: 40% consider leaving? That’s very old newsThomas D. EliasJuly 12, 2023 July 12, 2023094 The purveyors of the supposedly newsworthy report never admitted their study is a virtual duplicate of one conducted back in 1970....
California FocusOpinionElias: State split ideas going to new lowsThomas D. EliasJuly 5, 2023 July 5, 20230306 A separatist movement has arisen recently in El Dorado County, best known for containing part of the gorgeous Lake Tahoe....
California FocusOpinionElias: AI makers must create, observe new laws of roboticsThomas D. EliasJune 28, 2023June 29, 2023 June 28, 2023June 29, 2023094 Without active prevention someone somewhere will create a machine capable of murdering humans at its own whim....
California FocusOpinionElias: Big boxes will join conversion paradeThomas D. EliasJune 21, 2023 June 21, 2023098 Some estimates predict as many as 1.2 million new housing units where formerly there were offices and stores. ...
California FocusOpinionElias: Ironically, state could be key for Trump, DeSantisThomas D. EliasJune 14, 2023 June 14, 2023088 At this early date, there appears a decent chance Californians will have a key role in choosing the next GOP presidential nominee....
California FocusOpinionElias: Insurance company fires a warning shotThomas D. EliasJune 7, 2023 June 7, 20230324 Last month, State Farm said it had stopped taking applications for new property and casualty insurance in California because of wildfires....
California FocusOpinionElias: Despite bleating, transit cuts meritedThomas D. EliasMay 31, 2023June 1, 2023 May 31, 2023June 1, 2023069 Gov. Gavin Newsom should stick to his planned cut in transit funding, at least until the systems improve policing, sanitation and safety....
California FocusOpinionElias: Cash reparations in California likely illegalThomas D. EliasMay 24, 2023 May 24, 20230269 Government favoritism of one group over others is not permitted under the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution....
California FocusOpinionElias: City-state relations are at an all-time lowThomas D. EliasMay 17, 2023 May 17, 2023082 Dozens of cities in most parts of the state are out of compliance today with a 1960s-era housing law signed by then-Gov. Ronald Reagan....
California FocusOpinionElias: Hard left behind drive to retire FeinsteinThomas D. EliasMay 10, 2023 May 10, 20230128 This months-long campaign is an effort by the relentlessly uncompromising hard left of the state Democratic Party to take over a key post....
California FocusOpinionElias: Anti-hate talk is fine, but it’s time for actionThomas D. EliasApril 19, 2023 April 19, 20230132 If California is serious about fighting hate, its government might take a few actions that have long been authorized....