California FocusOpinionElias: Khanna, Porter give clarity to Senate fieldThomas D. EliasJanuary 11, 2023 January 11, 20230188 Dianne Feinstein has not formally indicated she won’t seek a sixth full term next year, but that is the presumption among her fellow pols....
California FocusOpinionElias: California students swarm extra classesThomas D. EliasJanuary 4, 2023 January 4, 20230224 A record number of schoolchildren turned out over winter break to start making up for learning missed or lost during the pandemic....
California FocusOpinionElias: State usurping key powers from citiesThomas D. EliasDecember 28, 2022 December 28, 20221434 The state is slowly eroding the ability of a city or county to decide what it will look like and feel like over the next...
California FocusOpinionElias: DAs demand transparency in early release systemThomas D. EliasDecember 21, 2022December 23, 2022 December 21, 2022December 23, 20220153 There is nothing most California convicts want more than to be released before their sentence is up, even before they have earned enough good-conduct credits...
California FocusOpinionElias: Radical high court ruling on elections could backfireThomas D. EliasDecember 14, 2022December 15, 2022 December 14, 2022December 15, 20220131 The U.S. Supreme Court could give state legislatures — and only them — power over almost every aspect of how federal elections are conducted....
California FocusOpinionElias: California fares well in ‘Great Resignation’Thomas D. EliasDecember 7, 2022December 8, 2022 December 7, 2022December 8, 20220126 New findings from WalletHub, which tracks a variety of economic trends, show California ranks as the No. 38 state in resignations....
California FocusOpinionElias: Legislature must fix violent crime definitionsThomas D. EliasNovember 30, 2022December 1, 2022 November 30, 2022December 1, 20220218 The 'violent crime' tag currently is not applied to many crimes most people with common sense know are violent....
California FocusOpinionElias: Price gouging — what about cars?Thomas D. EliasNovember 22, 2022November 23, 2022 November 22, 2022November 23, 20220217 Walk into a car dealership of virtually any brand and you will find price markups unheard of in almost any past era....
California FocusOpinionElias: GOP’s happy talk can’t erase party’s irrelevance in stateThomas D. EliasNovember 16, 2022November 16, 2022 November 16, 2022November 16, 20220160 Election returns show that party identification matters a lot, and registered GOP voters are outnumbered in California 47%-23%....
California FocusOpinionElias: Sports gambling will be back on the ballot — and soonThomas D. EliasNovember 9, 2022November 10, 2022 November 9, 2022November 10, 2022094 The billions of dollars expected to flow ensure the idea will be back as often as it takes for something akin to Prop. 26 or...
California FocusOpinionElias: Revive the state’s social media manipulation billThomas D. EliasNovember 2, 2022November 3, 2022 November 2, 2022November 3, 20220113 AB 2408 would impose fines of as much as $250,000 per offense on high-tech companies that deliberately addict kids to their content....
California FocusOpinionElias: More reasons to leave Texas off your wish listThomas D. EliasOctober 26, 2022October 28, 2022 October 26, 2022October 28, 20220169 There is now ample reason to believe the transplanted Californians did not land in the nirvana many expected to find....
California FocusOpinionElias: One-size-fits-all meets the mega-richThomas D. EliasOctober 19, 2022October 20, 2022 October 19, 2022October 20, 20220125 Atherton, with a median home sale price exceeding $7 million, is being told by the state it must create 348 new housing units....
California FocusOpinionCalifornia Focus: More efforts coming to cancel new CA lawsThomas D. EliasOctober 12, 2022October 13, 2022 October 12, 2022October 13, 20220190 More referenda are coming up in 2024, and with plenty of money behind at least one of them....
California FocusOpinionElias: Why did CARE courts take so long?Thomas D. EliasOctober 11, 2022October 11, 2022 October 11, 2022October 11, 20220186 Gov. Gavin Newsom's CARE Act aims not to commit anyone or set up conservatorships, but to see courts compel those who need it to get...