Elias: Storms expose failures of homeless programs
The rains exposed how useless has been the bulk of the $11 billion-plus allocated for homeless aid over the last year....
California Focus
Elias: Khanna, Porter give clarity to Senate field
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....
Elias: California students swarm extra classes
A record number of schoolchildren turned out over winter break to start making up for learning missed or lost during the pandemic....
Elias: State usurping key powers from cities
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...
Elias: DAs demand transparency in early release system
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...
Elias: Radical high court ruling on elections could backfire
The U.S. Supreme Court could give state legislatures — and only them — power over almost every aspect of how federal elections are conducted....
Elias: California fares well in ‘Great Resignation’
New findings from WalletHub, which tracks a variety of economic trends, show California ranks as the No. 38 state in resignations....
Elias: Legislature must fix violent crime definitions
The 'violent crime' tag currently is not applied to many crimes most people with common sense know are violent....
Elias: Price gouging — what about cars?
Walk into a car dealership of virtually any brand and you will find price markups unheard of in almost any past era....
Elias: GOP’s happy talk can’t erase party’s irrelevance in state
Election returns show that party identification matters a lot, and registered GOP voters are outnumbered in California 47%-23%....
