Elias: Is state’s big housing crunch mostly fiction?
Leading officials continually spout unsubstantiated, possibly phony, estimates of housing need in the state.
Gov. Gavin Newsom
Elias: Cities fight to maintain distinctive characters
Thanks to Senate Bills 9 and 10, it’s open season on the character of every city in the state of California.
Commentary: We need lower energy bills
Supervisor Jim Desmond asks Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Public Utilities Commission to implement measures to alleviate rising energy costs.
Elias: Good reason for a gas tax holiday
That kind of move has been anathema for California governors since the 2003 recall of Democrat Gray Davis.
CA mask mandate ending for indoor schools March 11
REGION — California will lift its mask mandates for schools, which required students and staff to wear masks indoors, at 11:59 p.m. on March 11,
Newsom, elected officials introduce Texas-style bills to curb gun violence
DEL MAR — Gov. Gavin Newsom reiterated his commitment to hold the firearm industry accountable while visiting the Del Mar Fairgrounds to announce proposed legislation
Rancho Santa Fe school board seeks control over masking decisions
RANCHO SANTA FE — The Rancho Santa Fe School District board sent a letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom and state public health officials last week
Commentary: Please Gavin, reject CPUC’s new solar policy
By Bill Walton Please Gavin, Bill Walton here, with a request that you reject the California Public Utilities Commission’s recent policy decision regarding the future economics
California housing battles heating up
As long as California has been a state, the most basic function of local governments has been to decide where housing will or won't go.
Rancho Santa Fe school board urges governor to rescind vaccine mandate
RANCHO SANTA FE — The Rancho Santa Fe School District’s governing board last week passed a resolution urging Gov. Gavin Newsom to reconsider or rescind
