California Focus: This might be the goofiest state-split idea yet
It’s no secret that plenty of folks in California’s rural northern counties would love to leave the Golden State and form one of their own
Thomas Elias
California Focus: At last, Newsom attacks a cause of homelessness
The state government is about to throw significant money at mental health.
California Focus: Low-cost housing? The state keeps ignoring new realities
The solution has been obvious since the beginning of the pandemic, when thousands of businesses sent their workers home to do their jobs.
California Focus: This bill could kill rooftop solar
If politicians wanted to kill rooftop solar energy production in California, they could not find a better vehicle than a proposed new law known as
California Focus: Is permanent housing the real homeless solution?
Many don’t want the kind of permanent units that are becoming more available as governments devote ever more money to the issue.
California Focus: New recall has similarities to Davis dismissal in 2003
The list of candidates to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom will surely be interesting, but perhaps not as odd as in 2003.
California Focus: The great myth of a California exodus
The “big lie” technique has been used effectively and persistently over the last few years to create this perception.
California Focus: On smog standards, GM a classic bandwagon jumper
The giant automaker almost immediately after the election dropped its role in depriving California of its key clean air authority.
California Focus: Ethnic studies battle moves to local school districts
After a two-year battle, California now has a model ethnic studies curriculum for its elementary and high schools. But no one knows how many schools
California Focus: Anti-Asian violence shows folly of defunding
There’s an old saying about traditions: Abandon a tradition, it tells us, and you will soon learn why it became one.
