California FocusOpinionElias: Density not proving a housing solutionThomas D. EliasApril 17, 2024 April 17, 2024065 California issued just 111,221 new permits last year, a 6% drop from 2022....
California FocusOpinionElias: Will state Dems heed past lessons?Thomas D. EliasApril 10, 2024 April 10, 2024018 Voters administered a few lessons to this state’s dominant party in 2020 and 2022, but they appear to be forgotten....
Community CommentaryOpinionElias: ‘Calexit’ sentiment might be risingThomas D. EliasApril 4, 2024 April 4, 202401229 A significant number of Californians would be perfectly happy for their state to leave the USA....
California FocusOpinionElias: Big Oil whines as drilling winds downThomas D. EliasMarch 27, 2024 March 27, 2024033 Oil drilling is winding down in California, and Big Oil is not happy about having to pay close-out costs....
California FocusOpinionElias: Primary bodes ill for swing-district DemsThomas D. EliasMarch 20, 2024 March 20, 2024037 Democrats must do much better this fall if they expect to win back control of the House of Representatives....
California FocusOpinionElias: Can Prop 1 really fix homelessness?Thomas D. EliasMarch 13, 2024 March 13, 2024066 Possible passage raises a basic question: Could Prop. 1 help solve homelessness or merely be another financial boondoggle?...
California FocusOpinionElias: State gun control working, for nowThomas D. EliasMarch 6, 2024 March 6, 2024065 State-by-state standings on deaths from gunfire form a striking contrast between Republican- and Democratic-led states....
California FocusOpinionElias: Is California exodus ending?Thomas D. EliasFebruary 28, 2024 February 28, 20240108 Strong signs abound that this year will mark the end of the over-publicized California exodus....
California FocusOpinionProposition 47 changes look certain for voteThomas D. EliasFebruary 22, 2024 February 22, 20240434 It's increasingly clear that voters blundered in passing California’s Proposition 47 in 2014....
California FocusOpinionElias: Rains again show need for creative thinking on homelessThomas D. EliasFebruary 14, 2024 February 14, 2024032 Programs to help California’s approximately 180,000 unhoused are utterly inadequate....
California FocusOpinionElias: After price gouging, limit gas prices nextThomas D. EliasJanuary 31, 2024 January 31, 2024067 Refiners actually cause most of the gas price differential between California and other states....
California FocusOpinionElias: State primary a test of loyalty to TrumpThomas D. EliasJanuary 24, 2024 January 24, 2024156 California voters come closer than any other state's to matching the nation’s demographics....
Community CommentaryOpinionElias: Paying the price for PUC conflictsThomas D. EliasJanuary 17, 2024 January 17, 2024064 What happens when the five PUC commissioners are essentially immune from public pressure during their terms....
California FocusOpinionElias: Forces align over anti-tax measureThomas D. EliasJanuary 9, 2024 January 9, 2024083 A proposed state ballot initiative would make passing new taxes and increasing fees all but impossible....
California FocusOpinionElias: Time to make utilities commission electiveThomas D. EliasJanuary 3, 2024 January 3, 2024174 if there’s ever been an agency that favors the industry it regulates over the consumers it’s supposed to protect, that is the PUC....