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....
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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%....
Elias: Sports gambling will be back on the ballot — and soon
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...
Elias: Revive the state’s social media manipulation bill
AB 2408 would impose fines of as much as $250,000 per offense on high-tech companies that deliberately addict kids to their content....
Elias: More reasons to leave Texas off your wish list
There is now ample reason to believe the transplanted Californians did not land in the nirvana many expected to find....
Elias: One-size-fits-all meets the mega-rich
Atherton, with a median home sale price exceeding $7 million, is being told by the state it must create 348 new housing units....
California Focus: More efforts coming to cancel new CA laws
More referenda are coming up in 2024, and with plenty of money behind at least one of them....
Elias: Why did CARE courts take so long?
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...
