Recycling scandal more than nickel-and-dime stuff
At least $200 million in refunds goes to criminals, according to a new report from the Consumer Watchdog advocacy group.
Thomas Elias
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.
Will California regulators kill rooftop solar?
If California’s often misguided utility regulators wanted to prove they are determined to favor privately owned electric companies over almost any other interest, they could
Should Californians have a formal right to shelter?
What’s novel about one mayor's proposal is that besides giving everyone the right to shelter, it also imposes an obligation on the homeless.
Attorney general spurs on big 2022 housing battle
Rob Bonta, a former ultra-liberal assemblyman named attorney general, has assured that housing will vie to be the year’s No. 1 issue.
State appeals court tries to gut tough consumer law
No other state has a similar law, and the judges moved to overturn a big part of it in a dispute over delayed car insurance
California Focus: Flash mob bandits a reckoning for Newsom
The bandits raiding high-end stores across the state have presented Newsom with both opportunity and peril.
California Focus: Wildfire insurance crisis hits ever harder
The availability of homeowners’ insurance and the fire coverage it provides is becoming increasingly scarce for some Californians.
California Focus: Disaster probes on land, sea show vast differences
Contrast investigators examining recent disasters on water to state officials who regulate the electric companies behind state wildfires.
California Focus: Eastern warning for California Democrats
California Democrats sometimes forget who gave them their current dominant status in the state government.
