This is Sunshine Week, which pays homage to the principle that the public’s business should be public even though officials often try to keep us in...
Throughout California, local government and school officials have been stunned by voters’ reluctance this month to approve new taxes and bonds. The California Taxpayers Association has...
Los Angeles Unified is the state’s largest school district and the vast majority of its 400,000-plus students are poor, non-white and/or not completely fluent in English....
The high point — or low point — of U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris’ campaign for president occurred last June during a multi-candidate debate when she lashed out...
The economic transformation of California after World War II — first into an industrial powerhouse and later into a center of technology and trade — owed...
Now that election year hoopla has abated in California, at least for the moment, it’s time to discuss an issue of real world importance — whether...
Ballots from last week’s election are still being counted and it will be weeks before the final numbers are tallied, but with that caveat, it appears...
The old adage about tiny acorns growing into mighty oak trees is not confined to dendrology. It applies as well to governmental programs and there’s no...
California has a very fragmented approach to education — a collection of institutional silos that only occasionally communicate with each other and often are more competitive...
For the last decade, California has waged a crusade to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other gases in the name of fighting climate change. The...
