SLO down, California. Even in pandemic, you move too fast. This new year, perhaps Californians should resolve to model the spirit of SLO, the acronym for...
Thank you, Texas, for taking Elon Musk off our hands. It may seem strange for California to not care as the world’s fourth-richest person relocates from...
Want a stronger California city? Don’t make your mayor more powerful. Make your city council bigger. Mayors Sam Liccardo of San Jose and Darrell Steinberg of...
Can South Los Angeles teach America how to lead? That’s the promising question behind the news that Karen Bass is a top contender to be the...
Dear Governor, Your lunchtime COVID-19 briefings—“Newsom at Noon”— are must-see TV. No California governor has ever had such a regular platform, and you’ve demonstrated a memory,...
Agoston Haraszthy didn’t hesitate to wear masks. A Hungarian immigrant, he became San Diego’s first sheriff by portraying himself as a military colonel. Then, he sold...
“Go to my website or use the hashtag #LetsGetTheCalOuttaHere!” shouts Gwyneth Paltrow in the Netflix series The Politician. Running for governor on a platform of leading...
Dear California Kids, Don’t let us adults destroy your futures! This moment gives you unprecedented power to fix what’s wrong with how California treats kids. I...
Jack London saw this coming. Why didn’t we? In 1910 the California author, already famous for The Call of the Wild and White Fang, wrote a...
America, I see you flailing —and failing —to respond to this pandemic. Why don’t you just let California handle it? No joke. In normal times, you...
