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California has resumed adding people after three years of shedding them. Fewer people are now able to work remotely in other states, old people have quit dying at the extraordinary rate they were during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Biden administration has relaxed restrictions on legal immigration.
That Gavin Newsom has been governor while constituents flee is mostly coincidental. California just got too big for its carrying capacity — at least in the sprawling, ranch-house lifestyle.
They’ve almost finished counting votes from the California primary and the news is not good for President Biden.
Former Assembly Speaker and San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown, who just turned 90, has cemented himself as one of the most influential politicians in California history.
Gov. Gavin Newsom should have learned this four years ago: You don’t try to sell voters on more government spending in a primary election.
Joe Biden’s forceful State of the Union speech should quell doubts about his fitness to run for reelection. No one is more happy than California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Rep. Adam B. Schiff’s clever and cynical ploy in California’s Senate primary enabled him to avoid risk in the November runoff. But he subjected himself to another risk.
California’s early primary election needs to change. March 5 is too late to influence presidential races -- and way too soon for non-presidential contests.
California’s March 5 primary will determine whether voters choose a new U.S. senator now, essentially, or continue the competition until November.
Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-Burbank), the front-runner in California’s Senate race based on polling and campaign cash, is going full bore to boost Republican former baseball star Steve Garvey in the March 5 primary election.
