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Karen Bass has drawn up a short agenda for her two-year reign as Assembly speaker that begins next week.
Ballot proposition numbers should be retired like athlete jersey numbers. No. 3 -- Babe Ruth. No. 42 -- Jackie Robinson.
It's now practically certain: There'll be a measure on the November ballot to finally quash the Legislature's self-destructive system of gerrymandering.
Californians can be thankful the state held its presidential primary on the earliest day legally possible. And Hillary Rodham Clinton should be especially grateful.
The first step on the road to recovery is admitting there is a problem. Some influential Republicans did that last week in announcing formation of a support group.
All these Democratic Assembly speakers in the post-Willie Brown era of term limits seem to pass through the state Capitol in a blur. Bustamante, Villaraigosa, Hertzberg, Wesson, Nuñez. Next up: Bass.
It's time for spring cleaning -- whether smartening up the backyard, scrubbing the old boat or scouring the Capitol.
California Treasurer Bill Lockyer is embarked on a little-noticed, nerdy but noble crusade. He's trying to stop Wall Streeters from gouging state and local governments.
Fortunately, winter snowfall in the Sierra was average. So homes haven't flooded in the Central Valley. Neither is there a drought, at least caused by nature.
This is the time of year when the northern San Joaquin Valley is actually bucolic. Temperatures are bearable. The hills are green and the orchards are in full bloom -- almonds gussied in white, peaches in pink.