Political columnist George Skelton has covered government and politics for 60 years and for The Times since 1974. He has been a Times political writer and editor in Los Angeles, Sacramento bureau chief and White House correspondent. He has written a column on California politics, “Capitol Journal,” since 1993. Skelton is a Santa Barbara native, grew up in Ojai and received a journalism degree at San Jose State.
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Voters will choose the two runoff candidates to compete in the November general election. Democratic Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta is a shoo-in for one slot, columnist George Skelton writes.
The Newsom administration has also projected a never-dreamed-of tax surplus of $97.5 billion by July 2023, columnist George Skelton writes.
For a California governor to look in the mirror and not see a future president wouldn’t be human, columnist George Skelton writes.
Long warring enemies have suddenly negotiated a historic compromise over how much money medical malpractice victims can be awarded for pain and suffering, columnist George Skelton writes.
How much the Republican Party is hurt won’t be known until the November election, but it will be hurt, columnist George Skelton writes.
Rather than trying to ease pain at the gas pump, the governor and lawmakers should focus on infrastructure projects, columnist George Skelton writes.
It’s largely Washington’s fault because of a federal law enacted nearly a half-century ago, columnist George Skelton writes.
In his State of the State speech on Tuesday, Gov. Gavin Newsom said he would “be submitting a proposal to put money back in the pockets of Californians to address rising gas prices.”
Unos 24.000 californianos de los que la oficina del fiscal general sabe que poseen armas y que legalmente no deberían, pero no puede reclutar suficientes agentes para hacer mella en la lista, escribe el columnista George Skelton.
About 24,000 Californians the attorney general’s office knows about possess guns and legally shouldn’t, but it can’t recruit enough officers to make a dent in the list, columnist George Skelton writes.