A New York Times study describes how both red and blue states use public education to indoctrinate students in their preferred ideologies. This dynamic should dampen hopes that public education can fix the problem of widespread political ignorance.
The new law seeks to reclassify contractors as employees.
The ACLU argues the lack of state funding and oversight creates an unconstitutional lack of access to legal counsel in poorer California counties.
And it might make housing more affordable in many places. Conservative NIMBYs should not stand in the way.
Some 60 cities have banned or restricted gas-powered landscaping equipment. State air quality regulators are looking to do the same.
Despite amendments to make the bill more palatable to local governments and community activists, Sen. Scott Wiener's (D–San Francisco) SB 50 faces an uphill battle.
Chief Michel R. Moore: "There is no place in the Department for any individual who would purposely falsify information on a Department report."
In requiring greater transparency in police record-keeping, California proves it can do at least one thing right.
Gig workers and companies are suing over a California law, AB 5, that criminalizes their continued employment.
As California moves to ban the sale of alligator products, alligator farmers and fashionistas are joining forces.
The state's Cannabis Advisory Committee blames high taxes, local bans, and onerous regulations.
Set to take effect in 2020, AB5 will essentially eradicate large swaths of freelance jobs.
Plus: Is there anything the upcoming spending bill doesn't contain? And more...
A new paper raises constitutional questions about expansive state-level regulations that reach beyond their borders.
The guiding principle for California policymakers seems to be: Tell everyone what they want to hear—or at least stick to the rosiest scenarios.
The decision leaves intact local governments’ power to force private developers to build affordable housing.
Newsom is leaning on the side of fish in the state's never-ending fish v. people debate, but is at least trying to deal with farm and urban water needs.
Los Angeles County saw disease outbreaks and 1,000 homeless deaths last year.
A Department of Justice lawsuit argues Hesperia’s rental ordinance amounts to illegal racial discrimination.
The cops pulled over David Glen Ward for "stealing" what turned out to be his own car. Then things went south.
The drug wars will continue until the state gets its cut of the money.
When the government tries to hoover up all the money earned from legalized drugs, this is what happens.
Confusing regulations put well-run businesses at the mercy of bureaucratic brutes.
Instead of reducing the dangers posed by criminals, California's gun restrictions have increased the threat posed to decent people by the law itself.
"Liberty," Thomas Jefferson wrote, "is unobstructed action according to our will; but rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will, within the limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others."
GoGo Grandparent gives people without smartphones a way to use rideshare services. Regulators think that's a problem.
Plus: Uber and Los Angeles transit regulators go to war over user data, young adult novelists cancel critic, and ex-ambassador testifies in impeachment hearings.
The Pacific Legal Foundation is arguing that a California law mandating corporate boards have a minimum number of women amounts to unconstitutional sex discrimination.
It's probably true that there is no magic ratio of legislators to constituents. Still, do Californians need more representation?
That's not the comparison you want if you're a California governor. Newsom should spend more time dealing with the nuts-and-bolts of government and less time preening for the national stage.
Development restrictions and NIMBYism, not tech sector success, explain Silicon Valley's housing costs.
The Golden State is still taking punitive, costly, and pointless measures to fight illegal grow operations.
Opponents use a notorious environmental review law to keep a famed fast food restaurant out of Rancho Mirage.
The state has made it exceedingly difficult to build in fire-safe cities, while also making insurance rates in high-risk areas artificially cheap.
West Hollywood's Lowell Farms Cafe serves food, drinks, and marijuana.
From plastic bag bans to plastic straw bans to bans on shampoo bottles in hotels, California is adopting supposedly environmental policies that won't save the environment but will piss off residents.
The source of the state's housing affordability problems are onerous government regulations and fees that artificially drive up the costs of housing.
The governor's request comes after the release of a report finding the state's taxes and regulations explain half of the higher prices Golden State motorists pay.
California's progressive political imperatives are having such glaring real-world repercussions that it's hard to keep ignoring them.
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