CALMATTERS: California spends billions on homelessness yet the crisis keeps getting worse | Columns
California not only has the nation’s largest number of homeless people, but one of its highest rates of homelessness vis-à-vis…
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CALMATTERS: Gavin Newsom’s new budget is already leaking red ink as revenues fall behind | Columns
While Gov. Gavin Newsom gallivants around the country as a campaign surrogate for President Joe Biden – and to burnish…
CALMATTERS: California should not tolerate having so many children struggling to read | Columns
Of all the skills that children may acquire in school, none surpasses reading in importance. The ability to read and…
CALMATTERS: Community college bachelor’s degrees have been a win-win. California should offer more | Columns
Sixty-four years ago, California adopted a master plan for higher education that, among other things, set operational parameters for the…
TYRADES! Where do you fall on the sports fan spectrum? | Columns
I’m guessing my brother-in-law was underwhelmed by the recent earth-shattering announcement from ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery. I mean,…
CALMATTERS: Ironically, Californians and Missourians can’t legally bet on their Super Bowl teams | Columns
Sunday’s Super Bowl, pitting the San Francisco 49ers against the Kansas City Chiefs and staged in Las Vegas’ new stadium,…
CALMATTERS: The collapse of California’s news industry is so severe it’ll require taxpayer support to rebuild | Columns
Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong is probably one of the more generous newspaper owners in the country – and he just announced…
CALMATTERS: California’s unique employee lawsuit law could be repealed if ballot measure passes | Columns
In 2003, just five days after California voters recalled then-Gov. Gray Davis, he signed landmark legislation making it easier for…
CALMATTERS: How long will California lawmakers let tech companies make them look like fools? | Columns
“Fool me once, shame on you,” the saying goes. With the benefit of hindsight, there’s no better encapsulation of the…
CALMATTERS: Outsiders love bashing California but residents are souring on the state, too | Columns
As Republican presidential candidates were slogging through Iowa and talking to voters prior to this week’s caucuses, California-bashing was common….