CALMATTERS: Californians pay high gas prices and high gas taxes yet still drive on bad highways | Columns
To state the obvious, California motorists are experiencing one of the state’s periodic spikes in gasoline prices. California’s average price…
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CALMATTERS: Newsom, legislators opt for gimmicks and wishful thinking to close California’s budget deficit | Columns
Gov. Gavin Newsom and his fellow Democrats in the Legislature spent their way into a massive state budget deficit by…
CALMATTERS: Southern California’s huge logistics industry faces a backlash over wages and pollution | Columns
A half-century ago, Southern California’s financial, political and civic leaders made a fateful decision that the region’s economic future could…
U.S. hiring keeps booming. Why is California lagging behind?
WASHINGTON — U.S. employers continued hiring new workers at a brisk pace last month, providing fresh evidence that the overall economy…
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…
‘Mandalorian’ film gets huge tax credit, will shoot in CA
This is the way to persuade Disney to shoot the next “Star Wars” movie in your state. “The Mandalorian &…
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,…