The question of recalling Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky over his sentencing decision for Stanford student Brock Turner in the notorious campus rape case has policy and political implications that ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom best not plan to appoint a new attorney general too quickly because there is a very distinct possibility that current Attorney General Xavier Becerra, nominated to the Secretary of ...

Clausewitz famously said war was “politics by other means.” In California, politics is water wars by other means. Although it isn’t always above the surface, below the surface everything in the state ...

What is important as we enter the post-pandemic economy, is that parents, teachers and their allies organize their own campaigns to save valued academic practices and if necessary go to the voters. In ...

As often noted by political observers, public and private sector unions are strong political forces in California. While they may have once again supported candidates to their liking up and down the ...

California Strategies and Forward Observer are pleased to present the California Initiative Editorial Scorecard. For this 2020 edition of the scorecard, we track editorials on the 12 ballot measures ...

We have all seen the photos from Cuba with all their vintage cars from the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s. Well, those photos from Cuba may be a prelude to what California will look like in the decades ahead.

When it comes to education funding this year you need to know that it’s not about the children. It’s about politics. Nothing proves that more than the recent proposal by Governor Newsom’s Department ...

The effort to get a diverse group to apply for the commission is done through extensive outreach. This year, the outreach period was extended to increase the opportunity for a diverse group to choose ...

It probably shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone who has ever observed the cult that Yimbys and other assorted density fetishists would react reflexively any time the word “density” is mentioned in ...

California will have another battle over “affirmative action” this fall when the legislature puts a measure on the ballot to repeal Proposition 209, the 1996 ban on affirmative action. While ...

With the direct democracy system in California, issues presented to the voters does not necessarily mean that there is a groundswell of support to change a law or create a law. Many times, the issues ...