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Karen Bass Walked Into The Lion’s Den. It Didn’t Go Well.
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Voters Should Reject Prop. 37, California’s $25 Billion Big Government Housing Gamble
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California Wants Companies To Answer For Historic Slavery — And That’s Just The Beginning
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America Is Richer Than Ever. So Why Does Everyone Feel Broke?
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California’s Insurance Commissioner Race: Two Liberals, And A Ballot I’m Leaving Blank
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Who Had The Worst Week In California Politics For The Week Ending 10/16. A Medal You Do Not Want To Get!
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San Diego Supervisors Put Their Own Third Term On The Ballot And Called It Reform — Reject Measure A!
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I Watched The LA Mayoral Debate So You Don’t Have To: LA Deserves Better Than Bass Or Raman
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California’s 14 Ballot Measures: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly - My Take In The California Post
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Prop. 45 Takes Aim At California’s Building Bureaucracy And Merits A “Yes” Vote
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California’s Pension Crisis Is a Political Machine’s Retirement Plan
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Happy Columbus Day. Sorry, Woke America.
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Who Had The Worst Week In California Politics For The Week Ending 10/9. A Medal You Do Not Want To Get!
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Prop. 44: Another Union Power Play, This Time Against Community Clinics
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Why October 7 Still Feels Personal Three Years Later
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Are California Teachers Serially Passing Students Who Haven’t Learned The Material?
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Communist China Is Bringing Its Police State to California
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Prop. 3: California’s Temporary Tax Wants Permanent Residency
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Bernie Wants You To Support Prop. 40. If You Agree With Him On These Six Things, Maybe You Should.
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The Worst Week In California Politics For The Week Ending 10/2 - A Medal You Do Not Want To Get!
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California Democrats Just Put The Press On The Government Payroll
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Xavier Becerra Finally Came Out Of The Basement
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Proposition 43 Closes the Simple-Majority Loophole for Local Tax Hikes, And Deserves Your Vote
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Sometimes the Best Vote Is Not to Vote at All
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Newsom Signs New Onerous Law: A New Test Before You Can Buy A Gun
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Gavin Newsom Plays President at the United Nations Kiddie Table
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Proposition 2 Puts Lipstick On A Spending Pig. Vote No!
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Prop. 39’s New Ad Has A Message For Democrats: You Can Hate Trump And Still Back Voter ID
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Who Had The Worst Week In California Politics For The Week Ending 9/25: The Special Mayoral Edition
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The Forgotten Amendments That Were Supposed To Keep Washington In Check
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Six Ways Proposition 5 Would Take Power From California Voters
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The Paramount Deal Shows How Antitrust Became A Shakedown
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Who Pays When AI Causes Harm? The “Kill Switch” Is Liability
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The Post-COVID Apology Speech That Gavin Newsom Should Actually Deliver
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New Politico/Citron Poll Puts Prop. 40, The California Billionaire Tax Support At Just 45%
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DSA-Backed Los Angeles Mayoral Candidate Nithya Raman Can’t Elude the Socialist Lunacy
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I Was Wrong About Gavin Newsom And AB 1383, The Public Safety Employee Union Sponsored Pension Spiking Bill
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Why Would The Fed Raise Interest Rates When Everything Already Costs Too Much?
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Who Had The Worst Week In California Politics For The Week Ending 9/18
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Measure RTM Is a 14-Year Tax Hike Bay Area Voters Should Derail
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