Thomas D. Elias
Status Will Remain Quo
Strong evidence shows several arms of California government are in urgent need of major ethical fixes, beginning with the Public Utilities Commission, the Energy...
Vaccinate or Else
As schools begin opening around California, the state's new vaccinate-or-stay-out-of-school policy ought to be taking effect at last, 18 months after the December 2014...
Look Who Is Turning Republican
Here's the one thing Democratic politicians should fear more than any other potential California event: Latinos stay home from the polls in droves on...
Real or Fake Threats?
Eight months ago, at 5 a.m. on Dec. 15, the 83-year-old superintendent of America's second largest school district was awakened with the news that...
What if Pot Is Legalized?
You have seen fire sales. They happen when goods or real estate are discounted sharply after fire damages a store or a building. Fire...
Right People Moving Away
For more than a generation, opportunistic California politicians have barraged voters with woeful tales about how the most productive, inventive, wealthy and enterprising Californians...
Top Two Working
Go back in time six years to 2010, when the Top Two primary election system awaited a decision from California voters. Until then, Republicans...
PUC Remains Sharp Thorn
The fanfare was loud when Gov. Brown and state legislators announced agreement on a package of Public Utilities Commission reforms the other day. You...
Guv’s Endorsement Loaded?
No political endorsement ever seemed more innocuous and expected than Gov. Brown's backing of state Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris for the U.S. Senate seat...
Stern Advice for Loretta
Once California's primary election season ends in early June, most candidates go into a sort of statis for three months, until just before the...
