California’s fast food law destroyed jobs
About a decade ago, Gov. Jerry Brown offered this defense of his signing a statewide...
Editorials
OC supervisors should explain the origin of their recent big raises
Who, exactly, came up with the idea of giving county supervisors a 25% pay hike?
Trump’s bitter grounds for Brazil tariffs
Trump should stop interfering in the affairs of other nations.
OC’s free trollies offer lessons for transit planners
Instead of building massively expensive projects that go to low-demand places, the agency should focus...
July 1 brought higher bills for Californians
Government makes life more expensive
New bullet-train ideas rooted in magical thinking
Californians can’t do anything about the project’s sunk costs, but they can at least stop...
Trump’s trade war makes no logical sense
Last week, a trade deal was announced between the United States and Vietnam.
Fentanyl deaths fall without a drug war
Over the past decade, far too many lives have been lost to fentanyl-related overdoses. No...
The crime that is Men’s Central Jail
In a better world it would be rather touching, the way that for many years...
Newsom holds firm and scores big CEQA reform
This was a gutsy move to achieve a needed result.
Orange County supervisors reveal priorities: raising their own salaries
Maybe all supervisors can revisit the vote and donate the raises back to county taxpayers.
Newsom cooks the books for CCPOA, again
Gov. Gavin Newsom has long had a cozy relationship with the California prison guards union.
Flawed fix for lack of court reporters
When it comes to Californians’ right to fairly access our justice system, few things are...