Commentary

New California budget papers over $20 billion deficit, ignores day of reckoning

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‘I’ve noticed changes in all of us’: The LA fires put what really matters most into focus

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Why California’s agricultural industry is at odds over converting land to solar farms

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Federal immigration crackdown threatens California’s historic housing reforms

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LA Times valiantly explains how Los Angeles became the epicenter of homelessness

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‘I’m in one of his TV shows’: The federal government is staging political theater in Los Angeles

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Holdouts in Marin County resist California rules speeding up multifamily housing

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California courts owe defendants a jury of their peers. It’s still too hard to get one

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Charter schools need reform. This proposal could kneecap them

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Why California’s attorney general must continue the investigation into OpenAI

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