Bay Area voters could soon be asked to help shore up the region’s struggling public transportation network. A regional committee of transit officials, lawmakers, union and business representatives and community …
Proposition 35, the Medi-Cal funding measure on the Nov. 5 ballot, presents another example of special-interest, ballot-box budgeting that limits the discretion of lawmakers and reduces flexibility to respond to …
California’s budget was hemorrhaging red ink 15 years ago as the Great Recession clobbered personal income tax revenues and then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislators were desperately trying to balance their …
Despite years of studies, enthusiasm from local elected officials and widespread concerns about the Bay Area’s lack of affordable housing, the $20 billion regional housing bond set to appear before …
California voters will be asked this fall to expand rent control with a statewide ballot measure similar to ones they wisely rejected in 2018 and 2020. Supply-and-demand economic principles today are …
“No man is happy but by comparison.”— Thomas Shadwell, poet laureate, United Kingdom (1689-1692) If you want to better understand the true nature of a proposal, consider a counterproposal. Looking …
By Adam Beam | Associated Press SACRAMENTO — The California Supreme Court on Thursday removed a measure from the November ballot that would have made it harder to raise taxes, …
With five months to go before the November election, it appears California’s fate remains firmly sealed in blue: Democratic candidate Adam Schiff is leading Republican Steve Garvey by 25 points …
Efforts to craft a Bay Area transportation funding plan are coming off the rails as South Bay leaders make clear that they don’t want their constituents taxed for up to …
BY MARISA KENDALL AND YUE STELLA YU | CalMatters Backers of a tough-on-crime California ballot measure put homelessness at the forefront of their campaign to roll back Prop. 47. But …