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To help balance his budget, Newsom wants to grab roughly $300 million from the $10-billion climate bond approved overwhelmingly by voters in November.
New poll shows that Californians are more worried about threats to democracy than about the economy
California’s farmers bought Trump’s election pitch. Now they may pay the price in tariffs, a trade war and immigration raids.
VoicesSkelton: What does Trump know about California’s water system? So much less than he’d ever admit
Decades ago, Mayor Karen Bass admitted she knew little about California water policy, so she set out to learn. President Trump should do the same.
VoicesSkelton: Natural disasters can destroy a politician’s carefully crafted career — or burnish it
Political leaders can rise or fall with disasters. Former Vice President Kamala Harris took a wise step toward potentially running for governor by meeting with fire victims in Altadena.
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Skelton: RIP Stu Spencer, California’s preeminent political consultant, advisor to presidents
Stu Spencer was not afraid to speak truth to power. It helped him hold the position of California’s preeminent Republican consultant for decades.
VoicesSkelton: Trump shoots his mouth off as L.A. burns. His claims about fire hydrants don’t hold water
As fire hydrants went dry while crews battled flames in Pacific Palisades, Donald Trump pointed the finger at California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Jimmy Carter was the perfect candidate for 1976, columnist George Skelton writes, and he was an exceptional ex-president. In between? That’s the problem.
Before the 1970s, California offered free tuition at all public colleges. It enabled kids like me from struggling households to become the first in their families to attend college — even graduate, writes columnist George Skelton.
She couldn’t see it as merely a consolation prize after losing the presidential election, or view it as a stepping stone back to the White House, writes columnist George Skelton.
