Meg Whitman couldn't beat Jerry Brown. Rick Caruso lost to Karen Bass. In recent years, the size of one’s war chest didn’t predict the outcomes of an election in Los Angeles or statewide races.
Will the same hold true in 2026? Listen to Mariel Garza and Regardie discuss the roles of money, celebrity and incumbency in state and local campaigns.
Healthcare in California faces a fiscal emergency thanks to Trump's tax cuts for the most well-off Americans. Robert Reich says the wealth tax initiative would address that and help rein in the power of the obscenely rich.
But it is unlikely — and certainly no reason to dump a system that, if replicated in all states, would mean no member of Congress would ever have to tremble in fear of being "primaried" by vengeful president.
If local, state and federal leaders have learned anything in the year after the Eaton and Palisades fires, they haven’t done a very good job showing it.
It may not rise to the level of absurdity of the 2003 recall, but the large cast of campaign characters suggests a pretty entertaining time leading up to the June primary. That's good for me, and for voters.
