These two California political heavyweights are both interested in occupying the Oval Office, putting them on a collision course for the first time in their long, parallel careers.
But they don't have to take it. Here's how Golden Staters can use their collective influence to push for transformational reforms, some once unthinkable, before another would-be king crowns himself.
My parents didn't speak Spanish with me, making me neither "Mexican enough" nor "American enough." Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show helped me reclaim my voice and identity.
Yes, she declined the option to run for governor. But that was seven months ago — and before the field of Democrats got so crowded it means two Republicans might advance to the general election.
If so, I’m fine with it. As a lifelong Californian, I’m acutely aware that my common-sense and compassionate life lessons could be viewed as wacko left-wing brainwashing by many.
The governor pushed an exemption that would undermine California's revolutionary law to phase out single-use packaging that's not being recycled or composted. It's not too late to get it back on track.
We volunteered to count the unsheltered people in our community. Our conversations with those who agreed to talk touched our hearts and demonstrated why homelessness is so difficult to solve.
The state is overreliant on wealthy taxpayers as it is. If even if a fraction of this group is motivated to move, the consequences for the state's financial health will be enormous.
