Left Wins Redistricting Game in California

As someone who chronicles the political goings-on in California, I rarely offer encouraging news for those...

Steven Greenhut August 8, 2011

Jerry Brown Picks His Kind of Judge

Gov. Jerry Brown's decision to nominate UC Berkeley law professor Goodwin Liu to the California Supreme Court...

Steven Greenhut August 1, 2011

Making the Public Pay For Budget Cuts

Last year, one of my reporters and her adult son were walking in downtown Sacramento when a couple of young...

Steven Greenhut July 25, 2011

Stopping 'Carte Blanche' Cell Phone Searches

Thanks to a little-discussed state Supreme Court decision in January, the U.S. Constitution's Fourth...

Steven Greenhut July 18, 2011

Spectacular Waste in Redwood Forests

As I took the nearly six-hour drive from Sacramento past Ukiah and up to Eureka, through the heart of the...

Steven Greenhut July 11, 2011

Left Looks to Freeze Out California Voters

California legislators want to blame the government's problems on voters, rather than themselves.

Steven Greenhut July 4, 2011

California's Mess Not Texas' Fault

As California's budget battle continues, Republicans and Democrats have engaged in a rhetorical battle over...

Steven Greenhut June 27, 2011

Redevelopment Agencies On the Brink

Hours before the midnight Wednesday deadline for passing a state budget, California Democrats rammed through...

Steven Greenhut June 20, 2011

Higher Taxes Don't Make Us a Better People

Gov. Jerry Brown's recent talk to the California State Association of Counties was more meandering and...

Steven Greenhut June 13, 2011

California Drowning...Literally!

The blame game gets deadly.

Steven Greenhut June 6, 2011