California's fiscal crisis is back in focus: the state faces an $18 billion deficit despite record revenues, with structural spending requirements eating up every dollar of unexpected gains. San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan is making that dysfunction central to his gubernatorial campaign, turning his record on homelessness and fraud prevention into an argument that Sacramento needs to fix government before asking taxpayers for more.
The Robinhood CEO says he loves this state. That's why his warning should terrify Sacramento.
A billionaire spending $27 million attacks a mayor for having tech support. The irony writes itself.
$30 billion stolen in unemployment fraud alone. California's gubernatorial candidate says fix it before raising taxes.
For years, the state bled $20M/month in EBT fraud using ancient systems. The fix took chip cards and AI—things we've had for a decade.
San Jose's mayor reduced homelessness by a quarter while Sacramento fumbled. Now he's bringing receipts to the governor's race.
California Forever just brokered the largest construction labor agreement in American history. YIMBY is winning.
Californians voted for public safety. The state legislature decided their votes don't count.